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29 // Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal)
30 
31 #ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_SPARSE_CHOLESKY_H_
32 #define CERES_INTERNAL_SPARSE_CHOLESKY_H_
33 
34 // This include must come before any #ifndef check on Ceres compile options.
35 #include "ceres/internal/port.h"
36 
37 #include <memory>
38 #include "ceres/linear_solver.h"
39 #include "glog/logging.h"
40 
41 namespace ceres {
42 namespace internal {
43 
44 // An interface that abstracts away the internal details of various
45 // sparse linear algebra libraries and offers a simple API for solving
46 // symmetric positive definite linear systems using a sparse Cholesky
47 // factorization.
48 //
49 // Instances of SparseCholesky are expected to cache the symbolic
50 // factorization of the linear system. They do this on the first call
51 // to Factorize or FactorAndSolve. Subsequent calls to Factorize and
52 // FactorAndSolve are expected to have the same sparsity structure.
53 //
54 // Example usage:
55 //
56 //  std::unique_ptr<SparseCholesky>
57 //  sparse_cholesky(SparseCholesky::Create(SUITE_SPARSE, AMD));
58 //
59 //  CompressedRowSparseMatrix lhs = ...;
60 //  std::string message;
61 //  CHECK_EQ(sparse_cholesky->Factorize(&lhs, &message), LINEAR_SOLVER_SUCCESS);
62 //  Vector rhs = ...;
63 //  Vector solution = ...;
64 //  CHECK_EQ(sparse_cholesky->Solve(rhs.data(), solution.data(), &message),
65 //           LINEAR_SOLVER_SUCCESS);
66 
67 class SparseCholesky {
68  public:
69   static std::unique_ptr<SparseCholesky> Create(
70       const LinearSolver::Options& options);
71 
72   virtual ~SparseCholesky();
73 
74   // Due to the symmetry of the linear system, sparse linear algebra
75   // libraries only use one half of the input matrix. Whether it is
76   // the upper or the lower triangular part of the matrix depends on
77   // the library and the re-ordering strategy being used. This
78   // function tells the user the storage type expected of the input
79   // matrix for the sparse linear algebra library and reordering
80   // strategy used.
81   virtual CompressedRowSparseMatrix::StorageType StorageType() const = 0;
82 
83   // Computes the numeric factorization of the given matrix.  If this
84   // is the first call to Factorize, first the symbolic factorization
85   // will be computed and cached and the numeric factorization will be
86   // computed based on that.
87   //
88   // Subsequent calls to Factorize will use that symbolic
89   // factorization assuming that the sparsity of the matrix has
90   // remained constant.
91   virtual LinearSolverTerminationType Factorize(
92       CompressedRowSparseMatrix* lhs, std::string* message) = 0;
93 
94   // Computes the solution to the equation
95   //
96   // lhs * solution = rhs
97   virtual LinearSolverTerminationType Solve(const double* rhs,
98                                             double* solution,
99                                             std::string* message) = 0;
100 
101   // Convenience method which combines a call to Factorize and
102   // Solve. Solve is only called if Factorize returns
103   // LINEAR_SOLVER_SUCCESS.
104   virtual LinearSolverTerminationType FactorAndSolve(
105       CompressedRowSparseMatrix* lhs,
106       const double* rhs,
107       double* solution,
108       std::string* message);
109 
110 };
111 
112 class IterativeRefiner;
113 
114 // Computes an initial solution using the given instance of
115 // SparseCholesky, and then refines it using the IterativeRefiner.
116 class RefinedSparseCholesky : public SparseCholesky {
117  public:
118   RefinedSparseCholesky(std::unique_ptr<SparseCholesky> sparse_cholesky,
119                         std::unique_ptr<IterativeRefiner> iterative_refiner);
120   virtual ~RefinedSparseCholesky();
121 
122   virtual CompressedRowSparseMatrix::StorageType StorageType() const;
123   virtual LinearSolverTerminationType Factorize(
124       CompressedRowSparseMatrix* lhs, std::string* message);
125   virtual LinearSolverTerminationType Solve(const double* rhs,
126                                             double* solution,
127                                             std::string* message);
128 
129  private:
130   std::unique_ptr<SparseCholesky> sparse_cholesky_;
131   std::unique_ptr<IterativeRefiner> iterative_refiner_;
132   CompressedRowSparseMatrix* lhs_ = nullptr;
133 };
134 
135 }  // namespace internal
136 }  // namespace ceres
137 
138 #endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_SPARSE_CHOLESKY_H_
139