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+// Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
+// Copyright 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+// http://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+//
+// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+// and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+// * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be
+// used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+// specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+// AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+// ARE DISCLAIMED. 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)
+//
+// Generic loop for line search based optimization algorithms.
+//
+// This is primarily inpsired by the minFunc packaged written by Mark
+// Schmidt.
+//
+// http://www.di.ens.fr/~mschmidt/Software/minFunc.html
+//
+// For details on the theory and implementation see "Numerical
+// Optimization" by Nocedal & Wright.
+
+#ifndef CERES_NO_LINE_SEARCH_MINIMIZER
+
+#include "ceres/line_search_minimizer.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "Eigen/Dense"
+#include "ceres/array_utils.h"
+#include "ceres/evaluator.h"
+#include "ceres/internal/eigen.h"
+#include "ceres/internal/port.h"
+#include "ceres/internal/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "ceres/line_search.h"
+#include "ceres/line_search_direction.h"
+#include "ceres/stringprintf.h"
+#include "ceres/types.h"
+#include "ceres/wall_time.h"
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+
+namespace ceres {
+namespace internal {
+namespace {
+// Small constant for various floating point issues.
+// TODO(sameeragarwal): Change to a better name if this has only one
+// use.
+const double kEpsilon = 1e-12;
+
+bool Evaluate(Evaluator* evaluator,
+ const Vector& x,
+ LineSearchMinimizer::State* state) {
+ const bool status = evaluator->Evaluate(x.data(),
+ &(state->cost),
+ NULL,
+ state->gradient.data(),
+ NULL);
+ if (status) {
+ state->gradient_squared_norm = state->gradient.squaredNorm();
+ state->gradient_max_norm = state->gradient.lpNorm<Eigen::Infinity>();
+ }
+
+ return status;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+void LineSearchMinimizer::Minimize(const Minimizer::Options& options,
+ double* parameters,
+ Solver::Summary* summary) {
+ double start_time = WallTimeInSeconds();
+ double iteration_start_time = start_time;
+
+ Evaluator* evaluator = CHECK_NOTNULL(options.evaluator);
+ const int num_parameters = evaluator->NumParameters();
+ const int num_effective_parameters = evaluator->NumEffectiveParameters();
+
+ summary->termination_type = NO_CONVERGENCE;
+ summary->num_successful_steps = 0;
+ summary->num_unsuccessful_steps = 0;
+
+ VectorRef x(parameters, num_parameters);
+
+ State current_state(num_parameters, num_effective_parameters);
+ State previous_state(num_parameters, num_effective_parameters);
+
+ Vector delta(num_effective_parameters);
+ Vector x_plus_delta(num_parameters);
+
+ IterationSummary iteration_summary;
+ iteration_summary.iteration = 0;
+ iteration_summary.step_is_valid = false;
+ iteration_summary.step_is_successful = false;
+ iteration_summary.cost_change = 0.0;
+ iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm = 0.0;
+ iteration_summary.step_norm = 0.0;
+ iteration_summary.linear_solver_iterations = 0;
+ iteration_summary.step_solver_time_in_seconds = 0;
+
+ // Do initial cost and Jacobian evaluation.
+ if (!Evaluate(evaluator, x, &current_state)) {
+ LOG(WARNING) << "Terminating: Cost and gradient evaluation failed.";
+ summary->termination_type = NUMERICAL_FAILURE;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ summary->initial_cost = current_state.cost + summary->fixed_cost;
+ iteration_summary.cost = current_state.cost + summary->fixed_cost;
+
+ iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm = current_state.gradient_max_norm;
+
+ // The initial gradient max_norm is bounded from below so that we do
+ // not divide by zero.
+ const double initial_gradient_max_norm =
+ max(iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm, kEpsilon);
+ const double absolute_gradient_tolerance =
+ options.gradient_tolerance * initial_gradient_max_norm;
+
+ if (iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm <= absolute_gradient_tolerance) {
+ summary->termination_type = GRADIENT_TOLERANCE;
+ VLOG(1) << "Terminating: Gradient tolerance reached."
+ << "Relative gradient max norm: "
+ << iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm / initial_gradient_max_norm
+ << " <= " << options.gradient_tolerance;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ iteration_summary.iteration_time_in_seconds =
+ WallTimeInSeconds() - iteration_start_time;
+ iteration_summary.cumulative_time_in_seconds =
+ WallTimeInSeconds() - start_time
+ + summary->preprocessor_time_in_seconds;
+ summary->iterations.push_back(iteration_summary);
+
+ LineSearchDirection::Options line_search_direction_options;
+ line_search_direction_options.num_parameters = num_effective_parameters;
+ line_search_direction_options.type = options.line_search_direction_type;
+ line_search_direction_options.nonlinear_conjugate_gradient_type =
+ options.nonlinear_conjugate_gradient_type;
+ line_search_direction_options.max_lbfgs_rank = options.max_lbfgs_rank;
+ line_search_direction_options.use_approximate_eigenvalue_bfgs_scaling =
+ options.use_approximate_eigenvalue_bfgs_scaling;
+ scoped_ptr<LineSearchDirection> line_search_direction(
+ LineSearchDirection::Create(line_search_direction_options));
+
+ LineSearchFunction line_search_function(evaluator);
+
+ LineSearch::Options line_search_options;
+ line_search_options.interpolation_type =
+ options.line_search_interpolation_type;
+ line_search_options.min_step_size = options.min_line_search_step_size;
+ line_search_options.sufficient_decrease =
+ options.line_search_sufficient_function_decrease;
+ line_search_options.max_step_contraction =
+ options.max_line_search_step_contraction;
+ line_search_options.min_step_contraction =
+ options.min_line_search_step_contraction;
+ line_search_options.max_num_iterations =
+ options.max_num_line_search_step_size_iterations;
+ line_search_options.sufficient_curvature_decrease =
+ options.line_search_sufficient_curvature_decrease;
+ line_search_options.max_step_expansion =
+ options.max_line_search_step_expansion;
+ line_search_options.function = &line_search_function;
+
+ scoped_ptr<LineSearch>
+ line_search(LineSearch::Create(options.line_search_type,
+ line_search_options,
+ &summary->error));
+ if (line_search.get() == NULL) {
+ LOG(ERROR) << "Ceres bug: Unable to create a LineSearch object, please "
+ << "contact the developers!, error: " << summary->error;
+ summary->termination_type = DID_NOT_RUN;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ LineSearch::Summary line_search_summary;
+ int num_line_search_direction_restarts = 0;
+
+ while (true) {
+ if (!RunCallbacks(options.callbacks, iteration_summary, summary)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ iteration_start_time = WallTimeInSeconds();
+ if (iteration_summary.iteration >= options.max_num_iterations) {
+ summary->termination_type = NO_CONVERGENCE;
+ VLOG(1) << "Terminating: Maximum number of iterations reached.";
+ break;
+ }
+
+ const double total_solver_time = iteration_start_time - start_time +
+ summary->preprocessor_time_in_seconds;
+ if (total_solver_time >= options.max_solver_time_in_seconds) {
+ summary->termination_type = NO_CONVERGENCE;
+ VLOG(1) << "Terminating: Maximum solver time reached.";
+ break;
+ }
+
+ iteration_summary = IterationSummary();
+ iteration_summary.iteration = summary->iterations.back().iteration + 1;
+ iteration_summary.step_is_valid = false;
+ iteration_summary.step_is_successful = false;
+
+ bool line_search_status = true;
+ if (iteration_summary.iteration == 1) {
+ current_state.search_direction = -current_state.gradient;
+ } else {
+ line_search_status = line_search_direction->NextDirection(
+ previous_state,
+ current_state,
+ &current_state.search_direction);
+ }
+
+ if (!line_search_status &&
+ num_line_search_direction_restarts >=
+ options.max_num_line_search_direction_restarts) {
+ // Line search direction failed to generate a new direction, and we
+ // have already reached our specified maximum number of restarts,
+ // terminate optimization.
+ summary->error =
+ StringPrintf("Line search direction failure: specified "
+ "max_num_line_search_direction_restarts: %d reached.",
+ options.max_num_line_search_direction_restarts);
+ LOG(WARNING) << summary->error << " terminating optimization.";
+ summary->termination_type = NUMERICAL_FAILURE;
+ break;
+
+ } else if (!line_search_status) {
+ // Restart line search direction with gradient descent on first iteration
+ // as we have not yet reached our maximum number of restarts.
+ CHECK_LT(num_line_search_direction_restarts,
+ options.max_num_line_search_direction_restarts);
+
+ ++num_line_search_direction_restarts;
+ LOG(WARNING)
+ << "Line search direction algorithm: "
+ << LineSearchDirectionTypeToString(options.line_search_direction_type)
+ << ", failed to produce a valid new direction at iteration: "
+ << iteration_summary.iteration << ". Restarting, number of "
+ << "restarts: " << num_line_search_direction_restarts << " / "
+ << options.max_num_line_search_direction_restarts << " [max].";
+ line_search_direction.reset(
+ LineSearchDirection::Create(line_search_direction_options));
+ current_state.search_direction = -current_state.gradient;
+ }
+
+ line_search_function.Init(x, current_state.search_direction);
+ current_state.directional_derivative =
+ current_state.gradient.dot(current_state.search_direction);
+
+ // TODO(sameeragarwal): Refactor this into its own object and add
+ // explanations for the various choices.
+ //
+ // Note that we use !line_search_status to ensure that we treat cases when
+ // we restarted the line search direction equivalently to the first
+ // iteration.
+ const double initial_step_size =
+ (iteration_summary.iteration == 1 || !line_search_status)
+ ? min(1.0, 1.0 / current_state.gradient_max_norm)
+ : min(1.0, 2.0 * (current_state.cost - previous_state.cost) /
+ current_state.directional_derivative);
+ // By definition, we should only ever go forwards along the specified search
+ // direction in a line search, most likely cause for this being violated
+ // would be a numerical failure in the line search direction calculation.
+ if (initial_step_size < 0.0) {
+ summary->error =
+ StringPrintf("Numerical failure in line search, initial_step_size is "
+ "negative: %.5e, directional_derivative: %.5e, "
+ "(current_cost - previous_cost): %.5e",
+ initial_step_size, current_state.directional_derivative,
+ (current_state.cost - previous_state.cost));
+ LOG(WARNING) << summary->error;
+ summary->termination_type = NUMERICAL_FAILURE;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ line_search->Search(initial_step_size,
+ current_state.cost,
+ current_state.directional_derivative,
+ &line_search_summary);
+
+ current_state.step_size = line_search_summary.optimal_step_size;
+ delta = current_state.step_size * current_state.search_direction;
+
+ previous_state = current_state;
+ iteration_summary.step_solver_time_in_seconds =
+ WallTimeInSeconds() - iteration_start_time;
+
+ // TODO(sameeragarwal): Collect stats.
+ if (!evaluator->Plus(x.data(), delta.data(), x_plus_delta.data()) ||
+ !Evaluate(evaluator, x_plus_delta, &current_state)) {
+ LOG(WARNING) << "Evaluation failed.";
+ } else {
+ x = x_plus_delta;
+ }
+
+ iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm = current_state.gradient_max_norm;
+ if (iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm <= absolute_gradient_tolerance) {
+ summary->termination_type = GRADIENT_TOLERANCE;
+ VLOG(1) << "Terminating: Gradient tolerance reached."
+ << "Relative gradient max norm: "
+ << iteration_summary.gradient_max_norm / initial_gradient_max_norm
+ << " <= " << options.gradient_tolerance;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ iteration_summary.cost_change = previous_state.cost - current_state.cost;
+ const double absolute_function_tolerance =
+ options.function_tolerance * previous_state.cost;
+ if (fabs(iteration_summary.cost_change) < absolute_function_tolerance) {
+ VLOG(1) << "Terminating. Function tolerance reached. "
+ << "|cost_change|/cost: "
+ << fabs(iteration_summary.cost_change) / previous_state.cost
+ << " <= " << options.function_tolerance;
+ summary->termination_type = FUNCTION_TOLERANCE;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ iteration_summary.cost = current_state.cost + summary->fixed_cost;
+ iteration_summary.step_norm = delta.norm();
+ iteration_summary.step_is_valid = true;
+ iteration_summary.step_is_successful = true;
+ iteration_summary.step_norm = delta.norm();
+ iteration_summary.step_size = current_state.step_size;
+ iteration_summary.line_search_function_evaluations =
+ line_search_summary.num_function_evaluations;
+ iteration_summary.line_search_gradient_evaluations =
+ line_search_summary.num_gradient_evaluations;
+ iteration_summary.line_search_iterations =
+ line_search_summary.num_iterations;
+ iteration_summary.iteration_time_in_seconds =
+ WallTimeInSeconds() - iteration_start_time;
+ iteration_summary.cumulative_time_in_seconds =
+ WallTimeInSeconds() - start_time
+ + summary->preprocessor_time_in_seconds;
+
+ summary->iterations.push_back(iteration_summary);
+ ++summary->num_successful_steps;
+ }
+}
+
+} // namespace internal
+} // namespace ceres
+
+#endif // CERES_NO_LINE_SEARCH_MINIMIZER