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Solving the job-shop scheduling problem

Description
Solving the classical job-shop scheduling problem, formulated
  • with 'disjunctive' constraints (jobshop.mos), or
  • using task and resources objects (jobshop_alt.mos)


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jobshop.mos

(!****************************************************************

   CP example problems
   ===================
   
   file jobshop.mos
   ````````````````
   Job-shob scheduling problem.

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

   Copyright(C) 2008 Artelys S.A. and Fair Isaac Corporation
                     Creation: 2005, rev. Apr. 2022
*****************************************************************!)

model "Job shop (CP)"
 uses "kalis", "mmsystem"

 parameters
  DATAFILE = "mt06.dat"                      ! mt06.dat : Fisher and Thompson 6x6 instance
  !DATAFILE = "la105.dat"                    ! la105.dat: Lawrence 10x5 instance
 end-parameters

 forward procedure print_solution

 declarations
  NBJOBS: integer                            ! Number of jobs
  NBRES: integer                             ! Number of resources
 end-declarations

 initializations from "Data/"+DATAFILE
  NBJOBS NBRES
 end-initializations

 declarations
  JOBS = 1..NBJOBS                           ! Set of jobs
  TASKS = 1..NBRES                           ! Set of tasks (one per machine)
  TASKSM1 = 1..NBRES-1                       ! Set of tasks without last
  RESOURCES = 0..NBRES-1                     ! Set of resources
  taskUse: array(JOBS,TASKS) of integer      ! Resource use of tasks
  taskDuration: array(JOBS,TASKS) of integer ! Durations of tasks
 end-declarations

 initializations from "Data/"+DATAFILE
  taskUse taskDuration
 end-initializations 

 MAXTIME := sum(j in JOBS,t in TASKS) taskDuration(j,t)
                                             ! Upper bound on total duration
 setparam("KALIS_DEFAULT_LB", 0)
 setparam("KALIS_DEFAULT_UB", MAXTIME)

 declarations
  start: array(JOBS,TASKS) of cpvar          ! Start times of tasks
  makespan: cpvar                            ! Makespan (latest completion time)
  Disj: set of cpctr                         ! Disjunction constraints
  Strategy: array(range) of cpbranching      ! Branching strategy
 end-declarations

! **** Create and post disjunctive constraints ****
 procedure post_disjunctive_constraints(r:integer)
  declarations
   usedby: set of cpvar
   durby : array(cpvar) of integer
  end-declarations

  nbr := 0
  forall(j in JOBS,t in TASKS | taskUse(j,t) = r) do
   usedby += {start(j,t)}
   durby(start(j,t)) := taskDuration(j,t)
   nbr += 1
  end-do
  disjunctive(usedby, durby, Disj, 0)
 end-procedure  
  
! Naming the decision variables
 setname(makespan, "MakeSpan")
 forall(j in JOBS,t in TASKS) setname(start(j,t), "START("+j+","+t+")")

! Precedence constraints between last task of every job and makespan
 forall(j in JOBS) makespan >= start(j,NBRES) + taskDuration(j,NBRES) 

! Precedence constraints between the tasks of every job
 forall(j in JOBS,t in TASKSM1)
  start(j,t) + taskDuration(j,t) <= start(j,t+1)

! Resource constraints (disjunctions between tasks on the same machine)
 forall(r in RESOURCES) post_disjunctive_constraints(NBRES-1-r)

 cp_set_solution_callback(->print_solution)   ! Define solution callback

! Branching strategy
 Strategy(0):= settle_disjunction(Disj)
 Strategy(1):= split_domain(KALIS_LARGEST_MAX, KALIS_MIN_TO_MAX)
 cp_set_branching(Strategy) 

 setparam("KALIS_MAX_COMPUTATION_TIME", 50)   ! Set search time limit
 starttime:= gettime

 if not cp_minimize(makespan) then
  writeln("Problem is infeasible.")
  exit(0)
 end-if

! Solution printing
 writeln("(", gettime-starttime, "sec) Best solution: Makespan = ",
          getsol(makespan))
 cp_show_stats

 procedure print_solution
  writeln("(", gettime-starttime, "sec) Solution found with Makespan = ",
          getsol(makespan))
 end-procedure

end-model

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