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      1 // Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
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     29 // Author: sameeragarwal (at) google.com (Sameer Agarwal)
     30 
     31 #include "ceres/coordinate_descent_minimizer.h"
     32 
     33 #ifdef CERES_USE_OPENMP
     34 #include <omp.h>
     35 #endif
     36 
     37 #include <iterator>
     38 #include <numeric>
     39 #include <vector>
     40 #include "ceres/evaluator.h"
     41 #include "ceres/linear_solver.h"
     42 #include "ceres/minimizer.h"
     43 #include "ceres/parameter_block.h"
     44 #include "ceres/parameter_block_ordering.h"
     45 #include "ceres/problem_impl.h"
     46 #include "ceres/program.h"
     47 #include "ceres/residual_block.h"
     48 #include "ceres/solver.h"
     49 #include "ceres/trust_region_minimizer.h"
     50 #include "ceres/trust_region_strategy.h"
     51 #include "ceres/parameter_block_ordering.h"
     52 
     53 namespace ceres {
     54 namespace internal {
     55 
     56 CoordinateDescentMinimizer::~CoordinateDescentMinimizer() {
     57 }
     58 
     59 bool CoordinateDescentMinimizer::Init(
     60     const Program& program,
     61     const ProblemImpl::ParameterMap& parameter_map,
     62     const ParameterBlockOrdering& ordering,
     63     string* error) {
     64   parameter_blocks_.clear();
     65   independent_set_offsets_.clear();
     66   independent_set_offsets_.push_back(0);
     67 
     68   // Serialize the OrderedGroups into a vector of parameter block
     69   // offsets for parallel access.
     70   map<ParameterBlock*, int> parameter_block_index;
     71   map<int, set<double*> > group_to_elements = ordering.group_to_elements();
     72   for (map<int, set<double*> >::const_iterator it = group_to_elements.begin();
     73        it != group_to_elements.end();
     74        ++it) {
     75     for (set<double*>::const_iterator ptr_it = it->second.begin();
     76          ptr_it != it->second.end();
     77          ++ptr_it) {
     78       parameter_blocks_.push_back(parameter_map.find(*ptr_it)->second);
     79       parameter_block_index[parameter_blocks_.back()] =
     80           parameter_blocks_.size() - 1;
     81     }
     82     independent_set_offsets_.push_back(
     83         independent_set_offsets_.back() + it->second.size());
     84   }
     85 
     86   // The ordering does not have to contain all parameter blocks, so
     87   // assign zero offsets/empty independent sets to these parameter
     88   // blocks.
     89   const vector<ParameterBlock*>& parameter_blocks = program.parameter_blocks();
     90   for (int i = 0; i < parameter_blocks.size(); ++i) {
     91     if (!ordering.IsMember(parameter_blocks[i]->mutable_user_state())) {
     92       parameter_blocks_.push_back(parameter_blocks[i]);
     93       independent_set_offsets_.push_back(independent_set_offsets_.back());
     94     }
     95   }
     96 
     97   // Compute the set of residual blocks that depend on each parameter
     98   // block.
     99   residual_blocks_.resize(parameter_block_index.size());
    100   const vector<ResidualBlock*>& residual_blocks = program.residual_blocks();
    101   for (int i = 0; i < residual_blocks.size(); ++i) {
    102     ResidualBlock* residual_block = residual_blocks[i];
    103     const int num_parameter_blocks = residual_block->NumParameterBlocks();
    104     for (int j = 0; j < num_parameter_blocks; ++j) {
    105       ParameterBlock* parameter_block = residual_block->parameter_blocks()[j];
    106       const map<ParameterBlock*, int>::const_iterator it =
    107           parameter_block_index.find(parameter_block);
    108       if (it != parameter_block_index.end()) {
    109         residual_blocks_[it->second].push_back(residual_block);
    110       }
    111     }
    112   }
    113 
    114   evaluator_options_.linear_solver_type = DENSE_QR;
    115   evaluator_options_.num_eliminate_blocks = 0;
    116   evaluator_options_.num_threads = 1;
    117 
    118   return true;
    119 }
    120 
    121 void CoordinateDescentMinimizer::Minimize(
    122     const Minimizer::Options& options,
    123     double* parameters,
    124     Solver::Summary* summary) {
    125   // Set the state and mark all parameter blocks constant.
    126   for (int i = 0; i < parameter_blocks_.size(); ++i) {
    127     ParameterBlock* parameter_block = parameter_blocks_[i];
    128     parameter_block->SetState(parameters + parameter_block->state_offset());
    129     parameter_block->SetConstant();
    130   }
    131 
    132   scoped_array<LinearSolver*> linear_solvers(
    133       new LinearSolver*[options.num_threads]);
    134 
    135   LinearSolver::Options linear_solver_options;
    136   linear_solver_options.type = DENSE_QR;
    137 
    138   for (int i = 0; i < options.num_threads; ++i) {
    139     linear_solvers[i] = LinearSolver::Create(linear_solver_options);
    140   }
    141 
    142   for (int i = 0; i < independent_set_offsets_.size() - 1; ++i) {
    143     // No point paying the price for an OpemMP call if the set if of
    144     // size zero.
    145     if (independent_set_offsets_[i] ==  independent_set_offsets_[i + 1]) {
    146       continue;
    147     }
    148 
    149     // The parameter blocks in each independent set can be optimized
    150     // in parallel, since they do not co-occur in any residual block.
    151 #pragma omp parallel for num_threads(options.num_threads)
    152     for (int j = independent_set_offsets_[i];
    153          j < independent_set_offsets_[i + 1];
    154          ++j) {
    155 #ifdef CERES_USE_OPENMP
    156       int thread_id = omp_get_thread_num();
    157 #else
    158       int thread_id = 0;
    159 #endif
    160 
    161       ParameterBlock* parameter_block = parameter_blocks_[j];
    162       const int old_index = parameter_block->index();
    163       const int old_delta_offset = parameter_block->delta_offset();
    164       parameter_block->SetVarying();
    165       parameter_block->set_index(0);
    166       parameter_block->set_delta_offset(0);
    167 
    168       Program inner_program;
    169       inner_program.mutable_parameter_blocks()->push_back(parameter_block);
    170       *inner_program.mutable_residual_blocks() = residual_blocks_[j];
    171 
    172       // TODO(sameeragarwal): Better error handling. Right now we
    173       // assume that this is not going to lead to problems of any
    174       // sort. Basically we should be checking for numerical failure
    175       // of some sort.
    176       //
    177       // On the other hand, if the optimization is a failure, that in
    178       // some ways is fine, since it won't change the parameters and
    179       // we are fine.
    180       Solver::Summary inner_summary;
    181       Solve(&inner_program,
    182             linear_solvers[thread_id],
    183             parameters + parameter_block->state_offset(),
    184             &inner_summary);
    185 
    186       parameter_block->set_index(old_index);
    187       parameter_block->set_delta_offset(old_delta_offset);
    188       parameter_block->SetState(parameters + parameter_block->state_offset());
    189       parameter_block->SetConstant();
    190     }
    191   }
    192 
    193   for (int i =  0; i < parameter_blocks_.size(); ++i) {
    194     parameter_blocks_[i]->SetVarying();
    195   }
    196 
    197   for (int i = 0; i < options.num_threads; ++i) {
    198     delete linear_solvers[i];
    199   }
    200 }
    201 
    202 // Solve the optimization problem for one parameter block.
    203 void CoordinateDescentMinimizer::Solve(Program* program,
    204                                        LinearSolver* linear_solver,
    205                                        double* parameter,
    206                                        Solver::Summary* summary) {
    207   *summary = Solver::Summary();
    208   summary->initial_cost = 0.0;
    209   summary->fixed_cost = 0.0;
    210   summary->final_cost = 0.0;
    211   string error;
    212 
    213   scoped_ptr<Evaluator> evaluator(
    214       Evaluator::Create(evaluator_options_, program,  &error));
    215   CHECK_NOTNULL(evaluator.get());
    216 
    217   scoped_ptr<SparseMatrix> jacobian(evaluator->CreateJacobian());
    218   CHECK_NOTNULL(jacobian.get());
    219 
    220   TrustRegionStrategy::Options trs_options;
    221   trs_options.linear_solver = linear_solver;
    222 
    223   scoped_ptr<TrustRegionStrategy>trust_region_strategy(
    224       CHECK_NOTNULL(TrustRegionStrategy::Create(trs_options)));
    225 
    226   Minimizer::Options minimizer_options;
    227   minimizer_options.evaluator = evaluator.get();
    228   minimizer_options.jacobian = jacobian.get();
    229   minimizer_options.trust_region_strategy = trust_region_strategy.get();
    230   minimizer_options.is_silent = true;
    231 
    232   TrustRegionMinimizer minimizer;
    233   minimizer.Minimize(minimizer_options, parameter, summary);
    234 }
    235 
    236 bool CoordinateDescentMinimizer::IsOrderingValid(
    237     const Program& program,
    238     const ParameterBlockOrdering& ordering,
    239     string* message) {
    240   const map<int, set<double*> >& group_to_elements =
    241       ordering.group_to_elements();
    242 
    243   // Verify that each group is an independent set
    244   map<int, set<double*> >::const_iterator it = group_to_elements.begin();
    245   for ( ; it != group_to_elements.end(); ++it) {
    246     if (!program.IsParameterBlockSetIndependent(it->second)) {
    247       *message =
    248           StringPrintf("The user-provided "
    249                        "parameter_blocks_for_inner_iterations does not "
    250                        "form an independent set. Group Id: %d", it->first);
    251       return false;
    252     }
    253   }
    254   return true;
    255 }
    256 
    257 // Find a recursive decomposition of the Hessian matrix as a set
    258 // of independent sets of decreasing size and invert it. This
    259 // seems to work better in practice, i.e., Cameras before
    260 // points.
    261 ParameterBlockOrdering* CoordinateDescentMinimizer::CreateOrdering(
    262     const Program& program) {
    263   scoped_ptr<ParameterBlockOrdering> ordering(new ParameterBlockOrdering);
    264   ComputeRecursiveIndependentSetOrdering(program, ordering.get());
    265   ordering->Reverse();
    266   return ordering.release();
    267 }
    268 
    269 }  // namespace internal
    270 }  // namespace ceres
    271