internal/ceres/solver_impl.h

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// Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle)

#ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_
#define CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "ceres/internal/port.h"
#include "ceres/solver.h"

namespace ceres {
namespace internal {

class Evaluator;
class LinearSolver;
class ProblemImpl;
class Program;

class SolverImpl {
 public:
  // Mirrors the interface in solver.h, but exposes implementation
  // details for testing internally.
  static void Solve(const Solver::Options& options,
                    ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
                    Solver::Summary* summary);

  // Create the transformed Program, which has all the fixed blocks
  // and residuals eliminated, and in the case of automatic schur
  // ordering, has the E blocks first in the resulting program, with
  // options.num_eliminate_blocks set appropriately.
  // If fixed_cost is not NULL, the residual blocks that are removed
  // are evaluated and the sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
  static Program* CreateReducedProgram(Solver::Options* options,
                                       ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
                                       double* fixed_cost,
                                       string* error);

  // Create the appropriate linear solver, taking into account any
  // config changes decided by CreateTransformedProgram(). The
  // selected linear solver, which may be different from what the user
  // selected; consider the case that the remaining elimininated
  // blocks is zero after removing fixed blocks.
  static LinearSolver* CreateLinearSolver(Solver::Options* options,
                                          string* error);

  // Reorder the parameter blocks in program using the vector
  // ordering. A return value of true indicates success and false
  // indicates an error was encountered whose cause is logged to
  // LOG(ERROR).
  static bool ApplyUserOrdering(const ProblemImpl& problem_impl,
                                vector<double*>& ordering,
                                Program* program,
                                string* error);

  // Reorder the residuals for program, if necessary, so that the
  // residuals involving each E block occur together. This is a
  // necessary condition for the Schur eliminator, which works on
  // these "row blocks" in the jacobian.
  static bool MaybeReorderResidualBlocks(const Solver::Options& options,
                                         Program* program,
                                         string* error);

  // Create the appropriate evaluator for the transformed program.
  static Evaluator* CreateEvaluator(const Solver::Options& options,
                                    Program* program,
                                    string* error);

  // Run the minimization for the given evaluator and configuration.
  static void Minimize(const Solver::Options &options,
                       Program* program,
                       Evaluator* evaluator,
                       LinearSolver* linear_solver,
                       double* parameters,
                       Solver::Summary* summary);

  // Remove the fixed or unused parameter blocks and residuals
  // depending only on fixed parameters from the problem. Also updates
  // num_eliminate_blocks, since removed parameters changes the point
  // at which the eliminated blocks is valid.
  // If fixed_cost is not NULL, the residual blocks that are removed
  // are evaluated and the sum of their cost is returned in fixed_cost.
  static bool RemoveFixedBlocksFromProgram(Program* program,
                                           int* num_eliminate_blocks,
                                           double* fixed_cost,
                                           string* error);
};

}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace ceres

#endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_SOLVER_IMPL_H_