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| \chapter{Overview} |
| \label{chapter:overview} |
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| Solving problems using Ceres consists of two steps. |
| \begin{description} |
| \item{\textbf{Modeling}} Constructing an optimization problem by |
| specifying its parameters and the terms in the objective function. |
| \item{\textbf{Solving}} Configuring and running the solver. |
| \end{description} |
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| The two steps are mostly independent of each other. This is by |
| design. Modeling the optimization problem should not depend on how the |
| solver works. The user should be able model the problem once, and then |
| switch between various solver settings and strategies without touching |
| the problem. |
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| In the next two chapters we will consider each of these steps in detail. |
