For the records: Please exchange MultivariateVectorFunction with
MultivariateDifferentiableFunction in my mail below.
Am 22.05.2013 13:52, schrieb Christoph Höger:
> Dear all,
>
> I am currently working with the DerivativeStructure-based AD framework
> integrated into math 3.2.
>
> Calculating the n-th order partial derivatives works fine, but I am
> facing some trouble calculating the n-th order total derivative of a
> MultivariateVectorFunction.
>
> My Idea was to have a class Derivative (implementing
> MultivariateVectorFunction) that delegates to its base
> MultivariateVectorFunction and returns the first order total derivative
> of that function. Chaining many such classes should create the n-th
> order total derivative (direct creation would be an optimization).
>
> The class looks like this:
>
> public final class Derivative implements
> MultivariateDifferentiableFunction {
>
> private final MultivariateDifferentiableFunction base;
>
> @Override
> public double value(double[] point) {
> final int dim = 1 + point.length / 2;
>
> final DerivativeStructure[] dpoint = new DerivativeStructure[dim];
> for (int i = 0; i < dim; i++)
> dpoint[i] = new DerivativeStructure(dim, 1, i, point[i]);
>
> final double[] dvalue = base.value(dpoint).getAllDerivatives();
>
> double ret = dvalue[0]; // 𝛿base/𝛿t
>
> for (int i = 1; i < dvalue.length; i++)
> ret = dvalue[i] * point[i + dim]; // 𝛿base/𝛿point[i] *
> // dpoint[i]/dt
>
> return ret;
> }
>
> @Override
> public DerivativeStructure value(DerivativeStructure[] point)
> throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
> //??
> return null;
> }
>
> }
>
> As you can see, the Derivative takes _more_ parameters than the base
> function. Those additional parameters are the total derivatives of the
> original parameters. The first parameter is the independent variable.
>
> This function is highly regular, and I can probably just calculate the
> partial derivatives directly:
>
> The partial derivative of a parameter from 1 to (dim-1) is the second
> order partial derivative of that parameter in base. The partial
> derivative of a parameter from dim upwards is the corresponding partial
> derivative of base.
>
>
> My problem is: What shall I do with the DerivativeStructure[] point I am
> handed from the outside? How to get them into the equation?
>
>
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Christoph Höger
Technische Universität Berlin
Fakultät IV - Elektrotechnik und Informatik
Übersetzerbau und Programmiersprachen
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