internal/ceres/dense_qr_solver.h

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// Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal)
//
// Solve dense rectangular systems Ax = b using the QR factorization.
#ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_DENSE_QR_SOLVER_H_
#define CERES_INTERNAL_DENSE_QR_SOLVER_H_

#include "ceres/linear_solver.h"
#include "ceres/internal/macros.h"

namespace ceres {
namespace internal {

class DenseSparseMatrix;

// This class implements the LinearSolver interface for solving
// rectangular/unsymmetric (well constrained) linear systems of the
// form
//
//   Ax = b
//
// Since there does not usually exist a solution that satisfies these
// equations, the solver instead solves the linear least squares
// problem
//
//   min_x |Ax - b|^2
//
// The solution strategy is based on computing the QR decomposition of
// A, i.e.
//
//   A = QR
//
// Where Q is an orthonormal matrix and R is an upper triangular
// matrix. Then
//
//     Ax = b
//    QRx = b
//  Q'QRx = Q'b
//     Rx = Q'b
//      x = R^{-1} Q'b
//
// If the PerSolveOptions struct has a non-null array D, then the
// augmented/regularized linear system
//
//   [    A    ]x = [b]
//   [ diag(D) ]    [0]
//
// is solved.
//
// This class uses the dense QR factorization routines from the Eigen
// library. This solver always returns a solution, it is the user's
// responsibility to judge if the solution is good enough for their
// purposes.
class DenseQRSolver: public DenseSparseMatrixSolver {
 public:
  explicit DenseQRSolver(const LinearSolver::Options& options);

 private:
  virtual LinearSolver::Summary SolveImpl(
      DenseSparseMatrix* A,
      const double* b,
      const LinearSolver::PerSolveOptions& per_solve_options,
      double* x);

  const LinearSolver::Options options_;
  CERES_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DenseQRSolver);
};

}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace ceres

#endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_DENSE_QR_SOLVER_H_