Refactor Covariance::Options::algorithm_type.

THIS IS AN API BREAKING CHANGE.

Decouple the algorithm from the sparse linear algebra
library being used to perform the computation.

Before this change

Covariance::AlgorithmType had values

DENSE_SVD
EIGEN_SPARSE_QR
SUITE_SPARSE_QR

This has been replaced by two enums now.

Covariance::Options::sparse_linear_algebra_library_type
which can take values EIGEN_SPARSE, SUITE_SPARSE or CX_SPARSE.
The last one is currently not supported.

And Covariance::Options::algorithm_type takes values

DENSE_SVD
SPARSE_QR

This sets the stage for future extensions of the covariance
computation algorithm.

Also as part of this change, the covariance computation chapter
has been made a top level chapter on its own instead of being
buried deep inside the Solving Non-linear Least Squares problem.

Change-Id: Ibfbf60902d8d17694d9ff585047a5a57d329ab22
8 files changed
tree: 5a7b3c9afd7eaaf8eb52b57201f81711a279637c
  1. cmake/
  2. config/
  3. data/
  4. docs/
  5. examples/
  6. include/
  7. internal/
  8. jni/
  9. scripts/
  10. .gitignore
  11. CMakeLists.txt
  12. LICENSE
  13. package.xml
  14. README.md
README.md

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