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// Copyright 2010-2014 Google
// 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.
//
//
// A C++ wrapper that provides a simple and unified interface to
// several linear programming and mixed integer programming solvers:
// GLOP, GLPK, CLP, CBC, and SCIP. The wrapper can also be used in Java, C#,
// and Python via SWIG.
//
//
// -----------------------------------
//
// What is Linear Programming?
//
// In mathematics, linear programming (LP) is a technique for optimization of
// a linear objective function, subject to linear equality and linear
// inequality constraints. Informally, linear programming determines the way
// to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a
// given mathematical model and given some list of requirements represented
// as linear equations.
//
// The most widely used technique for solving a linear program is the Simplex
// algorithm, devised by George Dantzig in 1947. It performs very well on
// most instances, for which its running time is polynomial. A lot of effort
// has been put into improving the algorithm and its implementation. As a
// byproduct, it has however been shown that one can always construct
// problems that take exponential time for the Simplex algorithm to solve.
// Research has thus focused on trying to find a polynomial algorithm for
// linear programming, or to prove that linear programming is indeed
// polynomial.
//
// Leonid Khachiyan first exhibited in 1979 a weakly polynomial algorithm for
// linear programming. "Weakly polynomial" means that the running time of the
// algorithm is in O(P(n) * 2^p) where P(n) is a polynomial of the size of the
// problem, and p is the precision of computations expressed in number of
// bits. With a fixed-precision, floating-point-based implementation, a weakly
// polynomial algorithm will thus run in polynomial time. No implementation
// of Khachiyan's algorithm has proved efficient, but a larger breakthrough in
// the field came in 1984 when Narendra Karmarkar introduced a new interior
// point method for solving linear programming problems. Interior point
// algorithms have proved efficient on very large linear programs.
//
// Check Wikipedia for more detail:
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_programming
//
// -----------------------------------
//
// Example of a Linear Program
//
// maximize:
// 3x + y
// subject to:
// 1.5 x + 2 y <= 12
// 0 <= x <= 3
// 0 <= y <= 5
//
// A linear program has:
// 1) a linear objective function
// 2) linear constraints that can be equalities or inequalities
// 3) bounds on variables that can be positive, negative, finite or
// infinite.
//
// -----------------------------------
//
// What is Mixed Integer Programming?
//
// Here, the constraints and the objective are still linear but
// there are additional integrality requirements for variables. If
// all variables are required to take integer values, then the
// problem is called an integer program (IP). In most cases, only
// some variables are required to be integer and the rest of the
// variables are continuous: this is called a mixed integer program
// (MIP). IPs and MIPs are generally NP-hard.
//
// Integer variables can be used to model discrete decisions (build a
// datacenter in city A or city B), logical relationships (only
// place machines in datacenter A if we have decided to build
// datacenter A) and approximate non-linear functions with piecewise
// linear functions (for example, the cost of machines as a function
// of how many machines are bought, or the latency of a server as a
// function of its load).
//
// -----------------------------------
//
// How to use the wrapper
//
// The user builds the model and solves it through the MPSolver class,
// then queries the solution through the MPSolver, MPVariable and
// MPConstraint classes. To be able to query a solution, you need the
// following:
// - A solution exists: MPSolver::Solve has been called and a solution
// has been found.
// - The model has not been modified since the last time
// MPSolver::Solve was called. Otherwise, the solution obtained
// before the model modification may not longer be feasible or
// optimal.
//
// @see ../examples/linear_programming.cc for a simple LP example.
//
// @see ../examples/integer_programming.cc for a simple MIP example.
//
// All methods cannot be called successfully in all cases. For
// example: you cannot query a solution when no solution exists, you
// cannot query a reduced cost value (which makes sense only on
// continuous problems) on a discrete problem. When a method is
// called in an unsuitable context, it aborts with a
// LOG(FATAL).
// TODO(user): handle failures gracefully.
//
// -----------------------------------
//
// For developers: How the wrapper works
//
// MPSolver stores a representation of the model (variables,
// constraints and objective) in its own data structures and a
// pointer to a MPSolverInterface that wraps the underlying solver
// (GLOP, CBC, CLP, GLPK, or SCIP) that does the actual work. The
// underlying solver also keeps a representation of the model in its
// own data structures. The model representations in MPSolver and in
// the underlying solver are kept in sync by the 'extraction'
// mechanism: synchronously for some changes and asynchronously
// (when MPSolver::Solve is called) for others. Synchronicity
// depends on the modification applied and on the underlying solver.
#ifndef OR_TOOLS_LINEAR_SOLVER_LINEAR_SOLVER_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_LINEAR_SOLVER_LINEAR_SOLVER_H_
#include <functional>
#include "ortools/base/hash.h"
#include "ortools/base/hash.h"
#include <limits>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include "ortools/base/integral_types.h"
#include "ortools/base/logging.h"
#include "ortools/base/timer.h"
#include "ortools/glop/parameters.pb.h"
#include "ortools/linear_solver/linear_expr.h"
#include "ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.pb.h"
namespace operations_research {
class MPConstraint;
class MPObjective;
class MPSolverInterface;
class MPSolverParameters;
class MPVariable;
// This mathematical programming (MP) solver class is the main class
// though which users build and solve problems.
class MPSolver {
public:
// The type of problems (LP or MIP) that will be solved and the
// underlying solver (GLOP, GLPK, CLP, CBC or SCIP) that will solve them.
// This must remain consistent with MPModelRequest::OptimizationProblemType
// (take particular care of the open-source version).
enum OptimizationProblemType {
// Linear programming problems.
#ifdef USE_CLP
CLP_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING = 0, // Recommended default value.
#endif
#ifdef USE_GLPK
GLPK_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING = 1,
#endif
#ifdef USE_GLOP
GLOP_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING = 2,
#endif
#ifdef USE_GUROBI
GUROBI_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING = 6,
#endif
#ifdef USE_CPLEX
CPLEX_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING = 10,
#endif
// Integer programming problems.
#ifdef USE_SCIP
SCIP_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 3, // Recommended default value.
#endif
#ifdef USE_GLPK
GLPK_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 4,
#endif
#ifdef USE_CBC
CBC_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 5,
#endif
#if defined(USE_GUROBI)
GUROBI_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 7,
#endif
#if defined(USE_CPLEX)
CPLEX_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 11,
#endif
#if defined(USE_BOP)
BOP_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING = 12,
#endif
};
MPSolver(const std::string& name, OptimizationProblemType problem_type);
virtual ~MPSolver();
// Whether the given problem type is supported (this will depend on the
// targets that you linked).
static bool SupportsProblemType(OptimizationProblemType problem_type);
std::string Name() const {
return name_; // Set at construction.
}
virtual OptimizationProblemType ProblemType() const {
return problem_type_; // Set at construction.
}
// Clears the objective (including the optimization direction), all
// variables and constraints. All the other properties of the MPSolver
// (like the time limit) are kept untouched.
void Clear();
// ----- Variables ------
// Returns the number of variables.
int NumVariables() const { return variables_.size(); }
// Returns the array of variables handled by the MPSolver.
// (They are listed in the order in which they were created.)
const std::vector<MPVariable*>& variables() const { return variables_; }
// Look up a variable by name, and return NULL if it does not exist.
MPVariable* LookupVariableOrNull(const std::string& var_name) const;
// Creates a variable with the given bounds, integrality requirement
// and name. Bounds can be finite or +/- MPSolver::infinity().
// The MPSolver owns the variable (i.e. the returned pointer is borrowed).
// Variable names must be unique (it may crash otherwise). Empty variable
// names are allowed, an automated variable name will then be assigned.
MPVariable* MakeVar(double lb, double ub, bool integer, const std::string& name);
// Creates a continuous variable.
MPVariable* MakeNumVar(double lb, double ub, const std::string& name);
// Creates an integer variable.
MPVariable* MakeIntVar(double lb, double ub, const std::string& name);
// Creates a boolean variable.
MPVariable* MakeBoolVar(const std::string& name);
// Creates an array of variables. All variables created have the
// same bounds and integrality requirement. If nb <= 0, no variables are
// created, the function crashes in non-opt mode.
// @param name the prefix of the variable names. Variables are named
// name0, name1, ...
void MakeVarArray(int nb, double lb, double ub, bool integer,
const std::string& name_prefix, std::vector<MPVariable*>* vars);
// Creates an array of continuous variables.
void MakeNumVarArray(int nb, double lb, double ub, const std::string& name,
std::vector<MPVariable*>* vars);
// Creates an array of integer variables.
void MakeIntVarArray(int nb, double lb, double ub, const std::string& name,
std::vector<MPVariable*>* vars);
// Creates an array of boolean variables.
void MakeBoolVarArray(int nb, const std::string& name,
std::vector<MPVariable*>* vars);
// ----- Constraints -----
// Returns the number of constraints.
int NumConstraints() const { return constraints_.size(); }
// Returns the array of constraints handled by the MPSolver.
// (They are listed in the order in which they were created.)
const std::vector<MPConstraint*>& constraints() const { return constraints_; }
// Look up a constraint by name, and return NULL if it does not exist.
MPConstraint* LookupConstraintOrNull(const std::string& constraint_name) const;
// Creates a linear constraint with given bounds. Bounds can be
// finite or +/- MPSolver::infinity(). The MPSolver class assumes
// ownership of the constraint.
// @return a pointer to the newly created constraint.
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint(double lb, double ub);
// Creates a constraint with -infinity and +infinity bounds.
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint();
// Creates a named constraint with given bounds.
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint(double lb, double ub, const std::string& name);
// Creates a named constraint with -infinity and +infinity bounds.
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint(const std::string& name);
// Creates a constraint owned by MPSolver enforcing:
// range.lower_bound() <= range.linear_expr() <= range.upper_bound()
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint(const LinearRange& range);
// As above, but also names the constraint.
MPConstraint* MakeRowConstraint(const LinearRange& range, const std::string& name);
// ----- Objective -----
// Note that the objective is owned by the solver, and is initialized to
// its default value (see the MPObjective class below) at construction.
const MPObjective& Objective() const { return *objective_; }
MPObjective* MutableObjective() { return objective_.get(); }
// ----- Solve -----
// The status of solving the problem. The straightforward translation to
// homonymous enum values of MPSolutionResponse::Status
// (see ./linear_solver.proto) is guaranteed by ./enum_consistency_test.cc,
// you may rely on it.
// TODO(user): Figure out once and for all what the status of
// underlying solvers exactly mean, especially for feasible and
// infeasible.
enum ResultStatus {
OPTIMAL, // optimal.
FEASIBLE, // feasible, or stopped by limit.
INFEASIBLE, // proven infeasible.
UNBOUNDED, // proven unbounded.
ABNORMAL, // abnormal, i.e., error of some kind.
MODEL_INVALID, // the model is trivially invalid (NaN coefficients, etc).
NOT_SOLVED = 6 // not been solved yet.
};
// Solves the problem using default parameter values.
ResultStatus Solve();
// Solves the problem using the specified parameter values.
ResultStatus Solve(const MPSolverParameters& param);
// Call only after calling MPSolver::Solve. Evaluates "linear_expr" for the
// variable values at the solution found by solving.
double SolutionValue(const LinearExpr& linear_expr) const;
// Writes the model using the solver internal write function. Currently only
// available for Gurobi.
void Write(const std::string& file_name);
// Advanced usage: compute the "activities" of all constraints, which are the
// sums of their linear terms. The activities are returned in the same order
// as constraints(), which is the order in which constraints were added; but
// you can also use MPConstraint::index() to get a constraint's index.
std::vector<double> ComputeConstraintActivities() const;
// Advanced usage:
// Verifies the *correctness* of the solution: all variables must be within
// their domains, all constraints must be satisfied, and the reported
// objective value must be accurate.
// Usage:
// - This can only be called after Solve() was called.
// - "tolerance" is interpreted as an absolute error threshold.
// - For the objective value only, if the absolute error is too large,
// the tolerance is interpreted as a relative error threshold instead.
// - If "log_errors" is true, every single violation will be logged.
// - If "tolerance" is negative, it will be set to infinity().
//
// Most users should just set the --verify_solution flag and not bother
// using this method directly.
bool VerifySolution(double tolerance, bool log_errors) const;
// Advanced usage: resets extracted model to solve from scratch. This won't
// reset the parameters that were set with
// SetSolverSpecificParametersAsString() or set_time_limit() or even clear the
// linear program. It will just make sure that next Solve() will be as if
// everything was reconstructed from scratch.
void Reset();
// Interrupts the Solve() execution to terminate processing early if possible.
// If the underlying interface supports interruption; it does that and returns
// true regardless of whether there's an ongoing Solve() or not. The Solve()
// call may still linger for a while depending on the conditions. If
// interruption is not supported; returns false and does nothing.
bool InterruptSolve();
// ----- Methods using protocol buffers -----
// Loads model from protocol buffer. Returns MPSOLVER_MODEL_IS_VALID if the
// model is valid, and another status otherwise (currently only
// MPSOLVER_MODEL_INVALID and MPSOLVER_INFEASIBLE). If the model isn't
// valid, populate "error_message".
MPSolverResponseStatus LoadModelFromProto(const MPModelProto& input_model,
std::string* error_message);
// The same as above, except that the loading keeps original variable and
// constraint names. Caller should make sure that all variable names and
// constraint names are unique, respectively.
MPSolverResponseStatus LoadModelFromProtoWithUniqueNamesOrDie(
const MPModelProto& input_model, std::string* error_message);
// Encodes the current solution in a solution response protocol buffer.
void FillSolutionResponseProto(MPSolutionResponse* response) const;
// Solves the model encoded by a MPModelRequest protocol buffer and
// fills the solution encoded as a MPSolutionResponse.
// Note(user): This creates a temporary MPSolver and destroys it at the
// end. If you want to keep the MPSolver alive (for debugging, or for
// incremental solving), you should write another version of this function
// that creates the MPSolver object on the heap and returns it.
//
// TODO(user): populate an error message in the response.
static void SolveWithProto(const MPModelRequest& model_request,
MPSolutionResponse* response);
// Exports model to protocol buffer.
void ExportModelToProto(MPModelProto* output_model) const;
// Load a solution encoded in a protocol buffer onto this solver for easy
// access via the MPSolver interface.
//
// IMPORTANT: This may only be used in conjunction with ExportModel(),
// following this example:
// MPSolver my_solver;
// ... add variables and constraints ...
// MPModelProto model_proto;
// my_solver.ExportModelToProto(&model_proto);
// MPSolutionResponse solver_response;
// // This can be replaced by a stubby call to the linear solver server.
// MPSolver::SolveWithProto(model_proto, &solver_response);
// if (solver_response.result_status() == MPSolutionResponse::OPTIMAL) {
// CHECK(my_solver.LoadSolutionFromProto(solver_response));
// ... inspect the solution using the usual API: solution_value(), etc...
// }
//
// This allows users of the pythonic API to conveniently communicate with
// a linear solver stubby server, via the MPSolver object as a proxy.
// See /.linear_solver_server_integration_test.py.
//
// The response must be in OPTIMAL or FEASIBLE status.
// Returns false if a problem arised (typically, if it wasn't used like
// it should be):
// - loading a solution whose variables don't correspond to the solver's
// current variables
// - loading a solution with a status other than OPTIMAL / FEASIBLE.
// Note: the variable and objective values aren't checked. You can use
// VerifySolution() for that.
bool LoadSolutionFromProto(const MPSolutionResponse& response);
// ----- Export model to files or strings -----
#ifndef ANDROID_JNI
// Shortcuts to the homonymous MPModelProtoExporter methods, via
// exporting to a MPModelProto with ExportModelToProto() (see above).
bool ExportModelAsLpFormat(bool obfuscated, std::string* model_str);
bool ExportModelAsMpsFormat(bool fixed_format, bool obfuscated,
std::string* model_str);
#endif
// ----- Misc -----
// Advanced usage: pass solver specific parameters in text format. The format
// is solver-specific and is the same as the corresponding solver
// configuration file format. Returns true if the operation was successful.
//
// TODO(user): Currently SCIP will always return true even if the format is
// wrong (you can check the log if you suspect an issue there). This seems to
// be a bug in SCIP though.
bool SetSolverSpecificParametersAsString(const std::string& parameters);
std::string GetSolverSpecificParametersAsString() const {
return solver_specific_parameter_string_;
}
// Advanced usage: possible basis status values for a variable and the
// slack variable of a linear constraint.
enum BasisStatus {
FREE = 0,
AT_LOWER_BOUND,
AT_UPPER_BOUND,
FIXED_VALUE,
BASIC
};
// Advanced usage: Incrementality. This function takes a starting basis to be
// used in the next LP Solve() call. The statuses of a current solution can be
// retrieved via the basis_status() function of a MPVariable or a
// MPConstraint.
//
// WARNING: With Glop, you should disable presolve when using this because
// this information will not be modified in sync with the presolve and will
// likely not mean much on the presolved problem.
void SetStartingLpBasis(
const std::vector<MPSolver::BasisStatus>& variable_statuses,
const std::vector<MPSolver::BasisStatus>& constraint_statuses);
// Infinity. You can use -MPSolver::infinity() for negative infinity.
static double infinity() { return std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity(); }
// Controls (or queries) the amount of output produced by the underlying
// solver. The output can surface to LOGs, or to stdout or stderr, depending
// on the implementation. The amount of output will greatly vary with each
// implementation and each problem.
//
// Output is suppressed by default.
bool OutputIsEnabled() const;
void EnableOutput();
void SuppressOutput();
void set_time_limit(int64 time_limit_milliseconds) {
DCHECK_GE(time_limit_milliseconds, 0);
time_limit_ = time_limit_milliseconds;
}
// In milliseconds.
int64 time_limit() const { return time_limit_; }
// In seconds. Note that this returns a double.
double time_limit_in_secs() const {
// static_cast<double> avoids a warning with -Wreal-conversion. This
// helps catching bugs with unwanted conversions from double to ints.
return static_cast<double>(time_limit_) / 1000.0;
}
// Returns wall_time() in milliseconds since the creation of the solver.
int64 wall_time() const { return timer_.GetInMs(); }
// Returns the number of simplex iterations.
int64 iterations() const;
// Returns the number of branch-and-bound nodes. Only available for
// discrete problems.
int64 nodes() const;
// Returns a std::string describing the underlying solver and its version.
std::string SolverVersion() const;
// Advanced usage: returns the underlying solver so that the user
// can use solver-specific features or features that are not exposed
// in the simple API of MPSolver. This method is for advanced users,
// use at your own risk! In particular, if you modify the model or
// the solution by accessing the underlying solver directly, then
// the underlying solver will be out of sync with the information
// kept in the wrapper (MPSolver, MPVariable, MPConstraint,
// MPObjective). You need to cast the void* returned back to its
// original type that depends on the interface (CBC:
// OsiClpSolverInterface*, CLP: ClpSimplex*, GLPK: glp_prob*, SCIP:
// SCIP*).
void* underlying_solver();
// Advanced usage: computes the exact condition number of the
// current scaled basis: L1norm(B) * L1norm(inverse(B)), where B is
// the scaled basis.
// This method requires that a basis exists: it should be called
// after Solve. It is only available for continuous problems. It is
// implemented for GLPK but not CLP because CLP does not provide the
// API for doing it.
// The condition number measures how well the constraint matrix is
// conditioned and can be used to predict whether numerical issues
// will arise during the solve: the model is declared infeasible
// whereas it is feasible (or vice-versa), the solution obtained is
// not optimal or violates some constraints, the resolution is slow
// because of repeated singularities.
// The rule of thumb to interpret the condition number kappa is:
// o kappa <= 1e7: virtually no chance of numerical issues
// o 1e7 < kappa <= 1e10: small chance of numerical issues
// o 1e10 < kappa <= 1e13: medium chance of numerical issues
// o kappa > 1e13: high chance of numerical issues
// The computation of the condition number depends on the quality of
// the LU decomposition, so it is not very accurate when the matrix
// is ill conditioned.
double ComputeExactConditionNumber() const;
friend class GLPKInterface;
friend class CLPInterface;
friend class CBCInterface;
friend class SCIPInterface;
friend class GurobiInterface;
friend class CplexInterface;
friend class SLMInterface;
friend class MPSolverInterface;
friend class GLOPInterface;
friend class BopInterface;
friend class KnapsackInterface;
// Debugging: verify that the given MPVariable* belongs to this solver.
bool OwnsVariable(const MPVariable* var) const;
private:
// Computes the size of the constraint with the largest number of
// coefficients with index in [min_constraint_index,
// max_constraint_index)
int ComputeMaxConstraintSize(int min_constraint_index,
int max_constraint_index) const;
// Returns true if the model has constraints with lower bound > upper bound.
bool HasInfeasibleConstraints() const;
// The name of the linear programming problem.
const std::string name_;
// The type of the linear programming problem.
const OptimizationProblemType problem_type_;
// The solver interface.
std::unique_ptr<MPSolverInterface> interface_;
// The vector of variables in the problem.
std::vector<MPVariable*> variables_;
// A map from a variable's name to its index in variables_.
std::unordered_map<std::string, int> variable_name_to_index_;
// Whether constraints have been extracted to the underlying interface.
std::vector<bool> variable_is_extracted_;
// The vector of constraints in the problem.
std::vector<MPConstraint*> constraints_;
// A map from a constraint's name to its index in constraints_.
std::unordered_map<std::string, int> constraint_name_to_index_;
// Whether constraints have been extracted to the underlying interface.
std::vector<bool> constraint_is_extracted_;
// The linear objective function.
std::unique_ptr<MPObjective> objective_;
// Initial values for all or some of the problem variables that can be
// exploited as a starting hint by a solver.
//
// Note(user): as of 05/05/2015, we can't use >> because of some SWIG errors.
std::vector<std::pair<MPVariable*, double> > solution_hint_;
// Time limit in milliseconds (0 = no limit).
int64 time_limit_;
WallTimer timer_;
// Permanent storage for SetSolverSpecificParametersAsString().
std::string solver_specific_parameter_string_;
MPSolverResponseStatus LoadModelFromProtoInternal(
const MPModelProto& input_model, bool clear_names, std::string* error_message);
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MPSolver);
};
#ifndef ANDROID_JNI
inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
MPSolver::ResultStatus status) {
return os << MPSolverResponseStatus_Name(
static_cast<MPSolverResponseStatus>(status));
}
#endif
// The data structure used to store the coefficients of the contraints and of
// the objective. Also define a type to facilitate iteration over them with:
// for (CoeffEntry entry : coefficients_) { ... }
class CoeffMap : public std::unordered_map<const MPVariable*, double> {
public:
explicit CoeffMap(int num_buckets)
#if !defined(_MSC_VER) // Visual C++ doesn't support this constructor
: std::unordered_map<const MPVariable*, double>(num_buckets)
#endif // _MSC_VER
{
}
};
typedef std::pair<const MPVariable*, double> CoeffEntry;
// A class to express a linear objective.
class MPObjective {
public:
// Clears the offset, all variables and coefficients, and the optimization
// direction.
void Clear();
// Sets the coefficient of the variable in the objective. If the variable
// does not belong to the solver, the function just returns, or crashes in
// non-opt mode.
void SetCoefficient(const MPVariable* const var, double coeff);
// Gets the coefficient of a given variable in the objective (which
// is 0 if the variable does not appear in the objective).
double GetCoefficient(const MPVariable* const var) const;
// Sets the constant term in the objective.
void SetOffset(double value);
// Gets the constant term in the objective.
double offset() const { return offset_; }
// Adds a constant term to the objective.
// Note: please use the less ambiguous SetOffset() if possible!
// TODO(user): remove this.
void AddOffset(double value) { SetOffset(offset() + value); }
// Resets the current objective to take the value of linear_expr, and sets
// the objective direction to maximize if "is_maximize", otherwise minimizes.
void OptimizeLinearExpr(const LinearExpr& linear_expr, bool is_maximize);
void MaximizeLinearExpr(const LinearExpr& linear_expr) {
OptimizeLinearExpr(linear_expr, true);
}
void MinimizeLinearExpr(const LinearExpr& linear_expr) {
OptimizeLinearExpr(linear_expr, false);
}
// Adds linear_expr to the current objective, does not change the direction.
void AddLinearExpr(const LinearExpr& linear_expr);
// Sets the optimization direction (maximize: true or minimize: false).
void SetOptimizationDirection(bool maximize);
// Sets the optimization direction to minimize.
void SetMinimization() { SetOptimizationDirection(false); }
// Sets the optimization direction to maximize.
void SetMaximization() { SetOptimizationDirection(true); }
// Is the optimization direction set to maximize?
bool maximization() const;
// Is the optimization direction set to minimize?
bool minimization() const;
// Returns the objective value of the best solution found so far. It
// is the optimal objective value if the problem has been solved to
// optimality.
//
// Note: the objective value may be slightly different than what you
// could compute yourself using MPVariable::solution_value();
// please use the --verify_solution flag to gain confidence about the
// numerical stability of your solution.
double Value() const;
// Returns the best objective bound. In case of minimization, it is
// a lower bound on the objective value of the optimal integer
// solution. Only available for discrete problems.
double BestBound() const;
private:
friend class MPSolver;
friend class MPSolverInterface;
friend class CBCInterface;
friend class CLPInterface;
friend class GLPKInterface;
friend class SCIPInterface;
friend class SLMInterface;
friend class GurobiInterface;
friend class CplexInterface;
friend class GLOPInterface;
friend class BopInterface;
friend class KnapsackInterface;
// Constructor. An objective points to a single MPSolverInterface
// that is specified in the constructor. An objective cannot belong
// to several models.
// At construction, an MPObjective has no terms (which is equivalent
// on having a coefficient of 0 for all variables), and an offset of 0.
explicit MPObjective(MPSolverInterface* const interface)
: interface_(interface), coefficients_(1), offset_(0.0) {}
MPSolverInterface* const interface_;
// Mapping var -> coefficient.
CoeffMap coefficients_;
// Constant term.
double offset_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MPObjective);
};
// The class for variables of a Mathematical Programming (MP) model.
class MPVariable {
public:
// Returns the name of the variable.
const std::string& name() const { return name_; }
// Sets the integrality requirement of the variable.
void SetInteger(bool integer);
// Returns the integrality requirement of the variable.
bool integer() const { return integer_; }
// Returns the value of the variable in the current solution.
// If the variable is integer, then the value will always be an integer
// (the underlying solver handles floating-point values only, but this
// function automatically rounds it to the nearest integer; see: man 3 round).
double solution_value() const;
// Returns the index of the variable in the MPSolver::variables_.
int index() const { return index_; }
// Returns the lower bound.
double lb() const { return lb_; }
// Returns the upper bound.
double ub() const { return ub_; }
// Sets the lower bound.
void SetLB(double lb) { SetBounds(lb, ub_); }
// Sets the upper bound.
void SetUB(double ub) { SetBounds(lb_, ub); }
// Sets both the lower and upper bounds.
void SetBounds(double lb, double ub);
// Advanced usage: unrounded solution value, i.e. it won't be rounded to the
// nearest integer even if the variable is integer.
double unrounded_solution_value() const;
// Advanced usage: returns the reduced cost of the variable in the
// current solution (only available for continuous problems).
double reduced_cost() const;
// Advanced usage: returns the basis status of the variable in the
// current solution (only available for continuous problems).
// @see MPSolver::BasisStatus.
MPSolver::BasisStatus basis_status() const;
protected:
friend class MPSolver;
friend class MPSolverInterface;
friend class CBCInterface;
friend class CLPInterface;
friend class GLPKInterface;
friend class SCIPInterface;
friend class SLMInterface;
friend class GurobiInterface;
friend class CplexInterface;
friend class GLOPInterface;
friend class MPVariableSolutionValueTest;
friend class BopInterface;
friend class KnapsackInterface;
// Constructor. A variable points to a single MPSolverInterface that
// is specified in the constructor. A variable cannot belong to
// several models.
MPVariable(int index, double lb, double ub, bool integer, const std::string& name,
MPSolverInterface* const interface)
: index_(index),
lb_(lb),
ub_(ub),
integer_(integer),
name_(name),
solution_value_(0.0),
reduced_cost_(0.0),
interface_(interface) {}
void set_solution_value(double value) { solution_value_ = value; }
void set_reduced_cost(double reduced_cost) { reduced_cost_ = reduced_cost; }
private:
const int index_;
double lb_;
double ub_;
bool integer_;
const std::string name_;
double solution_value_;
double reduced_cost_;
MPSolverInterface* const interface_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MPVariable);
};
// The class for constraints of a Mathematical Programming (MP) model.
// A constraint is represented as a linear equation or inequality.
class MPConstraint {
public:
// Returns the name of the constraint.
const std::string& name() const { return name_; }
// Clears all variables and coefficients. Does not clear the bounds.
void Clear();
// Sets the coefficient of the variable on the constraint. If the variable
// does not belong to the solver, the function just returns, or crashes in
// non-opt mode.
void SetCoefficient(const MPVariable* const var, double coeff);
// Gets the coefficient of a given variable on the constraint (which
// is 0 if the variable does not appear in the constraint).
double GetCoefficient(const MPVariable* const var) const;
// Returns the lower bound.
double lb() const { return lb_; }
// Returns the upper bound.
double ub() const { return ub_; }
// Sets the lower bound.
void SetLB(double lb) { SetBounds(lb, ub_); }
// Sets the upper bound.
void SetUB(double ub) { SetBounds(lb_, ub); }
// Sets both the lower and upper bounds.
void SetBounds(double lb, double ub);
// Advanced usage: returns true if the constraint is "lazy" (see below).
bool is_lazy() const { return is_lazy_; }
// Advanced usage: sets the constraint "laziness".
// *** This is only supported for SCIP and has no effect on other solvers. ***
// When 'laziness' is true, the constraint is only considered by the Linear
// Programming solver if its current solution violates the constraint.
// In this case, the constraint is definitively added to the problem.
// This may be useful in some MIP problems, and may have a dramatic impact
// on performance.
// For more info see: http://tinyurl.com/lazy-constraints.
void set_is_lazy(bool laziness) { is_lazy_ = laziness; }
// Returns the index of the constraint in the MPSolver::constraints_.
int index() const { return index_; }
// Advanced usage: returns the dual value of the constraint in the
// current solution (only available for continuous problems).
double dual_value() const;
// Advanced usage: returns the basis status of the constraint (only available
// for continuous problems). Note that if a constraint "linear_expression in
// [lb, ub]" is transformed into "linear_expression + slack = 0" with slack in
// [-ub, -lb], then this status is the same as the status of the slack
// variable with AT_UPPER_BOUND and AT_LOWER_BOUND swapped.
//
// @see MPSolver::BasisStatus.
MPSolver::BasisStatus basis_status() const;
protected:
friend class MPSolver;
friend class MPSolverInterface;
friend class CBCInterface;
friend class CLPInterface;
friend class GLPKInterface;
friend class SCIPInterface;
friend class SLMInterface;
friend class GurobiInterface;
friend class CplexInterface;
friend class GLOPInterface;
friend class BopInterface;
friend class KnapsackInterface;
// Constructor. A constraint points to a single MPSolverInterface
// that is specified in the constructor. A constraint cannot belong
// to several models.
MPConstraint(int index, double lb, double ub, const std::string& name,
MPSolverInterface* const interface)
: coefficients_(1),
index_(index),
lb_(lb),
ub_(ub),
name_(name),
is_lazy_(false),
dual_value_(0.0),
interface_(interface) {}
void set_dual_value(double dual_value) { dual_value_ = dual_value; }
private:
// Returns true if the constraint contains variables that have not
// been extracted yet.
bool ContainsNewVariables();
// Mapping var -> coefficient.
CoeffMap coefficients_;
const int index_; // See index().
// The lower bound for the linear constraint.
double lb_;
// The upper bound for the linear constraint.
double ub_;
// Name.
const std::string name_;
// True if the constraint is "lazy", i.e. the constraint is added to the
// underlying Linear Programming solver only if it is violated.
// By default this parameter is 'false'.
bool is_lazy_;
double dual_value_;
MPSolverInterface* const interface_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MPConstraint);
};
// This class stores parameter settings for LP and MIP solvers.
// Some parameters are marked as advanced: do not change their values
// unless you know what you are doing!
//
// For developers: how to add a new parameter:
// - Add the new Foo parameter in the DoubleParam or IntegerParam enum.
// - If it is a categorical param, add a FooValues enum.
// - Decide if the wrapper should define a default value for it: yes
// if it controls the properties of the solution (example:
// tolerances) or if it consistently improves performance, no
// otherwise. If yes, define kDefaultFoo.
// - Add a foo_value_ member and, if no default value is defined, a
// foo_is_default_ member.
// - Add code to handle Foo in Set...Param, Reset...Param,
// Get...Param, Reset and the constructor.
// - In class MPSolverInterface, add a virtual method SetFoo, add it
// to SetCommonParameters or SetMIPParameters, and implement it for
// each solver. Sometimes, parameters need to be implemented
// differently, see for example the INCREMENTALITY implementation.
// - Add a test in linear_solver_test.cc.
//
// TODO(user): store the parameter values in a protocol buffer
// instead. We need to figure out how to deal with the subtleties of
// the default values.
class MPSolverParameters {
public:
// Enumeration of parameters that take continuous values.
enum DoubleParam {
// Limit for relative MIP gap.
RELATIVE_MIP_GAP = 0,
// Advanced usage: tolerance for primal feasibility of basic
// solutions. This does not control the integer feasibility
// tolerance of integer solutions for MIP or the tolerance used
// during presolve.
PRIMAL_TOLERANCE = 1,
// Advanced usage: tolerance for dual feasibility of basic solutions.
DUAL_TOLERANCE = 2
};
// Enumeration of parameters that take integer or categorical values.
enum IntegerParam {
// Advanced usage: presolve mode.
PRESOLVE = 1000,
// Algorithm to solve linear programs.
LP_ALGORITHM = 1001,
// Advanced usage: incrementality from one solve to the next.
INCREMENTALITY = 1002,
// Advanced usage: enable or disable matrix scaling.
SCALING = 1003
};
// For each categorical parameter, enumeration of possible values.
enum PresolveValues {
PRESOLVE_OFF = 0, // Presolve is off.
PRESOLVE_ON = 1 // Presolve is on.
};
enum LpAlgorithmValues {
DUAL = 10, // Dual simplex.
PRIMAL = 11, // Primal simplex.
BARRIER = 12 // Barrier algorithm.
};
enum IncrementalityValues {
// Start solve from scratch.
INCREMENTALITY_OFF = 0,
// Reuse results from previous solve as much as the underlying
// solver allows.
INCREMENTALITY_ON = 1
};
enum ScalingValues {
SCALING_OFF = 0, // Scaling is off.
SCALING_ON = 1 // Scaling is on.
};
// @{
// Placeholder value to indicate that a parameter is set to
// the default value defined in the wrapper.
static const double kDefaultDoubleParamValue;
static const int kDefaultIntegerParamValue;
// @}
// @{
// Placeholder value to indicate that a parameter is unknown.
static const double kUnknownDoubleParamValue;
static const int kUnknownIntegerParamValue;
// @}
// @{
// Default values for parameters. Only parameters that define the
// properties of the solution returned need to have a default value
// (that is the same for all solvers). You can also define a default
// value for performance parameters when you are confident it is a
// good choice (example: always turn presolve on).
static const double kDefaultRelativeMipGap;
static const double kDefaultPrimalTolerance;
static const double kDefaultDualTolerance;
static const PresolveValues kDefaultPresolve;
static const IncrementalityValues kDefaultIncrementality;
// @}
// The constructor sets all parameters to their default value.
MPSolverParameters();
// @{
// Sets a parameter to a specific value.
void SetDoubleParam(MPSolverParameters::DoubleParam param, double value);
void SetIntegerParam(MPSolverParameters::IntegerParam param, int value);
// @}
// @{
// Sets a parameter to its default value (default value defined
// in MPSolverParameters if it exists, otherwise the default value
// defined in the underlying solver).
void ResetDoubleParam(MPSolverParameters::DoubleParam param);
void ResetIntegerParam(MPSolverParameters::IntegerParam param);
// Sets all parameters to their default value.
void Reset();
// @}
// @{
// Returns the value of a parameter.
double GetDoubleParam(MPSolverParameters::DoubleParam param) const;
int GetIntegerParam(MPSolverParameters::IntegerParam param) const;
// @}
private:
// @{
// Parameter value for each parameter.
// @see DoubleParam
// @see IntegerParam
double relative_mip_gap_value_;
double primal_tolerance_value_;
double dual_tolerance_value_;
int presolve_value_;
int scaling_value_;
int lp_algorithm_value_;
int incrementality_value_;
// @}
// Boolean value indicating whether each parameter is set to the
// solver's default value. Only parameters for which the wrapper
// does not define a default value need such an indicator.
bool lp_algorithm_is_default_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MPSolverParameters);
};
// This class wraps the actual mathematical programming solvers. Each
// solver (GLOP, CLP, CBC, GLPK, SCIP) has its own interface class that
// derives from this abstract class. This class is never directly
// accessed by the user.
// @see glop_interface.cc
// @see cbc_interface.cc
// @see clp_interface.cc
// @see glpk_interface.cc
// @see scip_interface.cc
class MPSolverInterface {
public:
enum SynchronizationStatus {
// The underlying solver (CLP, GLPK, ...) and MPSolver are not in
// sync for the model nor for the solution.
MUST_RELOAD,
// The underlying solver and MPSolver are in sync for the model
// but not for the solution: the model has changed since the
// solution was computed last.
MODEL_SYNCHRONIZED,
// The underlying solver and MPSolver are in sync for the model and
// the solution.
SOLUTION_SYNCHRONIZED
};
// When the underlying solver does not provide the number of simplex
// iterations.
static const int64 kUnknownNumberOfIterations = -1;
// When the underlying solver does not provide the number of
// branch-and-bound nodes.
static const int64 kUnknownNumberOfNodes = -1;
// Constructor. The user will access the MPSolverInterface through the
// MPSolver passed as argument.
explicit MPSolverInterface(MPSolver* const solver);
virtual ~MPSolverInterface();
// ----- Solve -----
// Solves problem with specified parameter values. Returns true if the
// solution is optimal.
virtual MPSolver::ResultStatus Solve(const MPSolverParameters& param) = 0;
// Writes the model using the solver internal write function. Currently only
// available for GurobiInterface.
virtual void Write(const std::string& filename);
// ----- Model modifications and extraction -----
// Resets extracted model.
virtual void Reset() = 0;
// Sets the optimization direction (min/max).
virtual void SetOptimizationDirection(bool maximize) = 0;
// Modifies bounds of an extracted variable.
virtual void SetVariableBounds(int index, double lb, double ub) = 0;
// Modifies integrality of an extracted variable.
virtual void SetVariableInteger(int index, bool integer) = 0;
// Modify bounds of an extracted variable.
virtual void SetConstraintBounds(int index, double lb, double ub) = 0;
// Adds a linear constraint.
virtual void AddRowConstraint(MPConstraint* const ct) = 0;
// Add a variable.
virtual void AddVariable(MPVariable* const var) = 0;
// Changes a coefficient in a constraint.
virtual void SetCoefficient(MPConstraint* const constraint,
const MPVariable* const variable,
double new_value, double old_value) = 0;
// Clears a constraint from all its terms.
virtual void ClearConstraint(MPConstraint* const constraint) = 0;
// Changes a coefficient in the linear objective.
virtual void SetObjectiveCoefficient(const MPVariable* const variable,
double coefficient) = 0;
// Changes the constant term in the linear objective.
virtual void SetObjectiveOffset(double value) = 0;
// Clears the objective from all its terms.
virtual void ClearObjective() = 0;
// ------ Query statistics on the solution and the solve ------
// Returns the number of simplex iterations. The problem must be discrete,
// otherwise it crashes, or returns kUnknownNumberOfIterations in NDEBUG mode.
virtual int64 iterations() const = 0;
// Returns the number of branch-and-bound nodes. The problem must be discrete,
// otherwise it crashes, or returns kUnknownNumberOfNodes in NDEBUG mode.
virtual int64 nodes() const = 0;
// Returns the best objective bound. The problem must be discrete, otherwise
// it crashes, or returns trivial_worst_objective_bound() in NDEBUG mode.
virtual double best_objective_bound() const = 0;
// A trivial objective bound: the worst possible value of the objective,
// which will be +infinity if minimizing and -infinity if maximing.
double trivial_worst_objective_bound() const;
// Returns the objective value of the best solution found so far.
double objective_value() const;
// Returns the basis status of a row.
virtual MPSolver::BasisStatus row_status(int constraint_index) const = 0;
// Returns the basis status of a constraint.
virtual MPSolver::BasisStatus column_status(int variable_index) const = 0;
// Checks whether the solution is synchronized with the model, i.e. whether
// the model has changed since the solution was computed last.
// If it isn't, it crashes in NDEBUG, and returns false othwerwise.
bool CheckSolutionIsSynchronized() const;
// Checks whether a feasible solution exists. The behavior is similar to
// CheckSolutionIsSynchronized() above.
virtual bool CheckSolutionExists() const;
// Handy shortcut to do both checks above (it is often used).
bool CheckSolutionIsSynchronizedAndExists() const {
return CheckSolutionIsSynchronized() && CheckSolutionExists();
}
// Checks whether information on the best objective bound exists. The behavior
// is similar to CheckSolutionIsSynchronized() above.
virtual bool CheckBestObjectiveBoundExists() const;
// ----- Misc -----
// Queries problem type. For simplicity, the distinction between
// continuous and discrete is based on the declaration of the user
// when the solver is created (example: GLPK_LINEAR_PROGRAMMING
// vs. GLPK_MIXED_INTEGER_PROGRAMMING), not on the actual content of
// the model.
// Returns true if the problem is continuous.
virtual bool IsContinuous() const = 0;
// Returns true if the problem is continuous and linear.
virtual bool IsLP() const = 0;
// Returns true if the problem is discrete and linear.
virtual bool IsMIP() const = 0;
// Returns the index of the last variable extracted.
int last_variable_index() const { return last_variable_index_; }
bool variable_is_extracted(int var_index) const {
return solver_->variable_is_extracted_[var_index];
}
void set_variable_as_extracted(int var_index, bool extracted) {
solver_->variable_is_extracted_[var_index] = extracted;
}
bool constraint_is_extracted(int ct_index) const {
return solver_->constraint_is_extracted_[ct_index];
}
void set_constraint_as_extracted(int ct_index, bool extracted) {
solver_->constraint_is_extracted_[ct_index] = extracted;
}
// Returns the boolean indicating the verbosity of the solver output.
bool quiet() const { return quiet_; }
// Sets the boolean indicating the verbosity of the solver output.
void set_quiet(bool quiet_value) { quiet_ = quiet_value; }
// Returns the result status of the last solve.
MPSolver::ResultStatus result_status() const {
CheckSolutionIsSynchronized();
return result_status_;
}
// Returns a std::string describing the underlying solver and its version.
virtual std::string SolverVersion() const = 0;
// Returns the underlying solver.
virtual void* underlying_solver() = 0;
// Computes exact condition number. Only available for continuous
// problems and only implemented in GLPK.
virtual double ComputeExactConditionNumber() const;
// See MPSolver::SetStartingLpBasis().
virtual void SetStartingLpBasis(
const std::vector<MPSolver::BasisStatus>& variable_statuses,
const std::vector<MPSolver::BasisStatus>& constraint_statuses) {
LOG(FATAL) << "Not supported by this solver.";
}
virtual bool InterruptSolve() { return false; }
friend class MPSolver;
// To access the maximize_ bool and the MPSolver.
friend class MPConstraint;
friend class MPObjective;
protected:
MPSolver* const solver_;
// Indicates whether the model and the solution are synchronized.
SynchronizationStatus sync_status_;
// Indicates whether the solve has reached optimality,
// infeasibility, a limit, etc.
MPSolver::ResultStatus result_status_;
// Optimization direction.
bool maximize_;
// Index in MPSolver::variables_ of last constraint extracted.
int last_constraint_index_;
// Index in MPSolver::constraints_ of last variable extracted.
int last_variable_index_;
// The value of the objective function.
double objective_value_;
// Boolean indicator for the verbosity of the solver output.
bool quiet_;
// Index of dummy variable created for empty constraints or the
// objective offset.
static const int kDummyVariableIndex;
// Extracts model stored in MPSolver.
void ExtractModel();
// Extracts the variables that have not been extracted yet.
virtual void ExtractNewVariables() = 0;
// Extracts the constraints that have not been extracted yet.
virtual void ExtractNewConstraints() = 0;
// Extracts the objective.
virtual void ExtractObjective() = 0;
// Resets the extraction information.
void ResetExtractionInformation();
// Change synchronization status from SOLUTION_SYNCHRONIZED to
// MODEL_SYNCHRONIZED. To be used for model changes.
void InvalidateSolutionSynchronization();
// Sets parameters common to LP and MIP in the underlying solver.
void SetCommonParameters(const MPSolverParameters& param);
// Sets MIP specific parameters in the underlying solver.
void SetMIPParameters(const MPSolverParameters& param);
// Sets all parameters in the underlying solver.
virtual void SetParameters(const MPSolverParameters& param) = 0;
// Sets an unsupported double parameter.
void SetUnsupportedDoubleParam(MPSolverParameters::DoubleParam param) const;
// Sets an unsupported integer parameter.
void SetUnsupportedIntegerParam(MPSolverParameters::IntegerParam param) const;
// Sets a supported double parameter to an unsupported value.
void SetDoubleParamToUnsupportedValue(MPSolverParameters::DoubleParam param,
double value) const;
// Sets a supported integer parameter to an unsupported value.
void SetIntegerParamToUnsupportedValue(MPSolverParameters::IntegerParam param,
int value) const;
// Sets each parameter in the underlying solver.
virtual void SetRelativeMipGap(double value) = 0;
virtual void SetPrimalTolerance(double value) = 0;
virtual void SetDualTolerance(double value) = 0;
virtual void SetPresolveMode(int value) = 0;
// Pass solver specific parameters in text format. The format is
// solver-specific and is the same as the corresponding solver configuration
// file format. Returns true if the operation was successful.
//
// The default implementation of this method stores the parameters in a
// temporary file and calls ReadParameterFile to import the parameter file
// into the solver. Solvers that support passing the parameters directly can
// override this method to skip the temporary file logic.
virtual bool SetSolverSpecificParametersAsString(const std::string& parameters);
// Reads a solver-specific file of parameters and set them.
// Returns true if there was no errors.
virtual bool ReadParameterFile(const std::string& filename);
// Returns a file extension like ".tmp", this is needed because some solvers
// require a given extension for the ReadParameterFile() filename and we need
// to know it to generate a temporary parameter file.
virtual std::string ValidFileExtensionForParameterFile() const;
// Sets the scaling mode.
virtual void SetScalingMode(int value) = 0;
virtual void SetLpAlgorithm(int value) = 0;
};
} // namespace operations_research
#endif // OR_TOOLS_LINEAR_SOLVER_LINEAR_SOLVER_H_