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Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition: combining sequential and parallel solving

Description
Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition is a method for solving large LP problems. The model implementation shows the following features:
  • iterative sequence of concurrent solving of a set of subproblems
  • data exchange between several models via shared memory and memory pipe
  • coordination of several models via events
Two different implementations are proposed. The first one runs on a single node allowing to execute multiple concurrent solves (standard version: cocoMs.mos and cocoSubFs.mos, or using mempipe notification in place of an event sent by submodels: cocoMn.mos and cocoSubFn.mos) and the second one executes on multiple nodes (file-based communication: cocoMd.mos and cocoSubFd.mos, or using shared memory and memory pipe remotely: cocoMdp.mos and cocoSubFdp.mos). Extending the single node model to support distributed architecture requires only few lines of new code to setup the list of nodes and define which node solves which subproblem.

Further explanation of this example: Xpress Whitepaper 'Multiple models and parallel solving with Mosel', Section 'Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition: sequential and parallel solving'.


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cocoMd.mos

(!*******************************************************
   Mosel Example Problems 
   ======================

   file cocoMd.mos
   ```````````````
   Coco Problem, main model.
   -- Distributed computing version --
   -- File-based data exchange --

   Before running this model, you need to set up the list
   NODES with machine names/addresses of your local network.
   All nodes that are used need to have the same version of
   Xpress installed and suitably licensed, and the server 
   "xprmsrv" must have been started on these machines.
   
   All files are local to the root node, no write access is
   required at remote nodes.

   (c) 2010 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, May 2010, rev. Jun. 2023
*******************************************************!)

model "Coco3 Main"
 uses "mmxprs","mmjobs","mmsystem"

 parameters
  DATAFILE = "coco2.dat"
  ALG = 1                             ! 0: stop phase with 1st failed subpb.
                                      ! 1: stop when all subprob.s fail
 end-parameters

 forward procedure process_sub_result(num: integer)
 forward procedure solve_main(phase: integer)
 forward procedure process_main_result
 forward function true_solution:real
 forward function calc_solution:real
 forward procedure print_solution

 declarations                         
  NODES: list of string                     ! Set of available nodes
 end-declarations

 NODES:= [""]
         !!! This list must have at least 1 element.
         !!! Use machine names within your local network, IP addresses, or
         !!! empty string for the current node running this model.
! Optionally, associate other connections than default with node names:
! sethostalias("localnode","rcmd:mosel -r")
 
 declarations                         
  PHASE_0=2                           ! Event codes sent to submodels
  PHASE_1=3
  PHASE_2=4
  PHASE_3=5
  EVENT_SOLVED=6                      ! Event codes sent by submodels
  EVENT_FAILED=7
  EVENT_READY=8
  NPROD, NFACT, NRAW, NT: integer
 end-declarations                      

 initializations from DATAFILE
  NPROD NFACT NRAW NT
 end-initializations

 declarations
  PRODS = 1..NPROD                    ! Range of products (p)
  FACT = 1..NFACT                     !          factories (f)
  RAW = 1..NRAW                       !          raw materials (r)
  PERIODS = 1..NT                     !          time periods (t)

  REV: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of real   ! Unit selling price of products
  CMAKE: array(PRODS,FACT) of real    ! Unit cost to make product p
                                      ! at factory f
  CBUY: array(RAW,PERIODS) of real    ! Unit cost to buy raw materials
  MXSELL: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of real  ! Max. amount of p that can be sold
  CPSTOCK: real                       ! Unit cost to store any product p
  CRSTOCK: real                       ! Unit cost to store any raw mat. r

  submod: array(FACT) of Model        ! One subproblem per factory
  nIter: integer                      ! Iteration counter
  nPROP: array(FACT) of integer       ! Counters of proposals from subprob.s
  
  Prop_make: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS,range) of real ! Amount of products made
  Prop_sell: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS,range) of real ! Amount of product sold
  Prop_buy: array(RAW,FACT,PERIODS,range) of real    ! Amount of raw mat. bought
  Prop_pstock: array(PRODS,FACT,1..NT+1,range) of real ! Product stock levels
  Prop_rstock: array(RAW,FACT,1..NT+1,range) of real   ! Raw mat. stock levels
  Prop_cost: array(FACT,range) of real  ! Cost/profit of each proposal
  Price_convex: array(FACT) of real     ! Dual price on convexity constraints
  Price_sell: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of real ! Dual price on sales limits
  Sol_make: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS) of real ! Solution value (products made)
  Sol_sell: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS) of real ! Solution value (product sold)
  Sol_buy: array(RAW,FACT,PERIODS) of real    ! Solution value (raw mat. bought)
  Sol_pstock: array(PRODS,FACT,1..NT+1) of real ! Sol. value (prod. stock)
  Sol_rstock: array(RAW,FACT,1..NT+1) of real   ! Sol. value (raw mat. stock)

  moselInst: dynamic array(set of string) of Mosel  ! Mosel instances on remote nodes
  nct: integer
 end-declarations

 initializations from DATAFILE
  CMAKE REV CBUY MXSELL CPSTOCK CRSTOCK
 end-initializations

 initializations to "bin:Price_sell.dat"   ! Initial price data for submodels
  Price_sell
 end-initializations


!**** Setting up remote Mosel instances ****
 forall(n in NODES, nct as counter) do
  create(moselInst(n))
  if connect(moselInst(n), n)<>0 then exit(1); end-if
  if nct>= NFACT then break; end-if        ! Stop when started enough
 end-do 

!**** Main problem ****
 declarations
  excessS: mpvar                      ! Violation of sales/buying limits
  weight: dynamic array(FACT,range) of mpvar  ! Weights for proposals

  MxSell: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of linctr ! Sales limit constraints
  Convex: array(FACT) of linctr       ! Convexity constraints
 end-declarations 


!**** Submodels ****
 declarations
  Stopped: set of integer
 end-declarations 

 res:= compile("g","cocoSubFd.mos")   ! Compile the submodel file locally
 ct:=0
 forall(f in FACT) do                 ! Load & run one submodel per product
  Price_convex(f):= 1

  ct:= if(ct<NODES.size, ct+1, 1)     ! Get next node in list or restart
  n:= getlast(gethead(NODES,ct))      ! from beginning when end is reached
  load(moselInst(n), submod(f), "rmt:cocoSubFd.bim")
                                      ! Load model on remote node
  submod(f).uid:= f
  run(submod(f), "Factory=" + f + ",DATAFILE=" + DATAFILE)
  wait                                ! Wait for child model to be ready
  ev:=getnextevent
  if ev.class=EVENT_END then
   writeln("*** Cannot start all necessary models - aborting ***")
   exit(1)
  end-if
 end-do

!**** Phase 0: Crash ****
 nIter:=1; finished:=false
 writeln("\nPHASE 0 -- Iteration ", nIter); fflush

 forall(f in FACT)                    ! Start solving all submodels (Phase 1)
  send(submod(f), PHASE_0, 0)

 forall(f in FACT) do
  wait                                ! Wait for child (termination) events
  ev:= getnextevent
  if getclass(ev)=EVENT_SOLVED then
   m:=ev.fromuid
   process_sub_result(m)              ! Add new proposal to main problem
  elif getclass(ev)=EVENT_FAILED then
   finished:= true
  end-if
 end-do

 if finished then
  writeln("Problem is infeasible")
  exit(1)
 end-if

 solve_main(1)                        ! Solve the updated Ph. 1 main problem
 process_main_result                  ! Store initial pricing data for submodels
 
 
!**** Phase 1: proposal generation (feasibility) ****
 repeat
  noimprove:= 0
  nIter+=1
  writeln("\nPHASE 1 -- Iteration ", nIter); fflush

  forall(f in FACT)                   ! Start solving all submodels (Phase 1)
   send(submod(f), PHASE_1, Price_convex(f))

  forall(f in FACT) do
   wait                               ! Wait for child (termination) events
   ev:= getnextevent
   if getclass(ev)=EVENT_SOLVED then
    m:=ev.fromuid
    process_sub_result(m)             ! Add new proposal to main problem
   elif getclass(ev)=EVENT_FAILED then
    noimprove += 1
   end-if
  end-do

  if noimprove = NFACT then 
   writeln("Problem is infeasible")
   exit(2)
  end-if
  if ALG=0 and noimprove > 0 then 
   writeln("No improvement by some subproblem(s)")
   break
  end-if

  solve_main(1)                       ! Solve the updated Ph. 1 main problem
  if getobjval>0.00001 then
   process_main_result                ! Store new pricing data for submodels
  end-if
 until getobjval <= 0.00001
 

!**** Phase 2: proposal generation (optimization) ****
 writeln("\n**** PHASE 2 ****")
 finished:=false
 repeat
  solve_main(2)                       ! Solve Phase 2 main problem
  process_main_result                 ! Store new pricing data for submodels

  nIter+=1
  writeln("\nPHASE 2 -- Iteration ", nIter); fflush

  forall(f in FACT)                   ! Start solving all submodels (Phase 2)
   send(submod(f), PHASE_2, Price_convex(f))

  forall(f in FACT) do
   wait                               ! Wait for child (termination) events
   ev:= getnextevent
   if getclass(ev)=EVENT_SOLVED then
    m:= ev.fromuid
    process_sub_result(m)             ! Add new proposal to main problem
   elif getclass(ev)=EVENT_FAILED then        
    if ALG=0 then
     finished:=true                   ! 1st submodel w/o prop. stops phase 2
    else
     Stopped += {ev.fromuid}          ! Stop phase 2 only when no submodel
                                      ! generates a new proposal
    end-if 
   end-if
  end-do

  if getsize(Stopped) = NFACT then finished:= true; end-if
  
 until finished


!**** Phase 3: solution to the original problem ****
 writeln("\n**** PHASE 3 ****")
 forall(f in FACT) do
  send(submod(f), PHASE_3, 0)         ! Stop all submodels
  wait
  dropnextevent
 end-do

! writeln("Total Profit=", calc_solution)
 writeln("Total Profit=", true_solution)
 print_solution
 

!**** Cleaning up temporary files
 forall(f in FACT) fdelete("sol_"+f+".dat") 
 fdelete("cocoSubFd.bim")
 fdelete("Price_sell.dat")
 
 
!-----------------------------------------------------------
! Process the proposal generated by a subproblem
 procedure process_sub_result(f: integer)
  declarations                        ! Solution values of the proposal:
   sol_make: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of real      ! Amount of products made
   sol_sell: array(PRODS,PERIODS) of real      ! Amount of product sold
   sol_buy: array(RAW,PERIODS) of real         ! Amount of raw mat. bought
   sol_pstock: array(PRODS,1..NT+1) of real ! Product stock levels
   sol_rstock: array(RAW,1..NT+1) of real   ! Raw mat. stock levels
   pc: real                           ! Cost of the proposal
  end-declarations

 ! Read proposal data
  initializations from "bin:sol_"+f+".dat"
   sol_make sol_sell sol_buy sol_pstock sol_rstock
   pc as "Prop_cost"
  end-initializations

 ! Add the new proposal to the main problem
  nPROP(f)+=1
  create(weight(f,nPROP(f)))
  forall(p in PRODS,t in PERIODS) do
   Prop_make(p,f,t,nPROP(f)):= sol_make(p,t)
   Prop_sell(p,f,t,nPROP(f)):= sol_sell(p,t)  
  end-do   
  forall(r in RAW,t in PERIODS) Prop_buy(r,f,t,nPROP(f)):= sol_buy(r,t)
  forall(p in PRODS,t in 1..NT+1) Prop_pstock(p,f,t,nPROP(f)):= sol_pstock(p,t)
  forall(r in RAW,t in 1..NT+1) Prop_rstock(r,f,t,nPROP(f)):= sol_rstock(r,t)
  Prop_cost(f,nPROP(f)):= pc
  writeln("Sol. for factory ", f, ":\n  make:   ", sol_make, "\n  sell:   ",
           sol_sell, "\n  buy:    ", sol_buy, "\n  pstock: ", sol_pstock, 
	   "\n  rstock: ", sol_rstock)
 end-procedure

!-----------------------------------------------------------
! (Re)solve the main problem
 procedure solve_main(phase: integer)
  forall(f in FACT)
   Convex(f):= sum (k in 1..nPROP(f)) weight(f,k) = 1

  if phase=1 then
   forall(p in PRODS,t in PERIODS)
    MxSell(p,t):=
     sum(f in FACT,k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_sell(p,f,t,k)*weight(f,k) -
      excessS <= MXSELL(p,t)
   minimize(excessS)
  else
   forall(p in PRODS,t in PERIODS)
    MxSell(p,t):=
     sum(f in FACT,k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_sell(p,f,t,k)*weight(f,k) <=
      MXSELL(p,t)
   maximize(sum(f in FACT, k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_cost(f,k) * weight(f,k))
  end-if

  writeln("Main problem objective: ", getobjval)
  write("  Weights:")
  forall(f in FACT,k in 1..nPROP(f)) write(" ", getsol(weight(f,k)))
  writeln
 end-procedure

!-----------------------------------------------------------
! Update pricing data for subproblems
 procedure process_main_result
  forall(p in PRODS,t in PERIODS) Price_sell(p,t):=getdual(MxSell(p,t))
  forall(f in FACT) Price_convex(f):=getdual(Convex(f))

  initializations to "bin:Price_sell.dat"
   Price_sell
  end-initializations
 end-procedure

!-----------------------------------------------------------
! Calculate solution to the original problem
 function true_solution: real 
  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) do
   Sol_sell(p,f,t):= 
    sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_sell(p,f,t,k) * getsol(weight(f,k))
   Sol_make(p,f,t):= 
    sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_make(p,f,t,k) * getsol(weight(f,k))
  end-do
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) Sol_buy(r,f,t):= 
    sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_buy(r,f,t,k) * getsol(weight(f,k))
  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) Sol_pstock(p,f,t):=
   sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_pstock(p,f,t,k) * getsol(weight(f,k)) 
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) Sol_rstock(r,f,t):=
   sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_rstock(r,f,t,k) * getsol(weight(f,k)) 

  returned:=
   sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) REV(p,t) * Sol_sell(p,f,t) -
   sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) CMAKE(p,f) * Sol_make(p,f,t) -
   sum(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) CBUY(r,t) * Sol_buy(r,f,t) - 
   sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in 2..NT+1) CPSTOCK * Sol_pstock(p,f,t) - 
   sum(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in 2..NT+1) CRSTOCK * Sol_rstock(r,f,t) 
 end-function

! Solve the original problem
 function calc_solution: real 
  declarations
   make: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS) of mpvar ! Amount of products made
   sell: array(PRODS,FACT,PERIODS) of mpvar ! Amount of product sold
   buy: array(RAW,FACT,PERIODS) of mpvar    ! Amount of raw material bought
   pstock: array(PRODS,FACT,1..NT+1) of mpvar ! Product stock levels at start
                                              ! of period t
   rstock: array(RAW,FACT,1..NT+1) of mpvar   ! Raw material stock levels
                                              ! at start of period t
  end-declarations
 
  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) do
   sell(p,f,t) = sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_sell(p,f,t,k) * weight(f,k)
   make(p,f,t) = sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_make(p,f,t,k) * weight(f,k)
  end-do
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) 
   buy(r,f,t) = sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_buy(r,f,t,k) * weight(f,k)
  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) 
   pstock(p,f,t) = sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_pstock(p,f,t,k) * weight(f,k)
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) 
   rstock(r,f,t) = sum(k in 1..nPROP(f)) Prop_rstock(r,f,t,k) * weight(f,k)

  MaxProfit:= 
  sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) REV(p,t) * sell(p,f,t) -     ! revenue
  sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) CMAKE(p,f) * make(p,f,t) -   ! prod. cost
  sum(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) CBUY(r,t) * buy(r,f,t) -       ! raw mat.
  sum(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in 2..NT+1) CPSTOCK * pstock(p,f,t) - ! p storage
  sum(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in 2..NT+1) CRSTOCK * rstock(r,f,t)     ! r storage
  
  maximize(MaxProfit)
  
  returned:= getobjval

  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) do
   Sol_sell(p,f,t):= getsol(sell(p,f,t))
   Sol_make(p,f,t):= getsol(make(p,f,t))
  end-do
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in PERIODS) Sol_buy(r,f,t):= getsol(buy(r,f,t))
  forall(p in PRODS,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) 
   Sol_pstock(p,f,t):= getsol(pstock(p,f,t)) 
  forall(r in RAW,f in FACT,t in 1..NT+1) 
   Sol_rstock(r,f,t):= getsol(rstock(r,f,t)) 
 end-function
 
!-----------------------------------------------------------
 procedure print_solution
 
  writeln("Finished products:")
  forall(f in FACT) do
   writeln("Factory ", f, ":") 
   forall(p in PRODS) do
    write("  ", p, ":    ")
    forall(t in PERIODS) write(strfmt(Sol_make(p,f,t),6,1), "(", 
                            strfmt(Sol_pstock(p,f,t+1),5,1), ")")
    writeln
   end-do 
  end-do 

  writeln("Raw material:")
  forall(f in FACT) do
   writeln("Factory ", f, ":") 
   forall(r in RAW) do
    write("  ", r, ": ")
    forall(t in PERIODS) write(strfmt(Sol_buy(r,f,t),6,1), "(", 
                            strfmt(Sol_rstock(r,f,t+1),5,1), ")")
    writeln
   end-do 
  end-do 

  writeln("Sales:")
  forall(f in FACT) do
   writeln("Factory ", f, ":") 
   forall(p in PRODS) do
    write("  ", p, ": ")
    forall(t in PERIODS) write(strfmt(Sol_sell(p,f,t),4))
    writeln
   end-do 
  end-do 

  writeln("\nComputation time: ", gettime)
 end-procedure


end-model

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