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1 // Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
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29 // Author: keir@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