// Copyright 2010-2025 Google LLC // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. #ifndef ORTOOLS_SAT_PRIMARY_VARIABLES_H_ #define ORTOOLS_SAT_PRIMARY_VARIABLES_H_ #include #include #include #include "ortools/sat/cp_model.pb.h" namespace operations_research { namespace sat { // This structs defines a way of splitting the variables of the model in two // groups: primary variables and secondary variables. Those are specified so // that the value of secondary_variables[i] is uniquely fixed by applying the // constraint dependency_resolution_constraint_index[i] to the values of the // primary variables and the values of the variables in the set // {secondary_variables[0], ..., secondary_variables[i-1]}. // // The set of primary variables is implicitly defined by the set of variables // that are not in secondary_variables. // // A useful property of this structure is that given an assignment of primary // variables that corresponds to a feasible solution, we can deduce all the // values of the secondary variables. Note that if the values of the primary // variables are unfeasible, then it might not be possible to deduce the values // of the secondary variables. struct VariableRelationships { std::vector secondary_variables; std::vector dependency_resolution_constraint; // A pair of(x, y) means that one needs to compute the value of y before // computing the value of x. This defines an implicit dependency DAG for // computing the secondary variables from the primary. std::vector> variable_dependencies; // The list of model constraints that are redundant (ie., satisfied by // construction) when the secondary variables are computed from the primary // ones. In other words, a model has a solution for a set of primary // variables {x_i} if and only if all the variable bounds and non-redundant // constraints are satisfied after the secondary variables have been computed // from the primary ones. std::vector redundant_constraint_indices; }; // Compute the variable relationships for a given model. Note that there are // multiple possible ways variables can be split in primary and secondary, so // this function will use an heuristic to try to find as many secondary // variables as possible. This runs in linear time in the model size (ie., the // sum of the number of variables over the constraints). VariableRelationships ComputeVariableRelationships(const CpModelProto& model); // Given a vector with a partial solution where only the primary variables have // a correct value, this function will overwrite the values of the secondary // variables so that the solution is complete and valid. bool ComputeAllVariablesFromPrimaryVariables( const CpModelProto& model, const VariableRelationships& relationships, std::vector* solution); } // namespace sat } // namespace operations_research #endif // ORTOOLS_SAT_PRIMARY_VARIABLES_H_