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Apply a binary fixing heuristic to an unpresolved MIP problem

Description

We take a production plan model and solve its LP relaxation.

Next we fix those binary variables that are very near zero to 0.0, and those that are almost one to 1.0, by changing their respective upper and lower bounds. Finally, we solve the modified problem as a MIP.

This heuristic will speed up solution - though may fail to optimse the problem.

The results are displayed on screen and the problem statistics stored in a log file.


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FixBV.cs

/***********************************************************************
   Xpress Optimizer Examples
   =========================

   file FixBV.cs
   `````````````
   Apply a binary fixing heuristic to an unpresolved MIP problem.

   We take a production plan model and solve its LP relaxation.
   Next we fix those binary variables that are very
   near zero to 0.0, and those that are almost one to 1.0, by changing
   their respective upper and lower bounds. Finally, we solve the
   modified problem as a MIP.
   This heuristic will speed up solution - though may fail to optimise
   the problem.
   The results are displayed on screen and the problem statistics
   stored in a log file.

   (c) 2021-2024 Fair Isaac Corporation
***********************************************************************/

using System;
using System.IO;
using Optimizer;


namespace XPRSExamples
{
    class FixBV
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            FixBV example = new FixBV();
            example.Run();
        }

        private const double TOL=0.0005;            // Tolerance on binary variables

        private void Run()
        {
            try
            {
                string sProblem="coco";      // Problem name
                string sLogFile="fixbv.log"; // Log file name

                int nCol;                    // Number of columns

                // Global problem information
                int nGlEnt;                  // Number of global entities: binary, integer, semi-continuous and partial integer variables
                int nSet;                    // Number of S1 and S2 sets
                int[] pGlInd;                 // Column indices of the global entities
                char[] pGlType;               // Global entity types

                // Bound changes
                int[] pBndInd;                // Column indices of the bounds to be changed
                char[] pBndType;              // New bound type
                double[] pBndVal;             // New bound values
                int nBnd;                    // Bound counter
                int i;                       // Loop counter
                int j;                       // Holder for the bound indices

                // Solution information
                double[] x;                  // LP solution values
                int nGlStatus;               // Global status
                int nNodes;                  // Number of nodes solved so far in the global search
                double dObjVal;              // Objective value of the best integer solution

                // Initialise Optimizer
                XPRS.Init("");

                prob = new XPRSprob();

                // Delete and define log file
                // Delete the file if it exists.
                if (File.Exists(sLogFile))
                {
                    File.Delete(sLogFile);
                }
                prob.SetLogFile(sLogFile);

                // Tell Optimizer to call optimizermsg whenever a message is output
                prob.AddMessageCallback(this.OptimizerMsg);

                // Turn off presolve and permit no cuts - to slow down solution and allow
                // the effect of the heuristic to be be seen
                prob.Presolve = 0;
                prob.CutStrategy = 0;

                // Read the problem file
                prob.MPSFormat = -1;
                prob.ReadProb(sProblem,"");

                // Solve the LP relaxation

                // Get the number of columns
                nCol = prob.Cols;

                // Allocate memory for solution array and check for memory shortage
                x= new double[nCol];
                
                // Solve the LP
                prob.LpOptimize("");
        
                // Get LP solution values
                prob.GetSol(x,null,null,null);

                // Fix the binary variables that are at their bounds

                // Allocate memory for global entity arrays
                pGlInd = new int[nCol];
                pGlType = new char[nCol];

                // Get global entity information

                prob.GetMIPEntities(out nGlEnt, out nSet, pGlType, pGlInd, null, null, (int[])null, null, null);

                // Allocate memory for bound arrays
                pBndInd = new int[nGlEnt];
                pBndVal = new double[nGlEnt];
                pBndType = new char[nGlEnt];

                // Initialise bound counter
                nBnd=0;

                // Go through the global entities
                for(i=0; i<nGlEnt; i++)
                {
                    // Test whether each is a binary variable
                    if (pGlType[i] == 'B')
                    {
                        // Hold the index of the BV
                        j=pGlInd[i];

                        // If the value of the BV is within TOL of zero, store its index,
                        //   set its upper bound to 0, and increment the bound counter
                        if (x[j]<=TOL)
                        {
                            pBndInd[nBnd]=j;
                            pBndType[nBnd]='U';
                            pBndVal[nBnd]=0.0;
                            nBnd++;

                            // If the value of the BV is within TOL of one,store its index,
                            //   set its lower bound to 1, and increment the bound counter
                        }
                        else if ((1-x[j])<=TOL)
                        {
                            pBndInd[nBnd]=j;
                            pBndType[nBnd]='L';
                            pBndVal[nBnd]=1.0;
                            nBnd++;
                        }
                    }
                }
                // Instruct Optimizer to change the bounds of the appropriate BVs,
                //   and tell the user how many have been fixed
                prob.ChgBounds(nBnd,pBndInd,pBndType,pBndVal);

                Console.WriteLine("Solving problem {0} with a binary fixing heuristic:\n\n",sProblem);
                Console.WriteLine("   After the LP optimisation {0} binary variables were fixed\n\n",nBnd);

                // Solve the modified problem as a MIP

                // Search for an integer solution
                prob.MipOptimize();

                // Get the number of nodes solved in the global search
                nNodes = prob.Nodes;

                // Get the objective value of the best integer solution
                dObjVal = prob.MIPObjVal;

                // Check the global status and display the results of the global search
                nGlStatus = (int)prob.MIPStatus;

                switch (nGlStatus)
                {
                    case 0:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Problem has not been loaded");
                        break;
                    case 1:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Search has not begun - LP has not been optimised");
                        break;
                    case 2:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Search has not begun - LP has been optimised");
                        break;
                    case 3:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Search interrupted - No integer solution was found");
                        break;
                    case 4:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Search interrupted - Integer solution found: %g",dObjVal);
                        break;
                    case 5:
                        Console.WriteLine("   No integer solution was found");
                        break;
                    case 6:
                        Console.WriteLine("   Integer solution found: {0}",dObjVal);
                        break;
                }
                Console.WriteLine("\n\n   The MIP optimisation took {0} nodes\n\n",nNodes);

            }
            catch (XPRSException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
        throw e;
            }
            finally
            {
                prob.Destroy();
                XPRS.Free();
            }
        }

        public void OptimizerMsg (XPRSprob prob, object data, string message, int len, int msglvl)
        {
            switch(msglvl)
            {
                case 3:
                case 4:
                    Console.WriteLine ("{0}" + message, data);
                    break;
            }
        }

        private XPRSprob prob;
    }
}

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