Decision Optimization

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  • 1.  Defining decision variables

    Posted Mon November 29, 2021 02:16 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:21 PM
    Hi,

    I am working on an optimization model using CPLEX and Java having a decision variable y[i][j][k] which denotes number of vehicles relocated from zone i to j at the end of time window k. However, relocation can only happen between adjacent zones. For this, I maintain a list in Java code that stores indices of zones adjacent to every zone.

    One way to model this could be by setting variables for non-existing moves to 0. But I am not sure how exactly this could be modelled. Any insights on how to do this would be really helpful.

    Thanks and regards,
    Saumya

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    Saumya Bhatnagar
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  • 2.  RE: Defining decision variables

    Community Leadership
    Posted Mon November 29, 2021 02:56 AM
    Hi Saumya,

    It seems to me that the following pseudo-code should work:
    for i ...
       for j ...
          if !is_adjacent(i,j) {
             for k ...
                cplex.add(y[i][j][k] <= 0);
          }
             ​



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    Xavier
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  • 3.  RE: Defining decision variables

    Posted Mon November 29, 2021 03:40 AM
    Hi Xavier,

    Thank you for the clarification.

    Best regards,
    Saumya

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    Saumya Bhatnagar
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  • 4.  RE: Defining decision variables

    Posted Tue November 30, 2021 01:14 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:48 PM
    Hi Xavier,

    One of the the constraints that uses this y[i][j][k] variable is as follows. Here, n[i][k] is another decision variable. Also, j can only take values for zones adjacent to zone i.
    I have the following partial code in Java.

    for(int i=0; i<s; i++) {
    				for(int j=0; j<s; j++) {
    					if(neighbouringZones.get(i).contains(j)) {
    						for(int k=0; k<t; k++) {
    							cplex.sum(n[i][k-1], cplex.sum(y[i][k-1]));
    						}
    						
    					}
    					
    				}
    }

    Since summation is over the second index j, I am unable to correctly formulate this constraint. Any insights on how to formulate this would be really helpful.

    Thanks and regards,
    Saumya

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    Saumya Bhatnagar
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  • 5.  RE: Defining decision variables

    Community Leadership
    Posted Tue November 30, 2021 03:53 AM
    The way to formulate such a constraint is to use an intermediary object to hold the expression that you want to build, before you can put it in a constraint.  Such objects are of type IloNumExpr.  You will find examples of using such objects in the directory `cplex/examples/src/java` in your installation of CPLEX Optimization Studio, in particular `Diet.java`, `Etsp.java` and `FoodManufact.java`.

    In this case, you can use such an object to hold the sum of the y variables that you're interested in. Here's what it could look like. Note that I'm not a Java programmer, and this may very well not even compile. 
    for (int i=0; i<s; i++) {
    for (int k=0; k<t; k++) {
    sum_y = cplex.numExpr()
    for (int j=0; j<s; j++) {
    if (!neighbouringZones.get(i).contains(j)) {
    continue;
    }
    sum_y = cplex.sum(sum_y, y[i][j][k-1])
    }
    cplex.add(cplex.eq(n[i][k],
    cplex.sum(n[i][k-1],
    sum_y)
    )
    );
    }
    }


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    Xavier
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  • 6.  RE: Defining decision variables

    Posted Tue November 30, 2021 04:15 AM
    Hi Xavier,

    Thank you so much for the clarification. 

    Best regards,
    Saumya

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    Saumya Bhatnagar
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