The reduced-rank Wiener filter (RRWF) is a generic tool for data compressio
n and filtering, This letter presents an iterative quadratic minimum distan
ce (IQMD) algorithm for computing the RRWF, Although it is iterative in nat
ure, the IQMD algorithm is shown to be globally and exponentially convergen
t under some weak conditions. While the conventional algorithms for computi
ng the RRWF require an order of n(3) hops, the IQMD algorithm requires only
an order of n(2) flops at each iteration where n is the dimension of data.
The number of iterations required in practice is often small due to the ex
ponential convergence rate of the IQMD.