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| // Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle) |
| // sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal) |
| // |
| // Create CostFunctions as needed by the least squares framework with jacobians |
| // computed via numeric (a.k.a. finite) differentiation. For more details see |
| // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_differentiation. |
| // |
| // To get an numerically differentiated cost function, you must define |
| // a class with a operator() (a functor) that computes the residuals. |
| // |
| // The function must write the computed value in the last argument |
| // (the only non-const one) and return true to indicate success. |
| // Please see cost_function.h for details on how the return value |
| // maybe used to impose simple constraints on the parameter block. |
| // |
| // For example, consider a scalar error e = k - x'y, where both x and y are |
| // two-dimensional column vector parameters, the prime sign indicates |
| // transposition, and k is a constant. The form of this error, which is the |
| // difference between a constant and an expression, is a common pattern in least |
| // squares problems. For example, the value x'y might be the model expectation |
| // for a series of measurements, where there is an instance of the cost function |
| // for each measurement k. |
| // |
| // The actual cost added to the total problem is e^2, or (k - x'k)^2; however, |
| // the squaring is implicitly done by the optimization framework. |
| // |
| // To write an numerically-differentiable cost function for the above model, |
| // first define the object |
| // |
| // class MyScalarCostFunctor { |
| // explicit MyScalarCostFunctor(double k): k_(k) {} |
| // |
| // bool operator()(const double* const x, |
| // const double* const y, |
| // double* residuals) const { |
| // residuals[0] = k_ - x[0] * y[0] - x[1] * y[1]; |
| // return true; |
| // } |
| // |
| // private: |
| // double k_; |
| // }; |
| // |
| // Note that in the declaration of operator() the input parameters x |
| // and y come first, and are passed as const pointers to arrays of |
| // doubles. If there were three input parameters, then the third input |
| // parameter would come after y. The output is always the last |
| // parameter, and is also a pointer to an array. In the example above, |
| // the residual is a scalar, so only residuals[0] is set. |
| // |
| // Then given this class definition, the numerically differentiated |
| // cost function with central differences used for computing the |
| // derivative can be constructed as follows. |
| // |
| // CostFunction* cost_function |
| // = new NumericDiffCostFunction<MyScalarCostFunctor, CENTRAL, 1, 2, 2>( |
| // new MyScalarCostFunctor(1.0)); ^ ^ ^ ^ |
| // | | | | |
| // Finite Differencing Scheme -+ | | | |
| // Dimension of residual ------------+ | | |
| // Dimension of x ----------------------+ | |
| // Dimension of y -------------------------+ |
| // |
| // In this example, there is usually an instance for each measurement of k. |
| // |
| // In the instantiation above, the template parameters following |
| // "MyScalarCostFunctor", "1, 2, 2", describe the functor as computing |
| // a 1-dimensional output from two arguments, both 2-dimensional. |
| // |
| // NumericDiffCostFunction also supports cost functions with a |
| // runtime-determined number of residuals. For example: |
| // |
| // clang-format off |
| // |
| // CostFunction* cost_function |
| // = new NumericDiffCostFunction<MyScalarCostFunctor, CENTRAL, DYNAMIC, 2, 2>( |
| // new CostFunctorWithDynamicNumResiduals(1.0), ^ ^ ^ |
| // TAKE_OWNERSHIP, | | | |
| // runtime_number_of_residuals); <----+ | | | |
| // | | | | |
| // | | | | |
| // Actual number of residuals ------+ | | | |
| // Indicate dynamic number of residuals --------------------+ | | |
| // Dimension of x ------------------------------------------------+ | |
| // Dimension of y ---------------------------------------------------+ |
| // clang-format on |
| // |
| // |
| // The central difference method is considerably more accurate at the cost of |
| // twice as many function evaluations than forward difference. Consider using |
| // central differences begin with, and only after that works, trying forward |
| // difference to improve performance. |
| // |
| // WARNING #1: A common beginner's error when first using |
| // NumericDiffCostFunction is to get the sizing wrong. In particular, |
| // there is a tendency to set the template parameters to (dimension of |
| // residual, number of parameters) instead of passing a dimension |
| // parameter for *every parameter*. In the example above, that would |
| // be <MyScalarCostFunctor, 1, 2>, which is missing the last '2' |
| // argument. Please be careful when setting the size parameters. |
| // |
| //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| // |
| // ALTERNATE INTERFACE |
| // |
| // For a variety of reasons, including compatibility with legacy code, |
| // NumericDiffCostFunction can also take CostFunction objects as |
| // input. The following describes how. |
| // |
| // To get a numerically differentiated cost function, define a |
| // subclass of CostFunction such that the Evaluate() function ignores |
| // the jacobian parameter. The numeric differentiation wrapper will |
| // fill in the jacobian parameter if necessary by repeatedly calling |
| // the Evaluate() function with small changes to the appropriate |
| // parameters, and computing the slope. For performance, the numeric |
| // differentiation wrapper class is templated on the concrete cost |
| // function, even though it could be implemented only in terms of the |
| // virtual CostFunction interface. |
| // |
| // The numerically differentiated version of a cost function for a cost function |
| // can be constructed as follows: |
| // |
| // CostFunction* cost_function |
| // = new NumericDiffCostFunction<MyCostFunction, CENTRAL, 1, 4, 8>( |
| // new MyCostFunction(...), TAKE_OWNERSHIP); |
| // |
| // where MyCostFunction has 1 residual and 2 parameter blocks with sizes 4 and 8 |
| // respectively. Look at the tests for a more detailed example. |
| // |
| // TODO(keir): Characterize accuracy; mention pitfalls; provide alternatives. |
| |
| #ifndef CERES_PUBLIC_NUMERIC_DIFF_COST_FUNCTION_H_ |
| #define CERES_PUBLIC_NUMERIC_DIFF_COST_FUNCTION_H_ |
| |
| #include <array> |
| #include <memory> |
| |
| #include "Eigen/Dense" |
| #include "ceres/cost_function.h" |
| #include "ceres/internal/numeric_diff.h" |
| #include "ceres/internal/parameter_dims.h" |
| #include "ceres/numeric_diff_options.h" |
| #include "ceres/sized_cost_function.h" |
| #include "ceres/types.h" |
| #include "glog/logging.h" |
| |
| namespace ceres { |
| |
| template <typename CostFunctor, |
| NumericDiffMethodType method = CENTRAL, |
| int kNumResiduals = 0, // Number of residuals, or ceres::DYNAMIC |
| int... Ns> // Parameters dimensions for each block. |
| class NumericDiffCostFunction final |
| : public SizedCostFunction<kNumResiduals, Ns...> { |
| public: |
| explicit NumericDiffCostFunction( |
| CostFunctor* functor, |
| Ownership ownership = TAKE_OWNERSHIP, |
| int num_residuals = kNumResiduals, |
| const NumericDiffOptions& options = NumericDiffOptions()) |
| : functor_(functor), ownership_(ownership), options_(options) { |
| if (kNumResiduals == DYNAMIC) { |
| SizedCostFunction<kNumResiduals, Ns...>::set_num_residuals(num_residuals); |
| } |
| } |
| |
| NumericDiffCostFunction(NumericDiffCostFunction&& other) |
| : functor_(std::move(other.functor_)), ownership_(other.ownership_) {} |
| |
| virtual ~NumericDiffCostFunction() { |
| if (ownership_ != TAKE_OWNERSHIP) { |
| functor_.release(); |
| } |
| } |
| |
| bool Evaluate(double const* const* parameters, |
| double* residuals, |
| double** jacobians) const override { |
| using internal::FixedArray; |
| using internal::NumericDiff; |
| |
| using ParameterDims = |
| typename SizedCostFunction<kNumResiduals, Ns...>::ParameterDims; |
| |
| constexpr int kNumParameters = ParameterDims::kNumParameters; |
| constexpr int kNumParameterBlocks = ParameterDims::kNumParameterBlocks; |
| |
| // Get the function value (residuals) at the the point to evaluate. |
| if (!internal::VariadicEvaluate<ParameterDims>( |
| *functor_, parameters, residuals)) { |
| return false; |
| } |
| |
| if (jacobians == nullptr) { |
| return true; |
| } |
| |
| // Create a copy of the parameters which will get mutated. |
| FixedArray<double> parameters_copy(kNumParameters); |
| std::array<double*, kNumParameterBlocks> parameters_reference_copy = |
| ParameterDims::GetUnpackedParameters(parameters_copy.data()); |
| |
| for (int block = 0; block < kNumParameterBlocks; ++block) { |
| memcpy(parameters_reference_copy[block], |
| parameters[block], |
| sizeof(double) * ParameterDims::GetDim(block)); |
| } |
| |
| internal::EvaluateJacobianForParameterBlocks<ParameterDims>:: |
| template Apply<method, kNumResiduals>( |
| functor_.get(), |
| residuals, |
| options_, |
| SizedCostFunction<kNumResiduals, Ns...>::num_residuals(), |
| parameters_reference_copy.data(), |
| jacobians); |
| |
| return true; |
| } |
| |
| const CostFunctor& functor() const { return *functor_; } |
| |
| private: |
| std::unique_ptr<CostFunctor> functor_; |
| Ownership ownership_; |
| NumericDiffOptions options_; |
| }; |
| |
| } // namespace ceres |
| |
| #endif // CERES_PUBLIC_NUMERIC_DIFF_COST_FUNCTION_H_ |