ADvector: The AD vector and its methods

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The AD vector and its methods

Description

An advector is a class used behind the scenes to replace normal R numeric objects during automatic differentiation. An advector has a temporary lifetime and therefore you do not see / need to know it as a normal user.

Usage

advector(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
Ops(e1, e2)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
Math(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
as.vector(x, mode = "any")

## S3 method for class 'advector'
as.complex(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
aperm(a, perm, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
c(...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
x[...]

## S3 replacement method for class 'advector'
x[...] <- value

## S3 method for class 'advector'
x[[...]]

## S3 method for class 'advector'
rep(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
is.nan(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
is.finite(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
is.infinite(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
is.na(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
sum(x, ..., na.rm = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
mean(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
prod(x, ..., na.rm = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
min(..., na.rm = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
max(..., na.rm = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
is.numeric(x)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
as.double(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
Complex(z)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
Summary(..., na.rm = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
diff(x, lag = 1L, differences = 1L, ...)

## S3 method for class 'advector'
print(x, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'num,ad,ad'
ifelse(test, yes, no)

## S4 method for signature 'num,num,num'
ifelse(test, yes, no)

## S4 method for signature 'advector'
sort(x)

## S4 method for signature 'advector,advector,ANY,ANY'
x[i]

## S4 method for signature 'advector,advector'
findInterval(x, vec)

Arguments

x	numeric or advector
e1	advector
e2	advector
...	Additional arguments
mode	FIXME might not be handled correctly by as.vector
a	advector with dimension attribute
perm	Permutation as in aperm
value	Replacement value implicitly converted to AD
na.rm	Must be FALSE (default)
z	Complex (not allowed)
lag	As diff
differences	As diff
test	logical vector
yes	advector
no	advector
i	Variable indices for taped subset
vec	Sorted vector defining the intervals to lookup

Details

An AD vector (class='advector') is an atomic R vector of 'codes' that are internally interpretable as 'AD scalars'. A substantial part of R's existing S3 matrix and array functionality can be re-used for AD vectors.

Value

Object of class "advector".

Functions

• advector(): Construct a new advector

• Ops(advector): Binary operations

• Math(advector): Unary operations

• as.vector(advector): Makes array(x) work.

• as.complex(advector): Convert to ADcomplex. Note that dimensions are dropped for consistency with base R.

• aperm(advector): Equivalent of aperm

• c(advector): Equivalent of c. However note the limitation for mixed types: If x is an AD type, c(x,1) works while c(1,x) does not!

• [: Equivalent of [

• `[`(advector) <- value: Equivalent of [<-

• [[: Equivalent of [[

• rep(advector): Equivalent of rep. Makes outer(x,x,...) work.

• is.nan(advector): Equivalent of is.nan. Check NaN status of a constant advector expression. If not constant throw an error.

• is.finite(advector): Equivalent of is.finite. Check finite status of a constant advector expression. If not constant throw an error.

• is.infinite(advector): Equivalent of is.infinite. Check infinity status of a constant advector expression. If not constant throw an error.

• is.na(advector): Equivalent of is.na. Check NA status of an advector. NAs can only occur directly (as constants) or indirectly as the result of an operation with NA operands. For a tape built with non-NA parameters the NA status of any expression is constant and can therefore safely be used as part of the calculations. (assuming correct propagation of NAs via C-level arithmetic).

• sum(advector): Equivalent of sum. na.rm=TRUE is allowed, but note that this feature assumes correct propagation of NAs via C-level arithmetic.

• mean(advector): Equivalent of mean except no arguments beyond x are supported.

• prod(advector): Equivalent of prod.

• min(advector): Equivalent of min.

• max(advector): Equivalent of max.

• is.numeric(advector): Makes cov2cor() work. FIXME: Any unwanted side-effects with this?

• as.double(advector): Makes as.numeric() work.

• Complex(advector): Complex operations are redirected to adcomplex.

• Summary(advector): Unimplemented Summary operations (currently all any range) will throw an error.

• diff(advector): Equivalent of diff

• print(advector): Print method

• ifelse(test = num, yes = ad, no = ad): Equivalent of ifelse

• ifelse(test = num, yes = num, no = num): Default method

• sort(advector): Taped sorting of an AD vector

• x[i: Taped subsetting of an AD vector

• findInterval(x = advector, vec = advector): Taped interval finding of an AD vector MakeTape(function(x) findInterval(x, AD(0:10)), 1:3)

Examples

x <- advector(1:9)
a <- array(x, c(3,3))  ## as an array
outer(x, x, "+") ## Implicit via 'rep'
rev(x)           ## Implicit via '['
MakeTape(sort, numeric(3))
MakeTape(function(x) AD(rivers)[x], 1:3)

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