ortools-clone/examples/cpp/linear_programming.cc

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// Linear programming example that shows how to use the API.

#include <cstdlib>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "absl/base/log_severity.h"
#include "absl/log/globals.h"
#include "absl/log/log.h"
#include "absl/strings/match.h"
#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
#include "ortools/base/init_google.h"
#include "ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.h"
#include "ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.pb.h"

namespace operations_research {
void RunLinearProgrammingExample(const std::string& solver_id) {
  LOG(INFO) << "---- Linear programming example with " << solver_id << " ----";

  std::unique_ptr<MPSolver> solver(MPSolver::CreateSolver(solver_id));
  if (!solver) {
    LOG(INFO) << "Unable to create solver : " << solver_id;
    return;
  }

  const double infinity = solver->infinity();
  // x1, x2 and x3 are continuous non-negative variables.
  MPVariable* const x1 = solver->MakeNumVar(0.0, infinity, "x1");
  MPVariable* const x2 = solver->MakeNumVar(0.0, infinity, "x2");
  MPVariable* const x3 = solver->MakeNumVar(0.0, infinity, "x3");

  // Maximize 10 * x1 + 6 * x2 + 4 * x3.
  MPObjective* const objective = solver->MutableObjective();
  objective->SetCoefficient(x1, 10);
  objective->SetCoefficient(x2, 6);
  objective->SetCoefficient(x3, 4);
  objective->SetMaximization();

  // x1 + x2 + x3 <= 100.
  MPConstraint* const c0 = solver->MakeRowConstraint(-infinity, 100.0);
  c0->SetCoefficient(x1, 1);
  c0->SetCoefficient(x2, 1);
  c0->SetCoefficient(x3, 1);

  // 10 * x1 + 4 * x2 + 5 * x3 <= 600.
  MPConstraint* const c1 = solver->MakeRowConstraint(-infinity, 600.0);
  c1->SetCoefficient(x1, 10);
  c1->SetCoefficient(x2, 4);
  c1->SetCoefficient(x3, 5);

  // 2 * x1 + 2 * x2 + 6 * x3 <= 300.
  MPConstraint* const c2 = solver->MakeRowConstraint(-infinity, 300.0);
  c2->SetCoefficient(x1, 2);
  c2->SetCoefficient(x2, 2);
  c2->SetCoefficient(x3, 6);

  // TODO(user): Change example to show = and >= constraints.

  LOG(INFO) << "Number of variables = " << solver->NumVariables();
  LOG(INFO) << "Number of constraints = " << solver->NumConstraints();

  const MPSolver::ResultStatus result_status = solver->Solve();

  // Check that the problem has an optimal solution.
  if (result_status != MPSolver::OPTIMAL) {
    LOG(FATAL) << "The problem does not have an optimal solution!";
  }

  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << solver->wall_time() << " milliseconds";

  // The objective value of the solution.
  LOG(INFO) << "Optimal objective value = " << objective->Value();

  // The value of each variable in the solution.
  LOG(INFO) << "x1 = " << x1->solution_value();
  LOG(INFO) << "x2 = " << x2->solution_value();
  LOG(INFO) << "x3 = " << x3->solution_value();

  LOG(INFO) << "Advanced usage:";
  LOG(INFO) << "Problem solved in " << solver->iterations() << " iterations";
  LOG(INFO) << "x1: reduced cost = " << x1->reduced_cost();
  LOG(INFO) << "x2: reduced cost = " << x2->reduced_cost();
  LOG(INFO) << "x3: reduced cost = " << x3->reduced_cost();
  const std::vector<double> activities = solver->ComputeConstraintActivities();
  LOG(INFO) << "c0: dual value = " << c0->dual_value()
            << " activity = " << activities[c0->index()];
  LOG(INFO) << "c1: dual value = " << c1->dual_value()
            << " activity = " << activities[c1->index()];
  LOG(INFO) << "c2: dual value = " << c2->dual_value()
            << " activity = " << activities[c2->index()];
}

void RunAllExamples() {
  std::vector<MPSolver::OptimizationProblemType> supported_problem_types =
      MPSolverInterfaceFactoryRepository::GetInstance()
          ->ListAllRegisteredProblemTypes();
  for (MPSolver::OptimizationProblemType type : supported_problem_types) {
    const std::string type_name = MPModelRequest::SolverType_Name(
        static_cast<MPModelRequest::SolverType>(type));
    if (!absl::StrContains(type_name, "LINEAR_PROGRAMMING")) continue;
    if (absl::StrContains(type_name, "HIGHS")) continue;
    RunLinearProgrammingExample(type_name);
  }
}
}  // namespace operations_research

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  absl::SetStderrThreshold(absl::LogSeverityAtLeast::kInfo);
  InitGoogle(argv[0], &argc, &argv, true);
  operations_research::RunAllExamples();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}