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  • 1.  Issue with docplex syntax definition

    Posted Mon December 06, 2021 09:00 AM
    Dear support team,

    I am trying to write a simple optimization problem (generalized assignment problem) by using docplex on the google colab. As I am very new to use this, I have some issues with defining its syntax to read the problem data. The MP model is as follows:

    # Set
    tasks = ["job1", "job2", "job3"];
    machines = ["m1", "m2"];
    
    # Data
    b = [13, 11];
    c = [[9, 2],[1, 2],[3, 8]];
    a = [[6, 8],[7, 5],[9, 6]];  
    
    # create the variables
    mdl = Model('GAP')
    idx_x = [(i,j) for i in tasks for j in machines]
    x = mdl.binary_var_dict(idx_x, name="x");
    
    
    # MP
    mdl.minimize(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*c[i,j] for i in tasks for j in machines));
    mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j] for j in machines) == 1 for i in tasks);
    mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*a[i,j] for i in tasks) <= b[j] for j in machines);
    
    mdl.solve()​

    When I run the engine, it shows the following error:

    TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
    <ipython-input-83-21876a9e517b> in <module>()
         17 
         18 # MP
    ---> 19 mdl.minimize(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*c[i,j] for i in tasks for j in machines));
         20 mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j] for j in machines) == 1 for i in tasks);
         21 mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*a[i,j] for i in tasks) <= b[j] for j in machines);
    
    3 frames
    <ipython-input-83-21876a9e517b> in <genexpr>(.0)
         17 
         18 # MP
    ---> 19 mdl.minimize(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*c[i,j] for i in tasks for j in machines));
         20 mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j] for j in machines) == 1 for i in tasks);
         21 mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[i,j]*a[i,j] for i in tasks) <= b[j] for j in machines);
    
    TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not tuple
    I tried different syntaxes based on the existing example in this like, but I could not get any reasonable output.
    Would you say how can I fix that, please?


    Best regards

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    Abbas Omidi
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  • 2.  RE: Issue with docplex syntax definition

    Posted Mon December 06, 2021 09:20 AM
    Hello, it comes from the way you access your data in a,b and c.
    Theses are integer arrays, that is are indexed from 0 to N, not by as in OPL where they are indexed by objects.
    So you need to access them via their indexes, such as

    mdl.minimize(mdl.sum(x[(i,j)]*c[i1][j1] for i1, i in enumerate(tasks) for j1, j in enumerate(machines)));
    mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[(i,j)] for j in machines) == 1 for i in tasks);
    mdl.add_constraints(mdl.sum(x[(i,j)]*a[i1][j1] for i1, i in enumerate(tasks)) <= b[j1] for j1,j in enumerate(machines));

    for example or you need to use dictionaries to store a,b,c with something like

    b = {"m1": 13, "m2: 11};​​


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    Vincent Beraudier
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  • 3.  RE: Issue with docplex syntax definition

    Posted Mon December 06, 2021 03:09 PM
    Dear Vincent,

    Many thanks for your useful answer. Both mentioned methods have worked well.

    Regards


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    Abbas Omidi
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