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.. Ceres Solver documentation master file, created by
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sphinx-quickstart on Sat Jan 19 00:07:33 2013.
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
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contain the root `toctree` directive.
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============
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Ceres Solver
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============
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 3
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:hidden:
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introduction
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building
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tutorial
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modeling
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solving
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faqs
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contributing
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version_history
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about
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bibliography
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license
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Ceres Solver is an industrial-grade C++ library for modeling and
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solving `nonlinear least squares`_ problems. These problems comes up
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in a broad range of areas across science and engineering - from
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`fitting curves`_ in statistics, to constructing `3D models from
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photographs`_ in computer vision.
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Ceres Solver features an integrated modeling layer with automatic
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differentiation (you can also use numeric and/or analytic
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derivatives), well optimized code with extensive tests and state of
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the art performance on a variety of problems.
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Ceres Solver is used in Google `Street View`_, Google `PhotoTours`_,
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Google `PhotoSphere`_, `Project Tango`_, `Blender`_, and more.
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.. _nonlinear least squares: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_least_squares
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.. _fitting curves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_regression
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.. _3D models from photographs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_from_motion
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.. _Street View: http://youtu.be/z00ORu4bU-A
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.. _PhotoTours: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/visit-global-landmarks-with-photo-tours.html
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.. _PhotoSphere: http://www.google.com/maps/about/contribute/photosphere/
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.. _Project Tango: https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
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.. _Blender: http://mango.blender.org/development/planar-tracking-preview/
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Getting started
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---------------
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* Download the `latest stable release
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<http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-1.8.0.tar.gz>`_
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or, for those wanting the latest
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* Clone the development version or `browse the source
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<https://ceres-solver.googlesource.com/ceres-solver>`_
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.. code-block:: bash
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git clone https://ceres-solver.googlesource.com/ceres-solver
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* Read the :ref:`chapter-tutorial`, browse :ref:`chapter-modeling` and :ref:`chapter-solving`.
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* Join the `mailing list
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<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ceres-solver>`_
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and ask questions.
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* File bugs, feature requests in the `issue tracker
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<https://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/issues/list>`_.
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Cite Us
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-------
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If you use Ceres Solver for a publication, please cite it as::
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@misc{ceres-solver,
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author = "Sameer Agarwal and Keir Mierle and Others",
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title = "Ceres Solver",
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howpublished = "\url{http://ceres-solver.org}",
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}
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