Querying the FactorGraph

There are a variety of functions to query the factor graph, please refer to Function Reference for details.

A quick summary of the variables in the factor graph can be retrieved with:

# List variables
ls(fg)
# List factors attached to x0
ls(fg, :x0)
# TODO: Provide an overview of getVal, getVert, getBW, getVertKDE, etc.

Solving Graphs

When you have built the graph, you can call the solver to perform inference with the following:

# Perform inference
batchSolve!(fg)

Peeking at Results

Once you have solved the graph, you can review the full marginal with:

X0 = getKDE(fg, :x0) # Get the raw KDE
# Evaluate the marginal density function just for fun at [0.01, 0, 0].
X0([0.01, 0, 0])

For finding the MAP value in the density functions, you can use getKDEMax or getKDEMean. Here we are asking for the MAP values for all the variables in the factor graph:

verts = ls(fg)
map(v -> println("$v : $(getKDEMax(getVertKDE(fg, v)))"), verts[1]);

Also see built-in function printgraphmax(fg) which performs a similar function.

Plotting

Once the graph has been built, a simple plot of the values can be produced with RoMEPlotting.jl. For example:

using RoMEPlotting

drawPoses(fg)
# If you have landmarks, you can instead call
# drawPosesLandms(fg)

# Draw the KDE for x0
plotKDE(fg, :x0)
# Draw the KDE's for x0 and x1
plotKDE(fg, [:x0, :x1])

Next Steps

Although the above graph demonstrates the fundamental operations, it's not particularly useful. Take a look at Hexagonal Example for a complete example that builds on these operations.