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1 // Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
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29 // Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal)
30 
31 #ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_MINIMIZER_H_
32 #define CERES_INTERNAL_MINIMIZER_H_
33 
34 #include <vector>
35 #include "ceres/solver.h"
36 #include "ceres/iteration_callback.h"
37 
38 namespace ceres {
39 namespace internal {
40 
41 class Evaluator;
42 class LinearSolver;
43 class SparseMatrix;
44 class TrustRegionStrategy;
45 
46 // Interface for non-linear least squares solvers.
47 class Minimizer {
48  public:
49   // Options struct to control the behaviour of the Minimizer. Please
50   // see solver.h for detailed information about the meaning and
51   // default values of each of these parameters.
52   struct Options {
OptionsOptions53     Options() {
54       Init(Solver::Options());
55     }
56 
OptionsOptions57     explicit Options(const Solver::Options& options) {
58       Init(options);
59     }
60 
InitOptions61     void Init(const Solver::Options& options) {
62       num_threads = options.num_threads;
63       max_num_iterations = options.max_num_iterations;
64       max_solver_time_in_seconds = options.max_solver_time_in_seconds;
65       max_step_solver_retries = 5;
66       gradient_tolerance = options.gradient_tolerance;
67       parameter_tolerance = options.parameter_tolerance;
68       function_tolerance = options.function_tolerance;
69       min_relative_decrease = options.min_relative_decrease;
70       eta = options.eta;
71       jacobi_scaling = options.jacobi_scaling;
72       use_nonmonotonic_steps = options.use_nonmonotonic_steps;
73       max_consecutive_nonmonotonic_steps =
74           options.max_consecutive_nonmonotonic_steps;
75       lsqp_dump_directory = options.lsqp_dump_directory;
76       lsqp_iterations_to_dump = options.lsqp_iterations_to_dump;
77       lsqp_dump_format_type = options.lsqp_dump_format_type;
78       max_num_consecutive_invalid_steps =
79           options.max_num_consecutive_invalid_steps;
80       min_trust_region_radius = options.min_trust_region_radius;
81       evaluator = NULL;
82       trust_region_strategy = NULL;
83       jacobian = NULL;
84       callbacks = options.callbacks;
85       inner_iteration_minimizer = NULL;
86     }
87 
88     int max_num_iterations;
89     double max_solver_time_in_seconds;
90 
91     // Number of times the linear solver should be retried in case of
92     // numerical failure. The retries are done by exponentially scaling up
93     // mu at each retry. This leads to stronger and stronger
94     // regularization making the linear least squares problem better
95     // conditioned at each retry.
96     int num_threads;
97     int max_step_solver_retries;
98     double gradient_tolerance;
99     double parameter_tolerance;
100     double function_tolerance;
101     double min_relative_decrease;
102     double eta;
103     bool jacobi_scaling;
104     bool use_nonmonotonic_steps;
105     int max_consecutive_nonmonotonic_steps;
106     vector<int> lsqp_iterations_to_dump;
107     DumpFormatType lsqp_dump_format_type;
108     string lsqp_dump_directory;
109     int max_num_consecutive_invalid_steps;
110     int min_trust_region_radius;
111 
112     // List of callbacks that are executed by the Minimizer at the end
113     // of each iteration.
114     //
115     // The Options struct does not own these pointers.
116     vector<IterationCallback*> callbacks;
117 
118     // Object responsible for evaluating the cost, residuals and
119     // Jacobian matrix. The Options struct does not own this pointer.
120     Evaluator* evaluator;
121 
122     // Object responsible for actually computing the trust region
123     // step, and sizing the trust region radius. The Options struct
124     // does not own this pointer.
125     TrustRegionStrategy* trust_region_strategy;
126 
127     // Object holding the Jacobian matrix. It is assumed that the
128     // sparsity structure of the matrix has already been initialized
129     // and will remain constant for the life time of the
130     // optimization. The Options struct does not own this pointer.
131     SparseMatrix* jacobian;
132 
133     Minimizer* inner_iteration_minimizer;
134   };
135 
~Minimizer()136   virtual ~Minimizer() {}
137 
138   // Note: The minimizer is expected to update the state of the
139   // parameters array every iteration. This is required for the
140   // StateUpdatingCallback to work.
141   virtual void Minimize(const Options& options,
142                         double* parameters,
143                         Solver::Summary* summary) = 0;
144 };
145 
146 }  // namespace internal
147 }  // namespace ceres
148 
149 #endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_MINIMIZER_H_
150