include/ceres/gradient_problem.h

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// Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal)

#ifndef CERES_PUBLIC_GRADIENT_PROBLEM_H_
#define CERES_PUBLIC_GRADIENT_PROBLEM_H_

#include <memory>
#include "ceres/internal/port.h"
#include "ceres/local_parameterization.h"

namespace ceres {

class FirstOrderFunction;

// Instances of GradientProblem represent general non-linear
// optimization problems that must be solved using just the value of
// the objective function and its gradient. Unlike the Problem class,
// which can only be used to model non-linear least squares problems,
// instances of GradientProblem not restricted in the form of the
// objective function.
//
// Structurally GradientProblem is a composition of a
// FirstOrderFunction and optionally a LocalParameterization.
//
// The FirstOrderFunction is responsible for evaluating the cost and
// gradient of the objective function.
//
// The LocalParameterization is responsible for going back and forth
// between the ambient space and the local tangent space. (See
// local_parameterization.h for more details). When a
// LocalParameterization is not provided, then the tangent space is
// assumed to coincide with the ambient Euclidean space that the
// gradient vector lives in.
//
// Example usage:
//
// The following demonstrate the problem construction for Rosenbrock's function
//
//   f(x,y) = (1-x)^2 + 100(y - x^2)^2;
//
// class Rosenbrock : public ceres::FirstOrderFunction {
//  public:
//   virtual ~Rosenbrock() {}
//
//   virtual bool Evaluate(const double* parameters,
//                         double* cost,
//                         double* gradient) const {
//     const double x = parameters[0];
//     const double y = parameters[1];
//
//     cost[0] = (1.0 - x) * (1.0 - x) + 100.0 * (y - x * x) * (y - x * x);
//     if (gradient != NULL) {
//       gradient[0] = -2.0 * (1.0 - x) - 200.0 * (y - x * x) * 2.0 * x;
//       gradient[1] = 200.0 * (y - x * x);
//     }
//     return true;
//   };
//
//   virtual int NumParameters() const { return 2; };
// };
//
// ceres::GradientProblem problem(new Rosenbrock());
class CERES_EXPORT GradientProblem {
 public:
  // Takes ownership of the function.
  explicit GradientProblem(FirstOrderFunction* function);

  // Takes ownership of the function and the parameterization.
  GradientProblem(FirstOrderFunction* function,
                  LocalParameterization* parameterization);

  int NumParameters() const;
  int NumLocalParameters() const;

  // This call is not thread safe.
  bool Evaluate(const double* parameters, double* cost, double* gradient) const;
  bool Plus(const double* x, const double* delta, double* x_plus_delta) const;

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<FirstOrderFunction> function_;
  std::unique_ptr<LocalParameterization> parameterization_;
  std::unique_ptr<double[]> scratch_;
};

// A FirstOrderFunction object implements the evaluation of a function
// and its gradient.
class CERES_EXPORT FirstOrderFunction {
 public:
  virtual ~FirstOrderFunction() {}
  // cost is never NULL. gradient may be null.
  virtual bool Evaluate(const double* const parameters,
                        double* cost,
                        double* gradient) const = 0;
  virtual int NumParameters() const = 0;
};

}  // namespace ceres

#endif  // CERES_PUBLIC_GRADIENT_PROBLEM_H_