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13 
14 #include "ortools/sat/circuit.h"
15 
16 #include <algorithm>
17 
18 #include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
19 #include "ortools/base/map_util.h"
20 #include "ortools/sat/sat_solver.h"
21 
22 namespace operations_research {
23 namespace sat {
24 
26  const std::vector<int>& tails,
27  const std::vector<int>& heads,
28  const std::vector<Literal>& literals,
29  Options options, Model* model)
30  : num_nodes_(num_nodes),
31  options_(options),
32  trail_(model->GetOrCreate<Trail>()),
33  assignment_(trail_->Assignment()) {
34  CHECK(!tails.empty()) << "Empty constraint, shouldn't be constructed!";
35  next_.resize(num_nodes_, -1);
36  prev_.resize(num_nodes_, -1);
37  next_literal_.resize(num_nodes_);
38  must_be_in_cycle_.resize(num_nodes_);
39  absl::flat_hash_map<LiteralIndex, int> literal_to_watch_index;
40 
41  const int num_arcs = tails.size();
42  graph_.reserve(num_arcs);
43  self_arcs_.resize(num_nodes_,
44  model->GetOrCreate<IntegerEncoder>()->GetFalseLiteral());
45  for (int arc = 0; arc < num_arcs; ++arc) {
46  const int head = heads[arc];
47  const int tail = tails[arc];
48  const Literal literal = literals[arc];
49  if (assignment_.LiteralIsFalse(literal)) continue;
50 
51  if (tail == head) {
52  self_arcs_[tail] = literal;
53  } else {
54  graph_[{tail, head}] = literal;
55  }
56 
57  if (assignment_.LiteralIsTrue(literal)) {
58  if (next_[tail] != -1 || prev_[head] != -1) {
59  VLOG(1) << "Trivially UNSAT or duplicate arcs while adding " << tail
60  << " -> " << head;
61  model->GetOrCreate<SatSolver>()->NotifyThatModelIsUnsat();
62  return;
63  }
64  AddArc(tail, head, kNoLiteralIndex);
65  continue;
66  }
67 
68  // Tricky: For self-arc, we watch instead when the arc become false.
69  const Literal watched_literal = tail == head ? literal.Negated() : literal;
70  int watch_index = gtl::FindWithDefault(literal_to_watch_index,
71  watched_literal.Index(), -1);
72  if (watch_index == -1) {
73  watch_index = watch_index_to_literal_.size();
74  literal_to_watch_index[watched_literal.Index()] = watch_index;
75  watch_index_to_literal_.push_back(watched_literal);
76  watch_index_to_arcs_.push_back(std::vector<Arc>());
77  }
78  watch_index_to_arcs_[watch_index].push_back({tail, head});
79  }
80 
81  for (int node = 0; node < num_nodes_; ++node) {
82  if (assignment_.LiteralIsFalse(self_arcs_[node])) {
83  // For the multiple_subcircuit_through_zero case, must_be_in_cycle_ will
84  // be const and only contains zero.
85  if (node == 0 || !options_.multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) {
86  must_be_in_cycle_[rev_must_be_in_cycle_size_++] = node;
87  }
88  }
89  }
90 }
91 
93  const int id = watcher->Register(this);
94  for (int w = 0; w < watch_index_to_literal_.size(); ++w) {
95  watcher->WatchLiteral(watch_index_to_literal_[w], id, w);
96  }
97  watcher->RegisterReversibleClass(id, this);
98  watcher->RegisterReversibleInt(id, &propagation_trail_index_);
99  watcher->RegisterReversibleInt(id, &rev_must_be_in_cycle_size_);
100 
101  // This is needed in case a Literal is used for more than one arc, we may
102  // propagate it to false/true here, and it might trigger more propagation.
103  //
104  // TODO(user): come up with a test that fail when this is not here.
106 }
107 
109  if (level == level_ends_.size()) return;
110  if (level > level_ends_.size()) {
111  while (level > level_ends_.size()) {
112  level_ends_.push_back(added_arcs_.size());
113  }
114  return;
115  }
116 
117  // Backtrack.
118  for (int i = level_ends_[level]; i < added_arcs_.size(); ++i) {
119  const Arc arc = added_arcs_[i];
120  next_[arc.tail] = -1;
121  prev_[arc.head] = -1;
122  }
123  added_arcs_.resize(level_ends_[level]);
124  level_ends_.resize(level);
125 }
126 
127 void CircuitPropagator::FillReasonForPath(int start_node,
128  std::vector<Literal>* reason) const {
129  CHECK_NE(start_node, -1);
130  reason->clear();
131  int node = start_node;
132  while (next_[node] != -1) {
133  if (next_literal_[node] != kNoLiteralIndex) {
134  reason->push_back(Literal(next_literal_[node]).Negated());
135  }
136  node = next_[node];
137  if (node == start_node) break;
138  }
139 }
140 
141 // If multiple_subcircuit_through_zero is true, we never fill next_[0] and
142 // prev_[0].
143 void CircuitPropagator::AddArc(int tail, int head, LiteralIndex literal_index) {
144  if (tail != 0 || !options_.multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) {
145  next_[tail] = head;
146  next_literal_[tail] = literal_index;
147  }
148  if (head != 0 || !options_.multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) {
149  prev_[head] = tail;
150  }
151 }
152 
154  const std::vector<int>& watch_indices) {
155  for (const int w : watch_indices) {
156  const Literal literal = watch_index_to_literal_[w];
157  for (const Arc arc : watch_index_to_arcs_[w]) {
158  // Special case for self-arc.
159  if (arc.tail == arc.head) {
160  must_be_in_cycle_[rev_must_be_in_cycle_size_++] = arc.tail;
161  continue;
162  }
163 
164  // Get rid of the trivial conflicts: At most one incoming and one outgoing
165  // arc for each nodes.
166  if (next_[arc.tail] != -1) {
167  std::vector<Literal>* conflict = trail_->MutableConflict();
168  if (next_literal_[arc.tail] != kNoLiteralIndex) {
169  *conflict = {Literal(next_literal_[arc.tail]).Negated(),
170  literal.Negated()};
171  } else {
172  *conflict = {literal.Negated()};
173  }
174  return false;
175  }
176  if (prev_[arc.head] != -1) {
177  std::vector<Literal>* conflict = trail_->MutableConflict();
178  if (next_literal_[prev_[arc.head]] != kNoLiteralIndex) {
179  *conflict = {Literal(next_literal_[prev_[arc.head]]).Negated(),
180  literal.Negated()};
181  } else {
182  *conflict = {literal.Negated()};
183  }
184  return false;
185  }
186 
187  // Add the arc.
188  AddArc(arc.tail, arc.head, literal.Index());
189  added_arcs_.push_back(arc);
190  }
191  }
192  return Propagate();
193 }
194 
195 // This function assumes that next_, prev_, next_literal_ and must_be_in_cycle_
196 // are all up to date.
198  processed_.assign(num_nodes_, false);
199  for (int n = 0; n < num_nodes_; ++n) {
200  if (processed_[n]) continue;
201  if (next_[n] == n) continue;
202  if (next_[n] == -1 && prev_[n] == -1) continue;
203 
204  // TODO(user): both this and the loop on must_be_in_cycle_ might take some
205  // time on large graph. Optimize if this become an issue.
206  in_current_path_.assign(num_nodes_, false);
207 
208  // Find the start and end of the path containing node n. If this is a
209  // circuit, we will have start_node == end_node.
210  int start_node = n;
211  int end_node = n;
212  in_current_path_[n] = true;
213  processed_[n] = true;
214  while (next_[end_node] != -1) {
215  end_node = next_[end_node];
216  in_current_path_[end_node] = true;
217  processed_[end_node] = true;
218  if (end_node == n) break;
219  }
220  while (prev_[start_node] != -1) {
221  start_node = prev_[start_node];
222  in_current_path_[start_node] = true;
223  processed_[start_node] = true;
224  if (start_node == n) break;
225  }
226 
227  // TODO(user): we can fail early in more case, like no more possible path
228  // to any of the mandatory node.
229  if (options_.multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) {
230  // Any cycle must contain zero.
231  if (start_node == end_node && !in_current_path_[0]) {
232  FillReasonForPath(start_node, trail_->MutableConflict());
233  return false;
234  }
235 
236  // An incomplete path cannot be closed except if one of the end-points
237  // is zero.
238  if (start_node != end_node && start_node != 0 && end_node != 0) {
239  const auto it = graph_.find({end_node, start_node});
240  if (it == graph_.end()) continue;
241  const Literal literal = it->second;
242  if (assignment_.LiteralIsFalse(literal)) continue;
243 
244  std::vector<Literal>* reason = trail_->GetEmptyVectorToStoreReason();
245  FillReasonForPath(start_node, reason);
246  if (!trail_->EnqueueWithStoredReason(literal.Negated())) {
247  return false;
248  }
249  }
250 
251  // None of the other propagation below are valid in case of multiple
252  // circuits.
253  continue;
254  }
255 
256  // Check if we miss any node that must be in the circuit. Note that the ones
257  // for which self_arcs_[i] is kFalseLiteralIndex are first. This is good as
258  // it will produce shorter reason. Otherwise we prefer the first that was
259  // assigned in the trail.
260  bool miss_some_nodes = false;
261  LiteralIndex extra_reason = kFalseLiteralIndex;
262  for (int i = 0; i < rev_must_be_in_cycle_size_; ++i) {
263  const int node = must_be_in_cycle_[i];
264  if (!in_current_path_[node]) {
265  miss_some_nodes = true;
266  extra_reason = self_arcs_[node].Index();
267  break;
268  }
269  }
270 
271  if (miss_some_nodes) {
272  // A circuit that miss a mandatory node is a conflict.
273  if (start_node == end_node) {
274  FillReasonForPath(start_node, trail_->MutableConflict());
275  if (extra_reason != kFalseLiteralIndex) {
276  trail_->MutableConflict()->push_back(Literal(extra_reason));
277  }
278  return false;
279  }
280 
281  // We have an unclosed path. Propagate the fact that it cannot
282  // be closed into a cycle, i.e. not(end_node -> start_node).
283  if (start_node != end_node) {
284  const auto it = graph_.find({end_node, start_node});
285  if (it == graph_.end()) continue;
286  const Literal literal = it->second;
287  if (assignment_.LiteralIsFalse(literal)) continue;
288 
289  std::vector<Literal>* reason = trail_->GetEmptyVectorToStoreReason();
290  FillReasonForPath(start_node, reason);
291  if (extra_reason != kFalseLiteralIndex) {
292  reason->push_back(Literal(extra_reason));
293  }
294  const bool ok = trail_->EnqueueWithStoredReason(literal.Negated());
295  if (!ok) return false;
296  continue;
297  }
298  }
299 
300  // If we have a cycle, we can propagate all the other nodes to point to
301  // themselves. Otherwise there is nothing else to do.
302  if (start_node != end_node) continue;
303  BooleanVariable variable_with_same_reason = kNoBooleanVariable;
304  for (int node = 0; node < num_nodes_; ++node) {
305  if (in_current_path_[node]) continue;
306  if (assignment_.LiteralIsTrue(self_arcs_[node])) continue;
307 
308  // This shouldn't happen because ExactlyOnePerRowAndPerColumn() should
309  // have executed first and propagated self_arcs_[node] to false.
310  CHECK_EQ(next_[node], -1);
311 
312  // We should have detected that above (miss_some_nodes == true). But we
313  // still need this for corner cases where the same literal is used for
314  // many arcs, and we just propagated it here.
315  if (assignment_.LiteralIsFalse(self_arcs_[node])) {
316  FillReasonForPath(start_node, trail_->MutableConflict());
317  trail_->MutableConflict()->push_back(self_arcs_[node]);
318  return false;
319  }
320 
321  // Propagate.
322  const Literal literal(self_arcs_[node]);
323  if (variable_with_same_reason == kNoBooleanVariable) {
324  variable_with_same_reason = literal.Variable();
325  FillReasonForPath(start_node, trail_->GetEmptyVectorToStoreReason());
326  const bool ok = trail_->EnqueueWithStoredReason(literal);
327  if (!ok) return false;
328  } else {
329  trail_->EnqueueWithSameReasonAs(literal, variable_with_same_reason);
330  }
331  }
332  }
333  return true;
334 }
335 
337  std::vector<std::vector<Literal>> graph,
338  const std::vector<int>& distinguished_nodes, Model* model)
339  : graph_(std::move(graph)),
340  num_nodes_(graph_.size()),
341  trail_(model->GetOrCreate<Trail>()) {
342  node_is_distinguished_.resize(num_nodes_, false);
343  for (const int node : distinguished_nodes) {
344  node_is_distinguished_[node] = true;
345  }
346 }
347 
349  const int watcher_id = watcher->Register(this);
350 
351  // Fill fixed_arcs_ with arcs that are initially fixed to true,
352  // assign arcs to watch indices.
353  for (int node1 = 0; node1 < num_nodes_; node1++) {
354  for (int node2 = 0; node2 < num_nodes_; node2++) {
355  const Literal l = graph_[node1][node2];
356  if (trail_->Assignment().LiteralIsFalse(l)) continue;
357  if (trail_->Assignment().LiteralIsTrue(l)) {
358  fixed_arcs_.emplace_back(node1, node2);
359  } else {
360  watcher->WatchLiteral(l, watcher_id, watch_index_to_arc_.size());
361  watch_index_to_arc_.emplace_back(node1, node2);
362  }
363  }
364  }
365  watcher->RegisterReversibleClass(watcher_id, this);
366 }
367 
369  if (level == level_ends_.size()) return;
370  if (level > level_ends_.size()) {
371  while (level > level_ends_.size()) {
372  level_ends_.push_back(fixed_arcs_.size());
373  }
374  } else {
375  // Backtrack.
376  fixed_arcs_.resize(level_ends_[level]);
377  level_ends_.resize(level);
378  }
379 }
380 
382  const std::vector<int>& watch_indices) {
383  for (const int w : watch_indices) {
384  const auto& arc = watch_index_to_arc_[w];
385  fixed_arcs_.push_back(arc);
386  }
387  return Propagate();
388 }
389 
390 void CircuitCoveringPropagator::FillFixedPathInReason(
391  int start, int end, std::vector<Literal>* reason) {
392  reason->clear();
393  int current = start;
394  do {
395  DCHECK_NE(next_[current], -1);
396  DCHECK(trail_->Assignment().LiteralIsTrue(graph_[current][next_[current]]));
397  reason->push_back(graph_[current][next_[current]].Negated());
398  current = next_[current];
399  } while (current != end);
400 }
401 
403  // Gather next_ and prev_ from fixed arcs.
404  next_.assign(num_nodes_, -1);
405  prev_.assign(num_nodes_, -1);
406  for (const auto& arc : fixed_arcs_) {
407  // Two arcs go out of arc.first, forbidden.
408  if (next_[arc.first] != -1) {
409  *trail_->MutableConflict() = {
410  graph_[arc.first][next_[arc.first]].Negated(),
411  graph_[arc.first][arc.second].Negated()};
412  return false;
413  }
414  next_[arc.first] = arc.second;
415  // Two arcs come into arc.second, forbidden.
416  if (prev_[arc.second] != -1) {
417  *trail_->MutableConflict() = {
418  graph_[prev_[arc.second]][arc.second].Negated(),
419  graph_[arc.first][arc.second].Negated()};
420  return false;
421  }
422  prev_[arc.second] = arc.first;
423  }
424 
425  // For every node, find partial path/circuit in which the node is.
426  // Use visited_ to visit each path/circuit only once.
427  visited_.assign(num_nodes_, false);
428  for (int node = 0; node < num_nodes_; node++) {
429  // Skip if already visited, isolated or loop.
430  if (visited_[node]) continue;
431  if (prev_[node] == -1 && next_[node] == -1) continue;
432  if (prev_[node] == node) continue;
433 
434  // Find start of path/circuit.
435  int start = node;
436  for (int current = prev_[node]; current != -1 && current != node;
437  current = prev_[current]) {
438  start = current;
439  }
440 
441  // Find distinguished node of path. Fail if there are several,
442  // fail if this is a non loop circuit and there are none.
443  int distinguished = node_is_distinguished_[start] ? start : -1;
444  int current = next_[start];
445  int end = start;
446  visited_[start] = true;
447  while (current != -1 && current != start) {
448  if (node_is_distinguished_[current]) {
449  if (distinguished != -1) {
450  FillFixedPathInReason(distinguished, current,
451  trail_->MutableConflict());
452  return false;
453  }
454  distinguished = current;
455  }
456  visited_[current] = true;
457  end = current;
458  current = next_[current];
459  }
460 
461  // Circuit with no distinguished nodes, forbidden.
462  if (start == current && distinguished == -1) {
463  FillFixedPathInReason(start, start, trail_->MutableConflict());
464  return false;
465  }
466 
467  // Path with no distinguished node: forbid to close it.
468  if (current == -1 && distinguished == -1 &&
469  !trail_->Assignment().LiteralIsFalse(graph_[end][start])) {
470  auto* reason = trail_->GetEmptyVectorToStoreReason();
471  FillFixedPathInReason(start, end, reason);
472  const bool ok =
473  trail_->EnqueueWithStoredReason(graph_[end][start].Negated());
474  if (!ok) return false;
475  }
476  }
477  return true;
478 }
479 
480 std::function<void(Model*)> ExactlyOnePerRowAndPerColumn(
481  const std::vector<std::vector<Literal>>& graph) {
482  return [=](Model* model) {
483  const int n = graph.size();
484  std::vector<Literal> exactly_one_constraint;
485  exactly_one_constraint.reserve(n);
486  for (const bool transpose : {false, true}) {
487  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
488  exactly_one_constraint.clear();
489  for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
490  exactly_one_constraint.push_back(transpose ? graph[j][i]
491  : graph[i][j]);
492  }
493  model->Add(ExactlyOneConstraint(exactly_one_constraint));
494  }
495  }
496  };
497 }
498 
499 std::function<void(Model*)> SubcircuitConstraint(
500  int num_nodes, const std::vector<int>& tails, const std::vector<int>& heads,
501  const std::vector<Literal>& literals,
502  bool multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) {
503  return [=](Model* model) {
504  const int num_arcs = tails.size();
505  CHECK_GT(num_arcs, 0);
506  CHECK_EQ(heads.size(), num_arcs);
507  CHECK_EQ(literals.size(), num_arcs);
508 
509  // If a node has no outgoing or no incoming arc, the model will be unsat
510  // as soon as we add the corresponding ExactlyOneConstraint().
511  auto sat_solver = model->GetOrCreate<SatSolver>();
512 
513  std::vector<std::vector<Literal>> exactly_one_incoming(num_nodes);
514  std::vector<std::vector<Literal>> exactly_one_outgoing(num_nodes);
515  for (int arc = 0; arc < num_arcs; arc++) {
516  const int tail = tails[arc];
517  const int head = heads[arc];
518  exactly_one_outgoing[tail].push_back(literals[arc]);
519  exactly_one_incoming[head].push_back(literals[arc]);
520  }
521  for (int i = 0; i < exactly_one_incoming.size(); ++i) {
522  if (i == 0 && multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) continue;
523  model->Add(ExactlyOneConstraint(exactly_one_incoming[i]));
524  if (sat_solver->IsModelUnsat()) return;
525  }
526  for (int i = 0; i < exactly_one_outgoing.size(); ++i) {
527  if (i == 0 && multiple_subcircuit_through_zero) continue;
528  model->Add(ExactlyOneConstraint(exactly_one_outgoing[i]));
529  if (sat_solver->IsModelUnsat()) return;
530  }
531 
533  options.multiple_subcircuit_through_zero = multiple_subcircuit_through_zero;
534  CircuitPropagator* constraint = new CircuitPropagator(
535  num_nodes, tails, heads, literals, options, model);
536  constraint->RegisterWith(model->GetOrCreate<GenericLiteralWatcher>());
537  model->TakeOwnership(constraint);
538  };
539 }
540 
541 std::function<void(Model*)> CircuitCovering(
542  const std::vector<std::vector<Literal>>& graph,
543  const std::vector<int>& distinguished_nodes) {
544  return [=](Model* model) {
545  CircuitCoveringPropagator* constraint =
546  new CircuitCoveringPropagator(graph, distinguished_nodes, model);
547  constraint->RegisterWith(model->GetOrCreate<GenericLiteralWatcher>());
548  model->TakeOwnership(constraint);
549  };
550 }
551 
552 } // namespace sat
553 } // namespace operations_research
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