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towr::SoftConstraint Class Reference

Converts a constraint to a cost by weighing the quadratic violations. More...

#include <soft_constraint.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 SoftConstraint (const ConstraintPtr &constraint)
 Creates a soft constraint (=cost) from a hard constraint.
virtual ~SoftConstraint ()

Private Member Functions

VecBound GetBounds () const final
Jacobian GetJacobian () const override
 The row-vector of derivatives of the cost term.
VectorXd GetValues () const override
 average value of each upper and lower bound.
void SetVariables (const VectorXd &x) final

Private Attributes

VectorXd b_
ConstraintPtr constraint_
VectorXd W_
 weights how each constraint violation contributes to the cost.

Detailed Description

Converts a constraint to a cost by weighing the quadratic violations.

Let constraint g(x) R^m with upper bound b_u and lower bound b_l. Let

g'(x) = g(x) - 0.5(b_u+b_l) = g(x) - b

And it's derivative

dg'(x)/dx = J(x).

Define a cost as

c(x) = 0.5 * g'^T * W * g', where W = diag(w1,...,wm).

Then the gradient of the cost is defined as:

dc(x)/dx = (g'(x)^T * W * J)^T = J^T * W * (g(x)-b).

Definition at line 59 of file soft_constraint.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

towr::SoftConstraint::SoftConstraint ( const ConstraintPtr &  constraint)

Creates a soft constraint (=cost) from a hard constraint.

Parameters:
constraintThe fully initialized constraint.

Weights are set to identity, so each constraint violation contributes equally to the cost.

Definition at line 34 of file soft_constraint.cc.


Member Function Documentation

VecBound towr::SoftConstraint::GetBounds ( ) const [inline, private]

Definition at line 93 of file soft_constraint.h.

SoftConstraint::Jacobian towr::SoftConstraint::GetJacobian ( ) const [override, private]

The row-vector of derivatives of the cost term.

dc(x)/dx = J^T * W * (g-b)

Definition at line 61 of file soft_constraint.cc.

SoftConstraint::VectorXd towr::SoftConstraint::GetValues ( ) const [override, private]

average value of each upper and lower bound.

The quadratic constraint violation transformed to a cost.

c(x) = 0.5 * (g-b)^T * W * (g-b)

Definition at line 53 of file soft_constraint.cc.

void towr::SoftConstraint::SetVariables ( const VectorXd &  x) [inline, private]

Definition at line 94 of file soft_constraint.h.


Member Data Documentation

VectorXd towr::SoftConstraint::b_ [private]

Definition at line 76 of file soft_constraint.h.

ConstraintPtr towr::SoftConstraint::constraint_ [private]

Definition at line 74 of file soft_constraint.h.

VectorXd towr::SoftConstraint::W_ [private]

weights how each constraint violation contributes to the cost.

Definition at line 75 of file soft_constraint.h.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:


towr
Author(s): Alexander W. Winkler
autogenerated on Mon Apr 15 2019 02:42:32