TaoTermSetSolutionTemplate#

Set the solution vector space to match a template vector

Synopsis#

#include "petsctao.h" 
PetscErrorCode TaoTermSetSolutionTemplate(TaoTerm term, Vec sol_template)

Collective

Input Parameters#

  • term - a TaoTerm

  • sol_template - a vector with the desired size, layout, and VecType of solution vectors for TaoTerm

Notes#

The “solution space” of a TaoTerm is the vector space of the optimization variable \(x\) in \(f(x; p)\). This is distinct from the “parameter space” (the space of the fixed data \(p\), set with TaoTermSetParametersSizes()). Some TaoTermTypes require the solution and parameter spaces to be related (e.g., have the same size); see the documentation for each type.

When a mapping matrix \(A\) is used to add a term to a Tao via TaoAddTerm(), the mapping transforms the Tao solution vector into this term’s solution space. For example, if the Tao solution vector is \(x \in \mathbb{R}^n\) and the mapping matrix is \(A \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}\), then the term evaluates \(f(Ax; p)\) with \(Ax \in \mathbb{R}^m\). The term’s solution space is therefore \(\mathbb{R}^m\), and TaoTermView() will report \(N = m\) for this term.

Alternatively, one may use TaoTermSetSolutionSizes() or TaoTermSetSolutionLayout() to define the vector sizes.

See Also#

TaoTerm: composable objective function terms, TaoTerm, TaoTermGetSolutionVecType(), TaoTermSetSolutionVecType(), TaoTermSetParametersTemplate(), TaoTermGetSolutionLayout(), TaoTermSetSolutionLayout(), TaoTermCreateSolutionVec()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/tao/term/interface/taoterm.c


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