ScalarFactorGraph.h

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#pragma once

#include <mrpt/math/types_math.h>
#include <mrpt/system/COutputLogger.h>
#include <mrpt/system/CTimeLogger.h>
#include <deque>

namespace mrpt::graphs
{
/** Sparse solver for GMRF (Gaussian Markov Random Fields) graphical models.
 *  The design of this class is optimized for large problems (e.g. >1e3 nodes,
 * >1e4 constrainst)
 *  by leaving to the user/caller the responsibility of allocating all "nodes"
 * and constraints.
 *  This class can be seen as an intermediary solution between current methods
 * in mrpt::graphslam and the well-known G2O library:
 *
 *  Assumptions/limitations:
 *   - Linear error functions (for now).
 *   - Scalar (1-dim) error functions.
 *   - Gaussian factors.
 *   - Solver: Eigen SparseQR.
 *
 *  Usage:
 *   - Call initialize() to set the number of nodes.
 *   - Call addConstraints() to insert constraints. This may be called more than
 * once.
 *   - Call updateEstimation() to run one step of the linear SparseQR solver.
 *
 * \ingroup mrpt_graph_grp
 * \note [New in MRPT 1.5.0] Requires Eigen>=3.1
 */
class ScalarFactorGraph : public mrpt::system::COutputLogger
{
   public:
    ScalarFactorGraph();

    struct FactorBase
    {
        virtual ~FactorBase();
        /** Return the residual/error of this observation. */
        virtual double evaluateResidual() const = 0;
        /** Return the inverse of the variance of this constraint */
        virtual double getInformation() const = 0;
    };

    /** Simple, scalar (1-dim) constraint (edge) for a GMRF */
    struct UnaryFactorVirtualBase : public FactorBase
    {
        size_t node_id;
        /** Returns the derivative of the residual wrt the node value */
        virtual void evalJacobian(double& dr_dx) const = 0;
    };

    /** Simple, scalar (1-dim) constraint (edge) for a GMRF */
    struct BinaryFactorVirtualBase : public FactorBase
    {
        size_t node_id_i, node_id_j;
        /** Returns the derivative of the residual wrt the node values */
        virtual void evalJacobian(double& dr_dxi, double& dr_dxj) const = 0;
    };

    /** Reset state: remove all constraints and nodes. */
    void clear();

    /** Initialize the GMRF internal state and copy the prior factors. */
    void initialize(
        /** Number of unknown nodes in the MRF graph */
        const size_t nodeCount);

    /** Insert constraints into the GMRF problem.
      * \param listOfConstraints List of user-implemented constraints.
      * **A pointer to the passed object is kept**, but memory ownship *REMAINS*
     * being responsability of the caller. This is
      * done such that arrays/vectors of constraints can be more efficiently
     * allocated if their type is known at build time.
      */
    void addConstraint(const UnaryFactorVirtualBase& listOfConstraints);
    void addConstraint(const BinaryFactorVirtualBase& listOfConstraints);

    /** Removes a constraint. Return true if found and deleted correctly. */
    bool eraseConstraint(const FactorBase& c);

    void clearAllConstraintsByType_Unary() { m_factors_unary.clear(); }
    void clearAllConstraintsByType_Binary() { m_factors_binary.clear(); }
    void updateEstimation(
        /** Output increment of the current estimate. Caller must add this
           vector to current state vector to obtain the optimal estimation. */
        Eigen::VectorXd& solved_x_inc,
        /** If !=nullptr, the variances of each estimate will be stored here. */
        Eigen::VectorXd* solved_variances = nullptr);

    bool isProfilerEnabled() const { return m_enable_profiler; }
    void enableProfiler(bool enable = true) { m_enable_profiler = enable; }
   private:
    /** number of nodes in the graph */
    size_t m_numNodes;

    std::deque<const UnaryFactorVirtualBase*> m_factors_unary;
    std::deque<const BinaryFactorVirtualBase*> m_factors_binary;

    mrpt::system::CTimeLogger m_timelogger;
    bool m_enable_profiler;

};  // End of class def.

}