lp_data_utils.h

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// Utility helpers for manipulating LinearProgram and other types defined in
// lp_data.

#ifndef OR_TOOLS_LP_DATA_LP_DATA_UTILS_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_LP_DATA_LP_DATA_UTILS_H_

#include "ortools/glop/parameters.pb.h"
#include "ortools/lp_data/lp_data.h"
#include "ortools/lp_data/lp_types.h"
#include "ortools/lp_data/matrix_scaler.h"

namespace operations_research {
namespace glop {

// For all constraints in linear_program, if the constraint has a slack
// variable, change its value in *values so that the constraints itself is
// satisfied.
// Note that this obviously won't always imply that the bounds of the slack
// variable itself will be satisfied.
// The code assumes (and DCHECKs) that all constraints with a slack variable
// have their upper and lower bounds both set to 0. This is ensured by
// LinearProgram::AddSlackVariablesWhereNecessary().
void ComputeSlackVariablesValues(const LinearProgram& linear_program,
                                 DenseRow* values);

// This is separated from LinearProgram class because of a cyclic dependency
// when scaling as an LP.
void Scale(LinearProgram* lp, SparseMatrixScaler* scaler,
           GlopParameters::ScalingAlgorithm scaling_method);

// A convenience method for above providing a default algorithm for callers that
// don't specify one.
void Scale(LinearProgram* lp, SparseMatrixScaler* scaler);

// Class to facilitate the conversion between an original "unscaled" LP problem
// and its scaled version. It is easy to get the direction wrong, so it make
// sense to have a single place where all the scaling formulas are kept.
class LpScalingHelper {
 public:
  // Scale the given LP.
  void Scale(LinearProgram* lp);
  void Scale(const GlopParameters& params, LinearProgram* lp);

  // Clear all scaling coefficients.
  void Clear();

  // Transforms value from unscaled domain to the scaled one.
  Fractional ScaleVariableValue(ColIndex col, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional ScaleReducedCost(ColIndex col, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional ScaleDualValue(RowIndex row, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional ScaleConstraintActivity(RowIndex row, Fractional value) const;

  // Transforms corresponding value from the scaled domain to the original one.
  Fractional UnscaleVariableValue(ColIndex col, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional UnscaleReducedCost(ColIndex col, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional UnscaleDualValue(RowIndex row, Fractional value) const;
  Fractional UnscaleConstraintActivity(RowIndex row, Fractional value) const;

  // Unscale a row vector v such that v.B = unit_row. When basis_col is the
  // index of the Column that correspond to the unit position in matrix B.
  void UnscaleUnitRowLeftSolve(ColIndex basis_col,
                               ScatteredRow* left_inverse) const;

  // Unscale a col vector v such that B.c = matrix_column_col.
  void UnscaleColumnRightSolve(const RowToColMapping& basis, ColIndex col,
                               ScatteredColumn* right_inverse) const;

  // A variable value in the original domain must be multiplied by this factor
  // to be in the scaled domain.
  Fractional VariableScalingFactor(ColIndex col) const;

  // Visible for testing. All objective coefficients of the original LP where
  // multiplied by this factor. Nothing else changed.
  Fractional BoundsScalingFactor() const { return bound_scaling_factor_; }

  // Visible for testing. All variable/constraint bounds of the original LP
  // where multiplied by this factor. Nothing else changed.
  Fractional ObjectiveScalingFactor() const {
    return objective_scaling_factor_;
  }

 private:
  SparseMatrixScaler scaler_;
  Fractional bound_scaling_factor_ = 1.0;
  Fractional objective_scaling_factor_ = 1.0;
};

}  // namespace glop
}  // namespace operations_research

#endif  // OR_TOOLS_LP_DATA_LP_DATA_UTILS_H_