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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2010 VZLU Prague
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include "oct-convn.h"
+#include "oct-locbuf.h"
+
+
+// FIXME: Only the axpy-form accumulation is used. This is natural for outer
+// convolution as it requires no boundary treatment.
+// This typically requires one more memory store per operation, but as the
+// memory access pattern is equivalent (switching ro and rw parts), I wouldn't
+// expect a significant difference. cf. for instance sum(), where row-wise sum
+// (axpy-based) is no slower than column-wise (dot-based).
+// It would be nice, however, if the inner convolution was computed directly by
+// dot-based accumulation.
+
+// FIXME: Specifying the kernel as outer product should probably get special
+// treatment.
+
+// All kernels smaller than 7x5 get specialized code.
+#define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M 7
+#define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N 5
+
+template <class T, class R, int mb, int nb>
+static void 
+convolve_2d_kernel_axpy (const T *a, octave_idx_type ma, octave_idx_type na,
+                         const R *b, T *c, octave_idx_type ldc)
+{
+  for (octave_idx_type ja = 0; ja < na; ja++)
+    for (octave_idx_type ia = 0; ia < ma; ia++)
+      {
+        T aij = a[ma*ja + ia];
+        // The following double loop is a candidate for complete unrolling.
+        for (int jb = 0; jb < nb; jb++)
+          for (int ib = 0; ib < mb; ib++)
+            c[(ja+jb)*ldc + (ia+ib)] += aij * b[mb*jb+ib];
+      }
+}
+
+// Kernel dispatcher.
+template <class T, class R>
+static void
+convolve_2d_axpy (const T *a, octave_idx_type ma, octave_idx_type na,
+                  const R *b, octave_idx_type mb, octave_idx_type nb,
+                  T *c, octave_idx_type ldc)
+{
+  // Table of kernels.
+  static void (*table[MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M][MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N]) 
+    (const T *, octave_idx_type, octave_idx_type, const R *, T *, octave_idx_type)
+    = {
+        // This must be repeated MAX_KERNEL_SIZE-times. I do not see a way to
+        // automate this.
+#define STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,N) \
+        convolve_2d_kernel_axpy<T,R,M,N>
+#define STORE_KERNEL_ROW(M) \
+          { \
+            STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,1), \
+            STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,2), \
+            STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,3), \
+            STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,4), \
+            STORE_KERNEL_POINTER(M,5), \
+          }
+
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(1),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(2),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(3),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(4),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(5),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(6),
+        STORE_KERNEL_ROW(7),
+    };
+
+  if (mb != 0 && nb != 0)
+    (*table[mb-1][nb-1]) (a, ma, na, b, c, ldc);
+}
+
+// 2d convolution with a matrix kernel.
+template <class T, class R>
+static void 
+convolve_2d (const T *a, octave_idx_type ma, octave_idx_type na,
+             const R *b, octave_idx_type mb, octave_idx_type nb,
+             T *c)
+{
+  octave_idx_type ldc = ma + mb - 1;
+  if (mb <= MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M && nb <= MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N)
+    {
+      // Call kernel directly on b.
+      convolve_2d_axpy (a, ma, na, b, mb, nb, c, ldc);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      // Split b to blocks.
+      OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (R, b1, MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M*MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N);
+      for (octave_idx_type jb = 0; jb < nb; jb += MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N)
+        {
+          octave_idx_type nb1 = std::min (nb - jb, MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_N);
+          for (octave_idx_type ib = 0; ib < mb; ib += MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M)
+            {
+              octave_idx_type mb1 = std::min (mb - ib, MAX_KERNEL_SIZE_M);
+
+              // Copy block to buffer.
+              R *bf = b1;
+              for (octave_idx_type j = jb; j < jb+nb1; j++)
+                for (octave_idx_type i = ib; i < ib+mb1; i++)
+                  *bf++ = b[j*mb + i];
+
+              // Call kernel.
+              convolve_2d_axpy (a, ma, na, b1, mb1, nb1, c + ldc*jb + ib, ldc);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+template <class T, class R>
+void convolve_nd (const T *a, const dim_vector& ad, const dim_vector& acd,
+                  const R *b, const dim_vector& bd, const dim_vector& bcd,
+                  T *c, const dim_vector& ccd, int nd)
+{
+  if (nd == 2)
+    convolve_2d<T, R> (a, ad(0), ad(1), b, bd(0), bd(1), c);
+  else
+    {
+      octave_idx_type ma = acd(nd-2), na = ad(nd-1), mb = bcd(nd-2), nb = bd(nd-1);
+      octave_idx_type ldc = ccd(nd-2);
+      for (octave_idx_type jb = 0; jb < nb; jb++)
+        {
+          for (octave_idx_type ja = 0; ja < na; ja++)
+            convolve_nd<T, R> (a + ma*ja, ad, acd, b + mb*jb, bd, bcd, 
+                               c + ldc*(ja+jb), ccd, nd-1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Arbitrary convolutor. 
+// The 2nd array is assumed to be the smaller one.
+template <class T, class R>
+static MArray<T>
+convolve (const MArray<T>& a, const MArray<R>& b,
+          convn_type ct)
+{
+  if (a.is_empty () || b.is_empty ())
+    return MArray<T> ();
+
+  int nd = std::max (a.ndims (), b.ndims ());
+  const dim_vector adims = a.dims ().redim (nd), bdims = b.dims ().redim (nd);
+  dim_vector cdims = dim_vector::alloc (nd);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < nd; i++)
+    cdims(i) = std::max (adims(i) + bdims(i) - 1, 0);
+
+  MArray<T> c (cdims, T());
+
+  convolve_nd<T, R> (a.fortran_vec (), adims, adims.cumulative (),
+                     b.fortran_vec (), bdims, bdims.cumulative (),
+                     c.fortran_vec (), cdims.cumulative (), nd);
+
+  // Pick the relevant part.
+  Array<idx_vector> sidx (nd, 1);
+
+  switch (ct)
+    {
+    case convn_valid:
+        {
+          for (int i = 0; i < nd; i++)
+            sidx(i) = idx_vector (bdims(i)-1, adims(i));
+          c = c.index (sidx);
+          break;
+        }
+    case convn_same:
+        {
+          for (int i = 0; i < nd; i++)
+            sidx(i) = idx_vector::make_range ((bdims(i)-1)/2, 1, adims(i));
+          c = c.index (sidx);
+          break;
+        }
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return c;
+}
+
+#define CONV_DEFS(TPREF, RPREF) \
+TPREF ## NDArray \
+convn (const TPREF ## NDArray& a, const RPREF ## NDArray& b, convn_type ct) \
+{ \
+  return convolve (a, b, ct); \
+} \
+TPREF ## Matrix \
+convn (const TPREF ## Matrix& a, const RPREF ## Matrix& b, convn_type ct) \
+{ \
+  return convolve (a, b, ct); \
+} \
+TPREF ## Matrix \
+convn (const TPREF ## Matrix& a, const RPREF ## ColumnVector& c, \
+       const RPREF ## RowVector& r, convn_type ct) \
+{ \
+  return convolve (a, c * r, ct); \
+}
+
+CONV_DEFS ( , )
+CONV_DEFS (Complex, )
+CONV_DEFS (Complex, Complex)
+CONV_DEFS (Float, Float)
+CONV_DEFS (FloatComplex, Float)
+CONV_DEFS (FloatComplex, FloatComplex)

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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2009 Jaroslav Hajek
+Copyright (C) 2009 VZLU Prague
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_convn_h)
+#define octave_convn_h 1
+
+#include "dMatrix.h"
+#include "fMatrix.h"
+#include "CMatrix.h"
+#include "fCMatrix.h"
+
+#include "dNDArray.h"
+#include "fNDArray.h"
+#include "CNDArray.h"
+#include "fCNDArray.h"
+
+#include "dRowVector.h"
+#include "fRowVector.h"
+#include "CRowVector.h"
+#include "fCRowVector.h"
+
+#include "dColVector.h"
+#include "fColVector.h"
+#include "CColVector.h"
+#include "fCColVector.h"
+
+enum convn_type
+{
+  convn_full,
+  convn_same,
+  convn_valid
+};
+
+#define CONV_DECLS(TPREF, RPREF) \
+extern OCTAVE_API TPREF ## NDArray \
+convn (const TPREF ## NDArray& a, const RPREF ## NDArray& b, convn_type ct); \
+extern OCTAVE_API TPREF ## Matrix \
+convn (const TPREF ## Matrix& a, const RPREF ## Matrix& b, convn_type ct); \
+extern OCTAVE_API TPREF ## Matrix \
+convn (const TPREF ## Matrix& a, const RPREF ## ColumnVector& c, \
+       const RPREF ## RowVector& r, convn_type ct)
+
+CONV_DECLS ( , );
+CONV_DECLS (Complex, );
+CONV_DECLS (Complex, Complex);
+CONV_DECLS (Float, Float);
+CONV_DECLS (FloatComplex, Float);
+CONV_DECLS (FloatComplex, FloatComplex);
+
+#endif
+