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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE // LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR // CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF // SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS // INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN // CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) // ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE // POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // // Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal) // keir@google.com (Keir Mierle) // // Purpose : Class and struct definitions for parameter and residual blocks. #ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_RESIDUAL_BLOCK_H_ #define CERES_INTERNAL_RESIDUAL_BLOCK_H_ #include <string> #include <vector> #include "ceres/cost_function.h" #include "ceres/internal/port.h" #include "ceres/internal/scoped_ptr.h" #include "ceres/stringprintf.h" #include "ceres/types.h" namespace ceres { class LossFunction; namespace internal { class ParameterBlock; // A term in the least squares problem. The mathematical form of each term in // the overall least-squares cost function is: // // 1 // --- loss_function( || cost_function(block1, block2, ...) ||^2 ), // 2 // // Storing the cost function and the loss function separately permits optimizing // the problem with standard non-linear least techniques, without requiring a // more general non-linear solver. // // The residual block stores pointers to but does not own the cost functions, // loss functions, and parameter blocks. class ResidualBlock { public: // Construct the residual block with the given cost/loss functions. Loss may // be null. The index is the index of the residual block in the Program's // residual_blocks array. ResidualBlock(const CostFunction* cost_function, const LossFunction* loss_function, const vector<ParameterBlock*>& parameter_blocks, int index); // Evaluates the residual term, storing the scalar cost in *cost, the residual // components in *residuals, and the jacobians between the parameters and // residuals in jacobians[i], in row-major order. If residuals is NULL, the // residuals are not computed. If jacobians is NULL, no jacobians are // computed. If jacobians[i] is NULL, then the jacobian for that parameter is // not computed. // // Evaluate needs scratch space which must be supplied by the caller via // scratch. The array should have at least NumScratchDoublesForEvaluate() // space available. // // The return value indicates the success or failure. If the function returns // false, the caller should expect the the output memory locations to have // been modified. // // The returned cost and jacobians have had robustification and local // parameterizations applied already; for example, the jacobian for a // 4-dimensional quaternion parameter using the "QuaternionParameterization" // is num_residuals by 3 instead of num_residuals by 4. // // apply_loss_function as the name implies allows the user to switch // the application of the loss function on and off. bool Evaluate(bool apply_loss_function, double* cost, double* residuals, double** jacobians, double* scratch) const; const CostFunction* cost_function() const { return cost_function_; } const LossFunction* loss_function() const { return loss_function_; } // Access the parameter blocks for this residual. The array has size // NumParameterBlocks(). ParameterBlock* const* parameter_blocks() const { return parameter_blocks_.get(); } // Number of variable blocks that this residual term depends on. int NumParameterBlocks() const { return cost_function_->parameter_block_sizes().size(); } // The size of the residual vector returned by this residual function. int NumResiduals() const { return cost_function_->num_residuals(); } // The minimum amount of scratch space needed to pass to Evaluate(). int NumScratchDoublesForEvaluate() const; // This residual block's index in an array. int index() const { return index_; } void set_index(int index) { index_ = index; } string ToString() { return StringPrintf("{residual block; index=%d}", index_); } private: const CostFunction* cost_function_; const LossFunction* loss_function_; scoped_array<ParameterBlock*> parameter_blocks_; // The index of the residual, typically in a Program. This is only to permit // switching from a ResidualBlock* to an index in the Program's array, needed // to do efficient removals. int32 index_; }; } // namespace internal } // namespace ceres #endif // CERES_INTERNAL_RESIDUAL_BLOCK_H_