/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * GTSAM Copyright 2010, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, * Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415 * All Rights Reserved * Authors: Frank Dellaert, et al. (see THANKS for the full author list) * See LICENSE for the license information * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* * SimpleRotation.cpp * * This is a super-simple example of optimizing a single rotation according to a single prior * * Created on: Jul 1, 2010 * @Author: Frank Dellaert * @Author: Alex Cunningham */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include /* * TODO: make factors independent of Values * TODO: make toplevel documentation * TODO: Clean up nonlinear optimization API */ using namespace std; using namespace gtsam; /** * Step 1: Setup basic types for optimization of a single variable type * This can be considered to be specifying the domain of the problem we wish * to solve. In this case, we will create a very simple domain that operates * on variables of a specific type, in this case, Rot2. * * To create a domain: * - variable types need to have a key defined to act as a label in graphs * - a "Values" structure needs to be defined to store the system state * - a graph container acting on a given Values * * In a typical scenario, these typedefs could be placed in a header * file and reused between projects. Also, LieValues can be combined to * form a "TupleValues" to enable multiple variable types, such as 2D points * and 2D poses. */ typedef TypedSymbol Key; /// Variable labels for a specific type typedef LieValues Values; /// Class to store values - acts as a state for the system typedef NonlinearFactorGraph Graph; /// Graph container for constraints - needs to know type of variables const double degree = M_PI / 180; int main() { /** * This example will perform a relatively trivial optimization on * a single variable with a single factor. */ /** * Step 2: create a factor on to express a unary constraint * The "prior" in this case is the measurement from a sensor, * with a model of the noise on the measurement. * * The "Key" created here is a label used to associate parts of the * state (stored in "Values") with particular factors. They require * an index to allow for lookup, and should be unique. * * In general, creating a factor requires: * - A key or set of keys labeling the variables that are acted upon * - A measurement value * - A measurement model with the correct dimensionality for the factor */ Rot2 prior = Rot2::fromAngle(30 * degree); prior.print("goal angle"); SharedDiagonal model = noiseModel::Isotropic::Sigma(1, 1 * degree); Key key(1); PriorFactor factor(key, prior, model); /** * Step 3: create a graph container and add the factor to it * Before optimizing, all factors need to be added to a Graph container, * which provides the necessary top-level functionality for defining a * system of constraints. * * In this case, there is only one factor, but in a practical scenario, * many more factors would be added. */ Graph graph; graph.add(factor); graph.print("full graph"); /** * Step 4: create an initial estimate * An initial estimate of the solution for the system is necessary to * start optimization. This system state is the "Values" structure, * which is similar in structure to a STL map, in that it maps * keys (the label created in step 1) to specific values. * * The initial estimate provided to optimization will be used as * a linearization point for optimization, so it is important that * all of the variables in the graph have a corresponding value in * this structure. * * The interface to all Values types is the same, it only depends * on the type of key used to find the appropriate value map if there * are multiple types of variables. */ Values initial; initial.insert(key, Rot2::fromAngle(20 * degree)); initial.print("initial estimate"); /** * Step 5: optimize * After formulating the problem with a graph of constraints * and an initial estimate, executing optimization is as simple * as calling a general optimization function with the graph and * initial estimate. This will yield a new Values structure * with the final state of the optimization. */ Values result = optimize(graph, initial); result.print("final result"); return 0; }