CPointPDFGaussian.h

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#ifndef CPointPDFGaussian_H
#define CPointPDFGaussian_H

#include <mrpt/poses/CPointPDF.h>
#include <mrpt/math/CMatrix.h>

namespace mrpt::poses
{
/** A gaussian distribution for 3D points. Also a method for bayesian fusion is
 * provided.
 *
 * \sa CPointPDF
 * \ingroup poses_pdf_grp
 */
class CPointPDFGaussian : public CPointPDF
{
    DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE(CPointPDFGaussian)

   public:
    /** Default constructor
      */
    CPointPDFGaussian();

    /** Constructor
      */
    CPointPDFGaussian(const CPoint3D& init_Mean);

    /** Constructor
      */
    CPointPDFGaussian(
        const CPoint3D& init_Mean, const mrpt::math::CMatrixDouble33& init_Cov);

    /** The mean value */
    CPoint3D mean;
    /** The 3x3 covariance matrix */
    mrpt::math::CMatrixDouble33 cov;

    /** Returns an estimate of the point, (the mean, or mathematical expectation
     * of the PDF) */
    void getMean(CPoint3D& p) const override;

    /** Returns an estimate of the point covariance matrix (3x3 cov matrix) and
     * the mean, both at once.  \sa getMean */
    void getCovarianceAndMean(
        mrpt::math::CMatrixDouble33& cov, CPoint3D& mean_point) const override;

    /** Copy operator, translating if necesary (for example, between particles
     * and gaussian representations) */
    void copyFrom(const CPointPDF& o) override;

    /** Save PDF's particles to a text file, containing the 2D pose in the first
     * line, then the covariance matrix in next 3 lines. */
    bool saveToTextFile(const std::string& file) const override;

    /** this = p (+) this. This can be used to convert a PDF from local
     * coordinates to global, providing the point (newReferenceBase) from which
      *   "to project" the current pdf. Result PDF substituted the currently
     * stored one in the object. Both the mean value and the covariance matrix
     * are updated correctly. */
    void changeCoordinatesReference(const CPose3D& newReferenceBase) override;

    /** Bayesian fusion of two points gauss. distributions, then save the result
      *in this object.
      *  The process is as follows:<br>
      *     - (x1,S1): Mean and variance of the p1 distribution.
      *     - (x2,S2): Mean and variance of the p2 distribution.
      *     - (x,S): Mean and variance of the resulting distribution.
      *
      *    S = (S1<sup>-1</sup> + S2<sup>-1</sup>)<sup>-1</sup>;
      *    x = S * ( S1<sup>-1</sup>*x1 + S2<sup>-1</sup>*x2 );
      */
    void bayesianFusion(
        const CPointPDFGaussian& p1, const CPointPDFGaussian& p2);

    /** Computes the "correspondence likelihood" of this PDF with another one:
     * This is implemented as the integral from -inf to +inf of the product of
     * both PDF.
      * The resulting number is >=0.
      * \sa productIntegralNormalizedWith
      * \exception std::exception On errors like covariance matrix with null
     * determinant, etc...
      */
    double productIntegralWith(const CPointPDFGaussian& p) const;

    /** Computes the "correspondence likelihood" of this PDF with another one:
     * This is implemented as the integral from -inf to +inf of the product of
     * both PDF.
      * The resulting number is >=0.
      * NOTE: This version ignores the "z" coordinates!!
      * \sa productIntegralNormalizedWith
      * \exception std::exception On errors like covariance matrix with null
     * determinant, etc...
      */
    double productIntegralWith2D(const CPointPDFGaussian& p) const;

    /** Computes the "correspondence likelihood" of this PDF with another one:
     * This is implemented as the integral from -inf to +inf of the product of
     * both PDF.
      * The resulting number is in the range [0,1]
      *  Note that the resulting value is in fact
      *  \f[ exp( -\frac{1}{2} D^2 ) \f]
      *  , with \f$ D^2 \f$ being the square Mahalanobis distance between the
     * two pdfs.
      * \sa productIntegralWith
      * \exception std::exception On errors like covariance matrix with null
     * determinant, etc...
      */
    double productIntegralNormalizedWith(const CPointPDFGaussian& p) const;

    /** Computes the "correspondence likelihood" of this PDF with another one:
     * This is implemented as the integral from -inf to +inf of the product of
     * both PDF.
      * The resulting number is in the range [0,1]. This versions ignores the
     * "z" coordinate.
      *
      *  Note that the resulting value is in fact
      *  \f[ exp( -\frac{1}{2} D^2 ) \f]
      *  , with \f$ D^2 \f$ being the square Mahalanobis distance between the
     * two pdfs.
      * \sa productIntegralWith
      * \exception std::exception On errors like covariance matrix with null
     * determinant, etc...
      */
    double productIntegralNormalizedWith2D(const CPointPDFGaussian& p) const;

    /** Draw a sample from the pdf */
    void drawSingleSample(CPoint3D& outSample) const override;

    /** Bayesian fusion of two point distributions (product of two
     * distributions->new distribution), then save the result in this object
     * (WARNING: See implementing classes to see classes that can and cannot be
     * mixtured!)
      * \param p1 The first distribution to fuse
      * \param p2 The second distribution to fuse
      * \param minMahalanobisDistToDrop If set to different of 0, the result of
     * very separate Gaussian modes (that will result in negligible components)
     * in SOGs will be dropped to reduce the number of modes in the output.
      */
    void bayesianFusion(
        const CPointPDF& p1, const CPointPDF& p2,
        const double minMahalanobisDistToDrop = 0) override;

    /** Returns the Mahalanobis distance from this PDF to another PDF, that is,
     * it's evaluation at (0,0,0) */
    double mahalanobisDistanceTo(
        const CPointPDFGaussian& other, bool only_2D = false) const;

};  // End of class def.
}
#endif