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      1 // Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
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     29 // Author: keir (at) google.com (Keir Mierle)
     30 
     31 #ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_
     32 #define CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_
     33 
     34 #include <string>
     35 #include <vector>
     36 #include "ceres/internal/port.h"
     37 #include "ceres/ordered_groups.h"
     38 #include "ceres/problem_impl.h"
     39 #include "ceres/solver.h"
     40 
     41 namespace ceres {
     42 namespace internal {
     43 
     44 class CoordinateDescentMinimizer;
     45 class Evaluator;
     46 class LinearSolver;
     47 class Program;
     48 
     49 class SolverImpl {
     50  public:
     51   // Mirrors the interface in solver.h, but exposes implementation
     52   // details for testing internally.
     53   static void Solve(const Solver::Options& options,
     54                     ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     55                     Solver::Summary* summary);
     56 
     57   // Create the transformed Program, which has all the fixed blocks
     58   // and residuals eliminated, and in the case of automatic schur
     59   // ordering, has the E blocks first in the resulting program, with
     60   // options.num_eliminate_blocks set appropriately.
     61   //
     62   // If fixed_cost is not NULL, the residual blocks that are removed
     63   // are evaluated and the sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
     64   static Program* CreateReducedProgram(Solver::Options* options,
     65                                        ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     66                                        double* fixed_cost,
     67                                        string* error);
     68 
     69   // Create the appropriate linear solver, taking into account any
     70   // config changes decided by CreateTransformedProgram(). The
     71   // selected linear solver, which may be different from what the user
     72   // selected; consider the case that the remaining elimininated
     73   // blocks is zero after removing fixed blocks.
     74   static LinearSolver* CreateLinearSolver(Solver::Options* options,
     75                                           string* error);
     76 
     77   // Reorder the parameter blocks in program using the ordering. A
     78   // return value of true indicates success and false indicates an
     79   // error was encountered whose cause is logged to LOG(ERROR).
     80   static bool ApplyUserOrdering(const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
     81                                 const ParameterBlockOrdering* ordering,
     82                                 Program* program,
     83                                 string* error);
     84 
     85 
     86   // Reorder the residuals for program, if necessary, so that the
     87   // residuals involving e block (i.e., the first num_eliminate_block
     88   // parameter blocks) occur together. This is a necessary condition
     89   // for the Schur eliminator.
     90   static bool LexicographicallyOrderResidualBlocks(
     91       const int num_eliminate_blocks,
     92       Program* program,
     93       string* error);
     94 
     95   // Create the appropriate evaluator for the transformed program.
     96   static Evaluator* CreateEvaluator(
     97       const Solver::Options& options,
     98       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
     99       Program* program,
    100       string* error);
    101 
    102   // Run the minimization for the given evaluator and configuration.
    103   static void Minimize(const Solver::Options &options,
    104                        Program* program,
    105                        CoordinateDescentMinimizer* inner_iteration_minimizer,
    106                        Evaluator* evaluator,
    107                        LinearSolver* linear_solver,
    108                        double* parameters,
    109                        Solver::Summary* summary);
    110 
    111   // Remove the fixed or unused parameter blocks and residuals
    112   // depending only on fixed parameters from the problem. Also updates
    113   // num_eliminate_blocks, since removed parameters changes the point
    114   // at which the eliminated blocks is valid.  If fixed_cost is not
    115   // NULL, the residual blocks that are removed are evaluated and the
    116   // sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
    117   static bool RemoveFixedBlocksFromProgram(Program* program,
    118                                            ParameterBlockOrdering* ordering,
    119                                            double* fixed_cost,
    120                                            string* error);
    121 
    122   static bool IsOrderingValid(const Solver::Options& options,
    123                               const ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
    124                               string* error);
    125 
    126   static bool IsParameterBlockSetIndependent(
    127       const set<double*>& parameter_block_ptrs,
    128       const vector<ResidualBlock*>& residual_blocks);
    129 
    130   static CoordinateDescentMinimizer* CreateInnerIterationMinimizer(
    131       const Solver::Options& options,
    132       const Program& program,
    133       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
    134       string* error);
    135 };
    136 
    137 }  // namespace internal
    138 }  // namespace ceres
    139 
    140 #endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_
    141