### C++ Interface
------------

####  Compile C++ sources and run tests 

To compile the C++ code you need the [lp_solve](http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.5/) library. For example, for Unix/Linux you need `liblpsolve55.so` (this is available from the library's [webpage](http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.5/) as well as a package in several linux distributions e.g. [debian](https://packages.debian.org/stretch/liblpsolve55-dev)). You have to specify the path to `liblpsolve55.so`, by running, in folder test:  
```
cmake -DLP_SOLVE=_PATH_TO_LIB_FILE_ .  
make  
```
For example:  `-DLP_SOLVE=/usr/lib/lpsolve/liblpsolve55.so`  

You can run the tests by `cmake test` or `ctest -jK` where `K` the number of `CPU` threads. By adding the option `--verbose` to `ctest` you get more information about the tests, *e.g.* time per test, volume computed and the name of the polytope or convex body. 

#### Polytope input  

The current version of the software assumes that the polytope is given in the form of linear inequalities i.e. {x \in R^d : Ax <= b} where A is a matrix of dimension m *x* d and b a vector of dimension m or as a set of m vertices {\in R^d} or as a Minkowski sum of m segments {\in R^d}. The input is described in an `.ine`-file (H-polytopes) or in a `.ext` file (V-polytopes or zonotopes). The `.ine` file is described as follows:  
  
```  
various comments  
begin  
m d+1 numbertype  
b -A  
end  
various options  
``` 

The `.ext` file is described as follows:  
```  
various comments  
begin  
m d+1 numbertype  
1 v_1  
.. ...  
1 v_m  
end  
various options  
``` 
In V-polytope case v_i are vertices and in zonotope case they are segments.  
  
This filestype (or similar) is used by a number of other software in polyhedral computation (e.g. `cdd`, `vinci`, `latte`). In the current version of the software, the options are treated as comments and the numbertype as C++ double type.  
If your input has equality constraints then you have to transform it in the form that only contain linear inequalities which described above by using some other software. We recommend to use latte https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~latte for this transformation.  
  
#### Run volesti from command line  

After successful compilation you can use the software by command line. For example, the following command `./vol -h`   will display a help message about the program's available options.  
  
###### Example  
  
To estimate the volume of the 10-dimensional hypercube first prepare the file `cube10.ine` as follows:  
  
```
cube10.ine  
H-representation  
begin  
 20 11 real  
 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  
 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1  
end  
input_incidence  
```
  
Then to use SequenceOfBalls (SOB) algorithm run the following command:  
```
./vol -f1 cube_10.ine  
```

which returns 17 numbers:  
```d m #experiments exactvolOr-1 approxVolume [.,.] #randPoints walkLength meanVol [minVol,maxVol] stdDev errorVsExact maxminDivergence time timeChebyshevBall```
  
To use CoolingGaussian (CG) algorithm run the following command:  
```
./vol -f1 cube_10.ine -cg  
```
which returns the same output as before.  

To estimate the volume of a 10-dimensional V-cross polytope described in `cross_10.ext` as follows:  
```
cross_10.ext  
V-representation  
begin  
 20 11 integer  
 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  
 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0  
 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1  
end  
hull  
incidence  
```
Run:   
```
./vol -f2 cross_10.ext  
```
which returns the same output as before.  

To estimate the volume of a 4-dimensional zonotope defined by the Minkowski sum of 8 segments described in `zonotope_4_8.ext` as follows:  
```
zonotope_4_8.ext  
Zonotpe  
begin  
 8 5 real  
 1 0.981851 -0.188734 -0.189761 0.0812645  
 1 -0.0181493 0.811266 -0.189761 0.0812645  
 1 -0.0181493 -0.188734 0.810239 0.0812645  
 1 -0.0181493 -0.188734 -0.189761 1.08126  
 1 -0.177863 0.437661 -0.0861379 -0.674634  
 1 0.737116 -0.204646 -0.540973 -0.471883  
 1 -0.684154 0.262324 0.292341 -0.265955  
 1 -0.802502 -0.740403 0.0938152 0.0874131  
end  
hull  
incidence  
```
Run:  
```
./vol -f3 zonotope_4_8.ext  
```
Flag `-v` enables the print mode.

#### Generate polytopes

You can use executable `generator` to generate polytopes (hypercubes, simplices, cross polytopes, skinny hypercubes (only in H-representation), product of two simplices (only in H-representation) and zonotoes. For example:  

1. To generate a 10-dimensional hypercube in H-representation run:  
```
./generate -cube -h -d 10
```

2. To generate a 20-dimensional simplex in V-representaion run:  
```
./generate -simplex -v -d 20
```

3. To generate a 5-dimensional zonotope defined by 10 segments run:  
```
./generate -zonotope -d 5 -m 10
```

Command `./generate -help` will display a help message about the program's available options.  

#### Sampling

You can sample from a convex polytope uniformly or from the spherical gaussian distribution. For example:  

1. To sample uniformly from the 10-dimensional hypercube, run:  
```
./vol -f1 cube_10.ine -rand -nsample 1000
```
Flag -nsample declares the number of points we wish to sample (default is 100).  

2. To sample from the gaussian distribution, run:  
```
./vol -f1 cube_10.ine -rand -nsample 1300 -gaussian -variance 1.5
```
Flag `-variance` declares the variance (default is 1.0). The center of the spherical gaussian is the Chebychev center for H-polytopes, or the origin for zonotopes. For V-polytopes is the chebychev center of the simplex that is defined by a random choice of d+1 vertices.

3. To sample from a zonotope described in zonotope.ext file run:
```
./vol -f3 zonotope.ext -rand -nsample 1500
```
For V-polytopes use flag `-f2` before the `.ext` file. In all cases use flag `-v` to print the excecutional time.