linear_relaxation.h

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#ifndef OR_TOOLS_SAT_LINEAR_RELAXATION_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_SAT_LINEAR_RELAXATION_H_
 
#include <vector>
 
#include "ortools/sat/cp_model_loader.h"
#include "ortools/sat/integer.h"
#include "ortools/sat/linear_constraint.h"
#include "ortools/sat/linear_programming_constraint.h"
#include "ortools/sat/model.h"
 
namespace operations_research {
namespace sat {
 
struct LinearRelaxation {
  std::vector<LinearConstraint> linear_constraints;
  std::vector<std::vector<Literal>> at_most_ones;
  std::vector<CutGenerator> cut_generators;
};
 
// If the given IntegerVariable is fully encoded (li <=> var == xi), adds to the
// constraints vector the following linear relaxation of its encoding:
//   - Sum li == 1
//   - Sum li * xi == var
// Note that all the literal (li) of the encoding must have an IntegerView,
// otherwise this function just does nothing.
//
// Returns false, if the relaxation couldn't be added because this variable
// was not fully encoded or not all its associated literal had a view.
bool AppendFullEncodingRelaxation(IntegerVariable var, const Model& model,
                                  LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// When the set of (li <=> var == xi) do not cover the full domain of xi, we
// do something a bit more involved. Let min/max the min and max value of the
// domain of var that is NOT part of the encoding. We add:
//   - Sum li <= 1
//   - (Sum li * xi) + (1 - Sum li) * min <= var
//   - var <= (Sum li * xi) + (1 - Sum li) * max
//
// Note that if it turns out that the partial encoding is full, this will just
// use the same encoding as AppendFullEncodingRelaxation(). Any literal that
// do not have an IntegerView will be skipped, there is no point adding them
// to the LP if they are not used in any other constraint, the relaxation will
// have the same "power" without them.
void AppendPartialEncodingRelaxation(IntegerVariable var, const Model& model,
                                     LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// This is a different relaxation that use a partial set of literal li such that
// (li <=> var >= xi). In which case we use the following encoding:
//   - li >= l_{i+1} for all possible i. Note that the xi need to be sorted.
//   - var >= min + l0 * (x0 - min) + Sum_{i>0} li * (xi - x_{i-1})
//   - and same as above for NegationOf(var) for the upper bound.
//
// Like for AppendPartialEncodingRelaxation() we skip any li that do not have
// an integer view.
void AppendPartialGreaterThanEncodingRelaxation(IntegerVariable var,
                                                const Model& model,
                                                LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// Adds linearization of different types of constraints.
void TryToLinearizeConstraint(const CpModelProto& model_proto,
                              const ConstraintProto& ct, Model* model,
                              int linearization_level,
                              LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// Adds linearization of no overlap constraints. For each pair of intervals, we
// add linear constraints enforcing precedence of one over other. We check the
// bounds and only linearize the pairs which are intersecting. We ignore the
// intervals with enforcement literal. Note that we might create new variables
// for each pair of intervals and this might cause addition of quadratic number
// of new variables.
void AppendNoOverlapRelaxation(const CpModelProto& model_proto,
                               const ConstraintProto& ct,
                               int linearization_level, Model* model,
                               LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// Adds linearization of int max constraints. This can also be used to linearize
// int min with negated variables.
void AppendMaxRelaxation(IntegerVariable target,
                         const std::vector<IntegerVariable>& vars,
                         int linearization_level, Model* model,
                         LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// Adds linearization of int max constraints. Returns a vector of z vars such
// that: z_vars[l] == 1 <=> target = exprs[l].
//
// Consider the Lin Max constraint with d expressions and n variables in the
// form: target = max {exprs[l] = Sum (wli * xi + bl)}. l in {1,..,d}.
//   Li = lower bound of xi
//   Ui = upper bound of xi.
// Let zl be in {0,1} for all l in {1,..,d}.
// The target = exprs[l] when zl = 1.
//
// The following is a valid linearization for Lin Max.
//   target >= exprs[l], for all l in {1,..,d}
//   target <= Sum_i(wki * xi) + Sum_l((Nkl + bl) * zl), for all k in {1,..,d}
// Where Nkl is a large number defined as:
//   Nkl = Sum_i(max((wli - wki)*Li, (wli - wki)*Ui))
//       = Sum (max corner difference for variable i, target expr k, max expr l)
// Reference: "Strong mixed-integer programming formulations for trained neural
// networks" by Ross Anderson et. (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.01988.pdf).
// TODO(user): Support linear expression as target.
std::vector<IntegerVariable> AppendLinMaxRelaxation(
    IntegerVariable target, const std::vector<LinearExpression>& exprs,
    Model* model, LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
// Appends linear constraints to the relaxation. This also handles the
// relaxation of linear constraints with enforcement literals.
// A linear constraint lb <= ax <= ub with enforcement literals {ei} is relaxed
// as following.
// lb <= (Sum Negated(ei) * (lb - implied_lb)) + ax <= inf
// -inf <= (Sum Negated(ei) * (ub - implied_ub)) + ax <= ub
// Where implied_lb and implied_ub are trivial lower and upper bounds of the
// constraint.
void AppendLinearConstraintRelaxation(const ConstraintProto& constraint_proto,
                                      const int linearization_level,
                                      const Model& model,
                                      LinearRelaxation* relaxation);
 
}  // namespace sat
}  // namespace operations_research
 
#endif  // OR_TOOLS_SAT_LINEAR_RELAXATION_H_