gtsam/gtsam_unstable/linear/LPSolver.h

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/**
* @file LPSolver.h
* @brief Class used to solve Linear Programming Problems as defined in LP.h
* @author Duy Nguyen Ta
* @author Ivan Dario Jimenez
* @date 1/24/16
*/
#pragma once
#include <gtsam_unstable/linear/LPState.h>
#include <gtsam_unstable/linear/LP.h>
#include <gtsam_unstable/linear/ActiveSetSolver.h>
#include <gtsam_unstable/linear/LinearCost.h>
#include <gtsam/linear/VectorValues.h>
#include <boost/range/adaptor/map.hpp>
namespace gtsam {
class LPSolver: public ActiveSetSolver {
const LP &lp_; //!< the linear programming problem
public:
/// Constructor
LPSolver(const LP &lp);
const LP &lp() const {
return lp_;
}
/*
* This function performs an iteration of the Active Set Method for solving
* LP problems. At the end of this iteration the problem should either be found
* to be unfeasible, solved or the current state changed to reflect a new
* working set.
*/
LPState iterate(const LPState &state) const;
/**
* Create the factor ||x-xk - (-g)||^2 where xk is the current feasible solution
* on the constraint surface and g is the gradient of the linear cost,
* i.e. -g is the direction we wish to follow to decrease the cost.
*
* Essentially, we try to match the direction d = x-xk with -g as much as possible
* subject to the condition that x needs to be on the constraint surface, i.e., d is
* along the surface's subspace.
*
* The least-square solution of this quadratic subject to a set of linear constraints
* is the projection of the gradient onto the constraints' subspace
*/
GaussianFactorGraph buildCostFunction(const VectorValues &xk) const;
GaussianFactorGraph buildWorkingGraph(
const InequalityFactorGraph& workingSet, const VectorValues& xk) const;
/*
* A dual factor takes the objective function and a set of constraints.
* It then creates a least-square approximation of the lagrangian multipliers
* for the following problem: f' = - lambda * g' where f is the objection
* function g are dual factors and lambda is the lagrangian multiplier.
*/
JacobianFactor::shared_ptr createDualFactor(Key key,
const InequalityFactorGraph &workingSet, const VectorValues &delta) const;
/// TODO(comment)
boost::tuple<double, int> computeStepSize(
const InequalityFactorGraph &workingSet, const VectorValues &xk,
const VectorValues &p) const;
/*
* Given an initial value this function determine which constraints are active
* which can be used to initialize the working set.
* A constraint Ax <= b is active if we have an x' s.t. Ax' = b
*/
InequalityFactorGraph identifyActiveConstraints(
const InequalityFactorGraph &inequalities,
const VectorValues &initialValues, const VectorValues &duals,
bool useWarmStart = false) const;
/** Optimize with the provided feasible initial values
* TODO: throw exception if the initial values is not feasible wrt inequality constraints
* TODO: comment duals
*/
pair<VectorValues, VectorValues> optimize(const VectorValues &initialValues,
const VectorValues &duals = VectorValues(), bool useWarmStart = false) const;
/**
* Optimize without initial values.
*/
pair<VectorValues, VectorValues> optimize() const;
};
} // namespace gtsam