VectorMap uses a straightforward stl::map of Vectors. It has O(log n)
insert and access, and is fairly fast at both. However, it has high overhead
for arithmetic operations such as +, scale, axpy etc...
VectorBTree uses a functional BTree as a way to access SubVectors
in an ordinary Vector. Inserting is O(n) and much slower, but accessing,
is O(log n) and might be a bit slower than VectorMap. Arithmetic operations
are blindingly fast, however. The cost is it is not as KISS as VectorMap.
Access to vectors is now exclusively via operator[]
Vector access in VectorMap is via a Vector reference
Vector access in VectorBtree is via the SubVector type (see Vector.h)
Feb 16 2010: FD: I made VectorMap the default, because I decided to try
and speed up conjugate gradients by using Sparse FactorGraphs all the way.
fixed a nasty bug and change the internal data type of subgraph preconditioner from reference to boost shared pointer. reference is not a good idea for class members, because no type checking will happen
Frank Dellaert
Kai Ni
Richard Roberts