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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 <set>
     35 #include <string>
     36 #include <vector>
     37 #include "ceres/internal/port.h"
     38 #include "ceres/ordered_groups.h"
     39 #include "ceres/problem_impl.h"
     40 #include "ceres/solver.h"
     41 
     42 namespace ceres {
     43 namespace internal {
     44 
     45 class CoordinateDescentMinimizer;
     46 class Evaluator;
     47 class LinearSolver;
     48 class Program;
     49 class TripletSparseMatrix;
     50 
     51 class SolverImpl {
     52  public:
     53   // Mirrors the interface in solver.h, but exposes implementation
     54   // details for testing internally.
     55   static void Solve(const Solver::Options& options,
     56                     ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     57                     Solver::Summary* summary);
     58 
     59   static void TrustRegionSolve(const Solver::Options& options,
     60                                ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     61                                Solver::Summary* summary);
     62 
     63   // Run the TrustRegionMinimizer for the given evaluator and configuration.
     64   static void TrustRegionMinimize(
     65       const Solver::Options &options,
     66       Program* program,
     67       CoordinateDescentMinimizer* inner_iteration_minimizer,
     68       Evaluator* evaluator,
     69       LinearSolver* linear_solver,
     70       double* parameters,
     71       Solver::Summary* summary);
     72 
     73 #ifndef CERES_NO_LINE_SEARCH_MINIMIZER
     74   static void LineSearchSolve(const Solver::Options& options,
     75                               ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     76                               Solver::Summary* summary);
     77 
     78   // Run the LineSearchMinimizer for the given evaluator and configuration.
     79   static void LineSearchMinimize(const Solver::Options &options,
     80                                  Program* program,
     81                                  Evaluator* evaluator,
     82                                  double* parameters,
     83                                  Solver::Summary* summary);
     84 #endif  // CERES_NO_LINE_SEARCH_MINIMIZER
     85 
     86   // Create the transformed Program, which has all the fixed blocks
     87   // and residuals eliminated, and in the case of automatic schur
     88   // ordering, has the E blocks first in the resulting program, with
     89   // options.num_eliminate_blocks set appropriately.
     90   //
     91   // If fixed_cost is not NULL, the residual blocks that are removed
     92   // are evaluated and the sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
     93   static Program* CreateReducedProgram(Solver::Options* options,
     94                                        ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
     95                                        double* fixed_cost,
     96                                        string* error);
     97 
     98   // Create the appropriate linear solver, taking into account any
     99   // config changes decided by CreateTransformedProgram(). The
    100   // selected linear solver, which may be different from what the user
    101   // selected; consider the case that the remaining elimininated
    102   // blocks is zero after removing fixed blocks.
    103   static LinearSolver* CreateLinearSolver(Solver::Options* options,
    104                                           string* error);
    105 
    106   // Reorder the residuals for program, if necessary, so that the
    107   // residuals involving e block (i.e., the first num_eliminate_block
    108   // parameter blocks) occur together. This is a necessary condition
    109   // for the Schur eliminator.
    110   static bool LexicographicallyOrderResidualBlocks(
    111       const int num_eliminate_blocks,
    112       Program* program,
    113       string* error);
    114 
    115   // Create the appropriate evaluator for the transformed program.
    116   static Evaluator* CreateEvaluator(
    117       const Solver::Options& options,
    118       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
    119       Program* program,
    120       string* error);
    121 
    122   // Remove the fixed or unused parameter blocks and residuals
    123   // depending only on fixed parameters from the problem. Also updates
    124   // num_eliminate_blocks, since removed parameters changes the point
    125   // at which the eliminated blocks is valid.  If fixed_cost is not
    126   // NULL, the residual blocks that are removed are evaluated and the
    127   // sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
    128   static bool RemoveFixedBlocksFromProgram(Program* program,
    129                                            ParameterBlockOrdering* ordering,
    130                                            double* fixed_cost,
    131                                            string* error);
    132 
    133   static bool IsOrderingValid(const Solver::Options& options,
    134                               const ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
    135                               string* error);
    136 
    137   static bool IsParameterBlockSetIndependent(
    138       const set<double*>& parameter_block_ptrs,
    139       const vector<ResidualBlock*>& residual_blocks);
    140 
    141   static CoordinateDescentMinimizer* CreateInnerIterationMinimizer(
    142       const Solver::Options& options,
    143       const Program& program,
    144       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
    145       Solver::Summary* summary);
    146 
    147   // If the linear solver is of Schur type, then replace it with the
    148   // closest equivalent linear solver. This is done when the user
    149   // requested a Schur type solver but the problem structure makes it
    150   // impossible to use one.
    151   //
    152   // If the linear solver is not of Schur type, the function is a
    153   // no-op.
    154   static void AlternateLinearSolverForSchurTypeLinearSolver(
    155       Solver::Options* options);
    156 
    157   // Create a TripletSparseMatrix which contains the zero-one
    158   // structure corresponding to the block sparsity of the transpose of
    159   // the Jacobian matrix.
    160   //
    161   // Caller owns the result.
    162   static TripletSparseMatrix* CreateJacobianBlockSparsityTranspose(
    163       const Program* program);
    164 
    165   // Reorder the parameter blocks in program using the ordering
    166   static bool ApplyUserOrdering(
    167       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
    168       const ParameterBlockOrdering* parameter_block_ordering,
    169       Program* program,
    170       string* error);
    171 
    172   // Sparse cholesky factorization routines when doing the sparse
    173   // cholesky factorization of the Jacobian matrix, reorders its
    174   // columns to reduce the fill-in. Compute this permutation and
    175   // re-order the parameter blocks.
    176   //
    177   // If the parameter_block_ordering contains more than one
    178   // elimination group and support for constrained fill-reducing
    179   // ordering is available in the sparse linear algebra library
    180   // (SuiteSparse version >= 4.2.0) then the fill reducing
    181   // ordering will take it into account, otherwise it will be ignored.
    182   static bool ReorderProgramForSparseNormalCholesky(
    183       const SparseLinearAlgebraLibraryType sparse_linear_algebra_library_type,
    184       const ParameterBlockOrdering* parameter_block_ordering,
    185       Program* program,
    186       string* error);
    187 
    188   // Schur type solvers require that all parameter blocks eliminated
    189   // by the Schur eliminator occur before others and the residuals be
    190   // sorted in lexicographic order of their parameter blocks.
    191   //
    192   // If the parameter_block_ordering only contains one elimination
    193   // group then a maximal independent set is computed and used as the
    194   // first elimination group, otherwise the user's ordering is used.
    195   //
    196   // If the linear solver type is SPARSE_SCHUR and support for
    197   // constrained fill-reducing ordering is available in the sparse
    198   // linear algebra library (SuiteSparse version >= 4.2.0) then
    199   // columns of the schur complement matrix are ordered to reduce the
    200   // fill-in the Cholesky factorization.
    201   //
    202   // Upon return, ordering contains the parameter block ordering that
    203   // was used to order the program.
    204   static bool ReorderProgramForSchurTypeLinearSolver(
    205       const LinearSolverType linear_solver_type,
    206       const SparseLinearAlgebraLibraryType sparse_linear_algebra_library_type,
    207       const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
    208       ParameterBlockOrdering* parameter_block_ordering,
    209       Program* program,
    210       string* error);
    211 
    212   // array contains a list of (possibly repeating) non-negative
    213   // integers. Let us assume that we have constructed another array
    214   // `p` by sorting and uniqueing the entries of array.
    215   // CompactifyArray replaces each entry in "array" with its position
    216   // in `p`.
    217   static void CompactifyArray(vector<int>* array);
    218 };
    219 
    220 }  // namespace internal
    221 }  // namespace ceres
    222 
    223 #endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_
    224