partialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy.h

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/** @file
 * @brief Base class for all elimination sequence algorithm that impose a given
 * partial ordering on the nodes elimination sequence, that is, the set of all
 * the nodes is divided into several subsets. Within each subset, any ordering
 * can be chosen. But all the nodes of the first subset must be eliminated
 * before the nodes of the second, which must be eliminated before those of the
 * third subset, and so on.
 *
 * @author Christophe GONZALES(@AMU) and Pierre-Henri WUILLEMIN(@LIP6)
 */

#ifndef GUM_PARTIAL_ORDERED_ELIMINATION_SEQUENCE_STRATEGY_H
#define GUM_PARTIAL_ORDERED_ELIMINATION_SEQUENCE_STRATEGY_H

#include <agrum/tools/core/list.h>
#include <agrum/tools/graphs/algorithms/triangulations/eliminationStrategies/eliminationSequenceStrategy.h>

namespace gum {

  /** @class PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy
   * @brief Base class for all elimination sequence algorithm that impose a
   * given
   * partial ordering on the nodes elimination sequence, that is, the set of all
   * the nodes is divided into several subsets. Within each subset, any ordering
   * can be chosen. But all the nodes of the first subset must be eliminated
   * before the nodes of the second, which must be eliminated before those of
   * the
   * third subset, and so on.
   *
   * \ingroup graph_group
   *
   */
  class PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy: public EliminationSequenceStrategy {
    public:
    // ############################################################################
    /// @name Constructors / Destructors
    // ############################################################################
    /// @{

    /// destructor
    virtual ~PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy();

    /** @brief creates a new elimination sequence of the same type as the
     * current object, but this sequence contains only an empty graph
     * @warning you must deallocate by yourself the object returned
     * @return an empty clone of the current object with the same type */
    virtual PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy* newFactory() const = 0;

    /// virtual copy constructor
    virtual PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy* copyFactory() const = 0;

    /// @}


    // ############################################################################
    /// @name Accessors / Modifiers
    // ############################################################################
    /// @{

    /// sets a new graph to be triangulated
    /** The elimination sequence algorithms reinitializes its data to start a
     * new triangulation with graph Graph
     * @param graph the new graph to be triangulated
     * @param dom_sizes the domain sizes of the nodes/variables
     * @return true if the data structures were modified (if the graph or the
     * domain sizes did not change, then there is no need to update the
     * data structures).
     * @warning Note that we allow dom_sizes to be defined over nodes/variables
     * that do not belong to graph. These sizes will simply be ignored. However,
     * it is compulsory that all the nodes of graph belong to dom_sizes
     * @warning the graph is altered during the triangulation.
     * @warning note that, by aGrUM's rule, the graph and the sequence are not
     * copied but only referenced by the elimination sequence algorithm. */
    virtual bool setGraph(UndiGraph* graph, const NodeProperty< Size >* dom_sizes);

    /// sets a new partial ordering constraint on the elimination sequence
    /** @param subsets the list of the subsets constituting the partial ordering
     * @return true if the new partial order has been successfully assigned
     * (i.e.,
     * if all the nodes of the graph belong to one of the subsets)
     * @warning if the subsets contain some nodes that do not belong to the
     * graph,
     * then these nodes are simply ignored.
     * @warning note that, by aGrUM's rule, the partial ordering is not copied
     * but only referenced by the elimination sequence algorithm. */
    virtual bool setPartialOrder(const List< NodeSet >* subsets);

    /// clears the sequence (to prepare, for instance, a new elimination
    /// sequence)
    virtual void clear();

    /// returns the current partial ordering
    const List< NodeSet >* partialOrder() const noexcept;

    /// indicates if a new partial ordering is needed
    /** if the current partial ordering does not contain all the nodes of the
     * graph or if the graph itself is not defined (nullptr) a new partial
     * ordering will be needed for the next triangulation */
    bool isPartialOrderNeeded() const noexcept;

    /// @}


    protected:
    /// the subsets constituting the partial ordering
    const List< NodeSet >* subsets_{nullptr};

    /// the iterator indicating which is the current subset on which we work
    List< NodeSet >::const_iterator subset_iter_;

    /// the nodes which can be currently eliminated
    NodeSet nodeset_;

    /// indicate whether a new partial ordering is necessary for the elimination
    bool partial_order_needed_{true};


    /// indicate whether a partial ordering is compatible with the current graph
    /** The method checks whether all the nodes of the graph belong to the
     * partial ordering.
     * @return true if some nodes in graph_ do not belong to subsets or if
     * graph_ is not defnined (nullptr) */
    bool isPartialOrderNeeded_(const List< NodeSet >* subsets) const;


    // ############################################################################
    /// @name Constructors / Destructors
    // ############################################################################
    /// @{

    /// default constructor (uses an empty graph)
    PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy();

    /// constructor for an a priori non empty graph
    /** @param graph the graph to be triangulated, i.e., the nodes of which will
     * be eliminated
     * @param dom_sizes thedomain sizes of the nodes/variables
     * @param subsets the list of the subsets constituting the partial ordering
     * @warning Note that we allow dom_sizes to be defined over nodes/variables
     * that do not belong to graph. These sizes will simply be ignored. However,
     * it is compulsory that all the nodes of graph belong to dom_sizes
     * @warning the graph is altered during the triangulation.
     * @warning note that, by aGrUM's rule, the graph, the domain sizes and
     * the sequence are not copied but only referenced by the elimination
     * sequence algorithm. */
    PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy(UndiGraph*                  graph,
                                              const NodeProperty< Size >* dom_sizes,
                                              const List< NodeSet >*      subsets);

    /// copy constructor
    PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy(const PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy&);

    /// move constructor
    PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy(PartialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy&&);

    /// @}
  };

} /* namespace gum */


#ifndef GUM_NO_INLINE
#  include <agrum/tools/graphs/algorithms/triangulations/eliminationStrategies/partialOrderedEliminationSequenceStrategy_inl.h>
#endif   // GUM_NOINLINE


#endif /* GUM_PARTIAL_ORDERED_ELIMINATION_SEQUENCE_STRATEGY_H */