ceres-solver/internal/ceres/block_jacobian_writer.cc

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// Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle)

#include "ceres/block_jacobian_writer.h"

#include "ceres/block_evaluate_preparer.h"
#include "ceres/block_sparse_matrix.h"
#include "ceres/internal/eigen.h"
#include "ceres/internal/port.h"
#include "ceres/parameter_block.h"
#include "ceres/program.h"
#include "ceres/residual_block.h"

namespace ceres {
namespace internal {

using std::vector;

namespace {

// Given the residual block ordering, build a lookup table to determine which
// per-parameter jacobian goes where in the overall program jacobian.
//
// Since we expect to use a Schur type linear solver to solve the LM step, take
// extra care to place the E blocks and the F blocks contiguously. E blocks are
// the first num_eliminate_blocks parameter blocks as indicated by the parameter
// block ordering. The remaining parameter blocks are the F blocks.
//
// TODO(keir): Consider if we should use a boolean for each parameter block
// instead of num_eliminate_blocks.
void BuildJacobianLayout(const Program& program,
                         int num_eliminate_blocks,
                         vector<int*>* jacobian_layout,
                         vector<int>* jacobian_layout_storage) {
  const vector<ResidualBlock*>& residual_blocks = program.residual_blocks();

  // Iterate over all the active residual blocks and determine how many E blocks
  // are there. This will determine where the F blocks start in the jacobian
  // matrix. Also compute the number of jacobian blocks.
  int f_block_pos = 0;
  int num_jacobian_blocks = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < residual_blocks.size(); ++i) {
    ResidualBlock* residual_block = residual_blocks[i];
    const int num_residuals = residual_block->NumResiduals();
    const int num_parameter_blocks = residual_block->NumParameterBlocks();

    // Advance f_block_pos over each E block for this residual.
    for (int j = 0; j < num_parameter_blocks; ++j) {
      ParameterBlock* parameter_block = residual_block->parameter_blocks()[j];
      if (!parameter_block->IsConstant()) {
        // Only count blocks for active parameters.
        num_jacobian_blocks++;
        if (parameter_block->index() < num_eliminate_blocks) {
          f_block_pos += num_residuals * parameter_block->LocalSize();
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // We now know that the E blocks are laid out starting at zero, and the F
  // blocks are laid out starting at f_block_pos. Iterate over the residual
  // blocks again, and this time fill the jacobian_layout array with the
  // position information.

  jacobian_layout->resize(program.NumResidualBlocks());
  jacobian_layout_storage->resize(num_jacobian_blocks);

  int e_block_pos = 0;
  int* jacobian_pos = &(*jacobian_layout_storage)[0];
  for (int i = 0; i < residual_blocks.size(); ++i) {
    const ResidualBlock* residual_block = residual_blocks[i];
    const int num_residuals = residual_block->NumResiduals();
    const int num_parameter_blocks = residual_block->NumParameterBlocks();

    (*jacobian_layout)[i] = jacobian_pos;
    for (int j = 0; j < num_parameter_blocks; ++j) {
      ParameterBlock* parameter_block = residual_block->parameter_blocks()[j];
      const int parameter_block_index = parameter_block->index();
      if (parameter_block->IsConstant()) {
        continue;
      }
      const int jacobian_block_size =
          num_residuals * parameter_block->LocalSize();
      if (parameter_block_index < num_eliminate_blocks) {
        *jacobian_pos = e_block_pos;
        e_block_pos += jacobian_block_size;
      } else {
        *jacobian_pos = f_block_pos;
        f_block_pos += jacobian_block_size;
      }
      jacobian_pos++;
    }
  }
}

}  // namespace

BlockJacobianWriter::BlockJacobianWriter(const Evaluator::Options& options,
                                         Program* program)
    : program_(program) {
  CHECK_GE(options.num_eliminate_blocks, 0)
      << "num_eliminate_blocks must be greater than 0.";

  BuildJacobianLayout(*program,
                      options.num_eliminate_blocks,
                      &jacobian_layout_,
                      &jacobian_layout_storage_);
}

// Create evaluate prepareres that point directly into the final jacobian. This
// makes the final Write() a nop.
BlockEvaluatePreparer* BlockJacobianWriter::CreateEvaluatePreparers(
    int num_threads) {
  int max_derivatives_per_residual_block =
      program_->MaxDerivativesPerResidualBlock();

  BlockEvaluatePreparer* preparers = new BlockEvaluatePreparer[num_threads];
  for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
    preparers[i].Init(&jacobian_layout_[0], max_derivatives_per_residual_block);
  }
  return preparers;
}

SparseMatrix* BlockJacobianWriter::CreateJacobian() const {
  CompressedRowBlockStructure* bs = new CompressedRowBlockStructure;

  const vector<ParameterBlock*>& parameter_blocks =
      program_->parameter_blocks();

  // Construct the column blocks.
  bs->cols.resize(parameter_blocks.size());
  for (int i = 0, cursor = 0; i < parameter_blocks.size(); ++i) {
    CHECK_NE(parameter_blocks[i]->index(), -1);
    CHECK(!parameter_blocks[i]->IsConstant());
    bs->cols[i].size = parameter_blocks[i]->LocalSize();
    bs->cols[i].position = cursor;
    cursor += bs->cols[i].size;
  }

  // Construct the cells in each row.
  const vector<ResidualBlock*>& residual_blocks = program_->residual_blocks();
  int row_block_position = 0;
  bs->rows.resize(residual_blocks.size());
  for (int i = 0; i < residual_blocks.size(); ++i) {
    const ResidualBlock* residual_block = residual_blocks[i];
    CompressedRow* row = &bs->rows[i];

    row->block.size = residual_block->NumResiduals();
    row->block.position = row_block_position;
    row_block_position += row->block.size;

    // Size the row by the number of active parameters in this residual.
    const int num_parameter_blocks = residual_block->NumParameterBlocks();
    int num_active_parameter_blocks = 0;
    for (int j = 0; j < num_parameter_blocks; ++j) {
      if (residual_block->parameter_blocks()[j]->index() != -1) {
        num_active_parameter_blocks++;
      }
    }
    row->cells.resize(num_active_parameter_blocks);

    // Add layout information for the active parameters in this row.
    for (int j = 0, k = 0; j < num_parameter_blocks; ++j) {
      const ParameterBlock* parameter_block =
          residual_block->parameter_blocks()[j];
      if (!parameter_block->IsConstant()) {
        Cell& cell = row->cells[k];
        cell.block_id = parameter_block->index();
        cell.position = jacobian_layout_[i][k];

        // Only increment k for active parameters, since there is only layout
        // information for active parameters.
        k++;
      }
    }

    sort(row->cells.begin(), row->cells.end(), CellLessThan);
  }

  BlockSparseMatrix* jacobian = new BlockSparseMatrix(bs);
  CHECK(jacobian != nullptr);
  return jacobian;
}

}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace ceres