// ch13_gradient_descent.cpp // Companion code for Chapter 13: Optimization and Data Fitting. // Standalone C++11; standard library only; console output without plotting. // Compile: c++ -std=c++11 -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic ch13_gradient_descent.cpp -o ch13_gradient_descent // Edit the example settings in main(); routines above main() can be reused. // Fixed seeds reproduce runs with the same standard-library implementation. // Random distributions need not give identical sequences across compilers/languages. #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include using Vec = std::vector; using Mat = std::vector; using Function = std::function; using ScalarFunction = std::function; const double pi = std::acos(-1.0); void require(bool condition, const std::string& message) { if (!condition) throw std::invalid_argument(message); } void finite_vector(const Vec& x) { require(!x.empty(), "A nonempty vector is required."); for (double v : x) require(std::isfinite(v), "Data must be finite."); } void check_bounds(const Vec& lo, const Vec& hi) { finite_vector(lo); finite_vector(hi); require(lo.size() == hi.size(), "Bounds must have matching dimensions."); for (std::size_t j=0; jlo[j] && std::isfinite(hi[j]-lo[j]), "Require finite upper > lower."); } double objective_value(double value) { require(std::isfinite(value), "Objective must return a finite real scalar."); return value; } double clip(double x, double lo, double hi) { return std::max(lo,std::min(hi,x)); } Vec linspace(double a, double b, int n) { require(n>=2, "Grid needs at least two points."); Vec x(n); for (int i=0; i uniform{0.0,1.0}; std::normal_distribution normal{0.0,1.0}; explicit Random(unsigned int seed) : engine(seed) {} double u() { return uniform(engine); } double z() { return normal(engine); } int index(int n) { return std::uniform_int_distribution(0,n-1)(engine); } }; struct Result { Vec point; double value=0.0; long long evaluations=0; int iterations=0; std::string status; }; void print_result(const Result& r) { std::cout << std::setprecision(12); for (std::size_t j=0; j& grad, Vec p, double step_initial, double tol_grad, int max_iter, double& gradient_norm, long long& gradient_calls) { finite_vector(p); require(std::isfinite(step_initial) && step_initial>0 && std::isfinite(tol_grad) && tol_grad>0 && max_iter>=0, "Invalid gradient-descent settings."); Result r; r.value=objective_value(f(p)); r.evaluations=1; r.status="Maximum iteration count reached."; gradient_calls=0; while (true) { Vec g=grad(p); finite_vector(g); ++gradient_calls; require(g.size()==p.size(), "Gradient has the wrong dimension."); gradient_norm=0; for (double v:g) gradient_norm=std::hypot(gradient_norm,v); require(std::isfinite(gradient_norm), "Gradient norm overflow; rescale the problem."); if (gradient_norm<=tol_grad) { r.status="Gradient tolerance reached."; break; } if (r.iterations>=max_iter) break; double step=step_initial; bool accepted=false; for (int backtrack=0; backtrack<60; ++backtrack) { Vec trial=p; bool finite=true, changed=false; for (std::size_t j=0; j