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Cut generation for an economic lot-sizing (ELS) problem

Description
This model implements various forms of cut-and-branch and branch-and-cut algorithms. In its simplest form (looping over LP solving) it illustrates the following features:
  • adding new constraints and resolving the LP-problem (cut-and-branch)
  • basis in- and output
  • if statement
  • repeat-until statement
  • procedure
The model els.mos also implements a configurable cutting plane algorithm:
  • defining the cut manager node callback function,
  • defining and adding cuts during the MIP search (branch-and-cut), and
  • using run-time parameters to configure the solution algorithm.
The version elsglobal.mos shows how to implement global cuts. And the model version elscb.mos defines additional callbacks for extended logging and user stopping criteria based on the MIP gap.

Another implementation (main model: runels.mos, submodel: elsp.mos) parallelizes the execution of several model instances, showing the following features:
  • parallel execution of submodels
  • communication between different models (for bound updates on the objective function)
  • sending and receiving events
  • stopping submodels
The fourth implementation (main model: runelsd.mos, submodel: elsd.mos) is an extension of the parallel version in which the solve of each submodels are distributed to various computing nodes.

Further explanation of this example: elscb.mos, elsglobal.mos, runels.mos: Xpress Whitepaper 'Multiple models and parallel solving with Mosel', Section 'Solving several model instances in parallel'.

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Source Files
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els.mos[download]
runels.mos[download]
runels_graph.mos[download]
runelst.mos[download]
elsp.mos[download]
elspg.mos[download]
elsc.mos[download]
elsmanagedcuts.mos[download]
elscb.mos[download]
elscbdet.mos[download]
elscb_graph.mos[download]
elsglobal.mos[download]
runelsd.mos[download]
elsd.mos[download]

Data Files
els.dat[download]
els4.dat[download]
els5.dat[download]




runels.mos

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

   file runels.mos
   ```````````````
   Run several instances of the model elsp.mos in
   parallel and coordinate the solution update.
   -- Using the 'bin' IO driver --
   
   *** ATTENTION: This model will return an error if ***
   *** no more than one Xpress licence is available. ***

   *** This model cannot be run with a Community Licence 
       for the provided data instance ***

   (c) 2008 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, Nov. 2004, rev. Jul. 2017
  *******************************************************!)

model "Els main"
 uses "mmjobs", "mmsystem"

 parameters
  DATAFILE = "els.dat"
  T = 15
  P = 4
 end-parameters 
 
 declarations
  RM = 0..5                                ! Range of models
  TIMES = 1..T                             ! Time periods
  PRODUCTS = 1..P                          ! Set of products
  solprod: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of real   ! Sol. values for var.s produce
  solsetup: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of real  ! Sol. values for var.s setup
  DEMAND: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of integer ! Demand per period
    
  modELS: array(RM) of Model               ! Models
  NEWSOL = 2                               ! Identifier for "sol. found" event
  Msg: Event                               ! Messages sent by models
  params: text                             ! Submodel runtime parameters
 end-declarations

! Compile, load, and run models M1 and M2
 M1:= 1; M2:=3
 res:= compile("elsp.mos")             ! Compile the submodel
 load(modELS(M1), "elsp.bim")          ! Load submodels
 load(modELS(M2), "elsp.bim")
 forall(m in RM) modELS(m).uid:= m
 setmodpar(params, "DATAFILE", DATAFILE)
 setmodpar(params, "T", T); setmodpar(params, "P", P)
                                      
 forall(m in [M1,M2]) do
  setworkdir(modELS(m), ".")
  setmodpar(params, "ALG", m);         ! Configure submodels
  run(modELS(m), params)               ! Start submodel runs
 end-do

 objval:= MAX_REAL
 algsol:= -1; algopt:= -1

 repeat
  wait                                 ! Wait for the next event
  Msg:= getnextevent                   ! Get the event
  if getclass(Msg)=NEWSOL then         ! Get the event class
   if getvalue(Msg) < objval then      ! Value of the event (= obj. value)
    algsol:= Msg.fromuid               ! ID of model sending the event
    objval:= getvalue(Msg)
    writeln("Improved solution ", objval, " found by model ", algsol)
    forall(m in RM | m <> algsol) send(modELS(m), NEWSOL, objval)
   else
    writeln("Solution ", getvalue(Msg), " found by model ", Msg.fromuid)
   end-if
  end-if
 until getclass(Msg)=EVENT_END         ! A model has finished
 
 algopt:= Msg.fromuid                  ! Retrieve ID of terminated model
 forall(m in RM) stop(modELS(m))       ! Stop all running models

 if algsol=-1 then
  writeln("No solution available")
  exit(1)
 else                     ! Retrieve the best solution from shared memory
  initializations from "bin:shmem:sol"+algsol
   solprod 
   solsetup 
  end-initializations
  
  initializations from DATAFILE
   DEMAND
  end-initializations
  
! Solution printing
  writeln("Best solution found by model ", algsol) 
  writeln("Optimality proven by model ", algopt) 
  writeln("Objective value: ", objval) 
  write("Period  setup    ")
  forall(p in PRODUCTS) write(strfmt(p,-7))
  forall(t in TIMES) do
   write("\n ", strfmt(t,2), strfmt(sum(p in PRODUCTS) solsetup(p,t),8), "    ")
   forall(p in PRODUCTS) write(strfmt(solprod(p,t),3), " (",DEMAND(p,t),")")
  end-do
  writeln
 end-if

! Cleaning up temporary files
 fdelete("elsp.bim")
 fdelete("shmem:sol"+M1);  fdelete("shmem:sol"+M2)
 
end-model
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