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Forward Mode Hessian Sparsity Patterns

Syntax
f.for_hes_sparsity(      select_domain, select_range, internal_bool, pattern_out )

Purpose
We use $F : \B{R}^n \rightarrow \B{R}^m$ to denote the AD function corresponding to the operation sequence stored in f . Fix a diagonal matrix $D \in \B{R}^{n \times n}$, a vector $s \in \B{R}^m$ and define the function $$H(x) = D ( s^\R{T} F )^{(2)} ( x ) D$$ Given the sparsity for $D$ and $s$, for_hes_sparsity computes a sparsity pattern for $H(x)$.

x
Note that the sparsity pattern $H(x)$ corresponds to the operation sequence stored in f and does not depend on the argument x .

BoolVector
The type BoolVector is a SimpleVector class with elements of type bool.

SizeVector
The type SizeVector is a SimpleVector class with elements of type size_t.

f
The object f has prototype       ADFun<Base> f 
select_domain
The argument select_domain has prototype       const BoolVector& select_domain  It has size $n$ and specifies which components of the diagonal of $D$ are non-zero; i.e., select_domain[j] is true if and only if $D_{j,j}$ is possibly non-zero.

select_range
The argument select_range has prototype       const BoolVector& select_range  It has size $m$ and specifies which components of the vector $s$ are non-zero; i.e., select_range[i] is true if and only if $s_i$ is possibly non-zero.

internal_bool
If this is true, calculations are done with sets represented by a vector of boolean values. Otherwise, a vector of sets of integers is used.

pattern_out
This argument has prototype       sparse_rc<SizeVector>& pattern_out  This input value of pattern_out does not matter. Upon return pattern_out is a sparsity pattern for $H(x)$.

Sparsity for Entire Hessian
Suppose that $R$ is the $n \times n$ identity matrix. In this case, pattern_out is a sparsity pattern for $(s^\R{T} F) F^{(2)} ( x )$.

Algorithm
See Algorithm II in Computing sparse Hessians with automatic differentiation by Andrea Walther. Note that s provides the information so that 'dead ends' are not included in the sparsity pattern.

Example
The file for_hes_sparsity.cpp contains an example and test of this operation. It returns true if it succeeds and false otherwise.