gtsam/cpp/iterative-inl.h

/*
 * iterative-inl.h
 * @brief Iterative methods, template implementation
 * @author Frank Dellaert
 * Created on: Dec 28, 2009
 */

#pragma once

#include "GaussianFactorGraph.h"
#include "iterative.h"

using namespace std;

namespace gtsam {

	/* ************************************************************************* */
	// state for CG method
	template<class S, class V, class E>
	struct CGState {

		bool steepest, verbose;
		double gamma, threshold;
		size_t k, maxIterations, reset;
		V g, d;
		E Ad;

		/* ************************************************************************* */
		// Constructor
		CGState(const S& Ab, const V& x, bool verb, double epsilon,
				double epsilon_abs, size_t maxIt, bool steep) {
			k = 0;
			verbose = verb;
			steepest = steep;
			maxIterations = (maxIt > 0) ? maxIt : dim(x) * (steepest ? 10 : 1);
			reset = (size_t) (sqrt(dim(x)) + 0.5); // when to reset

			// Start with g0 = A'*(A*x0-b), d0 = - g0
			// i.e., first step is in direction of negative gradient
			g = Ab.gradient(x);
			d = g; // instead of negating gradient, alpha will be negated

			// init gamma and calculate threshold
			gamma = dot(g, g);
			threshold = ::max(epsilon_abs, epsilon * epsilon * gamma);

			// Allocate and calculate A*d for first iteration
			if (gamma > epsilon) Ad = Ab * d;
		}

		/* ************************************************************************* */
		// print
		void print(const V& x) {
			cout << "iteration = " << k << endl;
			gtsam::print(x,"x");
			gtsam::print(g, "g");
			cout << "dotg = " << gamma << endl;
			gtsam::print(d, "d");
			gtsam::print(Ad, "Ad");
		}

		/* ************************************************************************* */
		// step the solution
		double takeOptimalStep(V& x) {
			// TODO: can we use gamma instead of dot(d,g) ????? Answer not trivial
			double alpha = -dot(d, g) / dot(Ad, Ad); // calculate optimal step-size
			axpy(alpha, d, x); // // do step in new search direction, x += alpha*d
			return alpha;
		}

		/* ************************************************************************* */
		// take a step, return true if converged
		bool step(const S& Ab, V& x) {
			k += 1; // increase iteration number

			double alpha = takeOptimalStep(x);

			if (k >= maxIterations) return true; //---------------------------------->

			// update gradient (or re-calculate at reset time)
			if (k % reset == 0)
				g = Ab.gradient(x);
			else
				// axpy(alpha, Ab ^ Ad, g);  // g += alpha*(Ab^Ad)
				Ab.transposeMultiplyAdd(alpha, Ad, g);

			// check for convergence
			double new_gamma = dot(g, g);
			if (verbose) cout << "iteration " << k << ": alpha = " << alpha
					<< ", dotg = " << new_gamma << endl;
			if (new_gamma < threshold) return true; //---------------------------------->

			// calculate new search direction
			if (steepest)
				d = g;
			else {
				double beta = new_gamma / gamma;
				// d = g + d*beta;
				scal(beta, d);
				axpy(1.0, g, d);
			}
			gamma = new_gamma;

			// In-place recalculation Ad <- A*d to avoid re-allocating Ad
			Ab.multiplyInPlace(d, Ad);
			return false;
		}

	}; // CGState Class

	/* ************************************************************************* */
	// conjugate gradient method.
	// S: linear system, V: step vector, E: errors
	template<class S, class V, class E>
	V conjugateGradients(const S& Ab, V x, bool verbose, double epsilon,
			double epsilon_abs, size_t maxIterations, bool steepest = false) {

		CGState<S, V, E> state(Ab, x, verbose, epsilon, epsilon_abs, maxIterations,steepest);
		if (verbose) cout << "CG: epsilon = " << epsilon << ", maxIterations = "
				<< state.maxIterations << ", ||g0||^2 = " << state.gamma
				<< ", threshold = " << state.threshold << endl;

		if (state.gamma < state.threshold) {
			if (verbose) cout << "||g0||^2 < threshold, exiting immediately !" << endl;
			return x;
		}

		// loop maxIterations times
		while (!state.step(Ab, x))
			;

		return x;
	}

/* ************************************************************************* */

} // namespace gtsam