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Jobshop scheduling - Generating start solutions via parallel computation

Description
The job shop problem is solved by sequentially sequencing tasks on a single machine and then loading this initial schedule as an initial integer solution (jobshopas.mos). A parallel version of the algorithm is also presented. In the parallel version, the single machine sequencing models are solved concurrently, exchanging data in memory with the parent model.
  1. Implementation as a single model (jobshopasc.mos) that clones itself to generate the submodels in order to work with shared data structures between the parent and its submodels.
  2. Implementation as a main model (jobshopasp.mos) starting several submodels (jobseq.mos) in parallel. Data exchange via shmem (shared memory blocks from/to which parent model and submodels copy their data).


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jobshopasc.mos

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

   file jobshopasc.mos
   ```````````````````
   Job shop production planning, 
   second, generic formulation.`
   -- Parallel version using cloning --

   *** ATTENTION: This model will return an error if no  ***
   *** sufficient number of Xpress licences is available ***
   
   (c) 2020 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, Apr. 2020, rev. Sep. 2022
*******************************************************!)

model "B-3 Job shop (2) Clone"
 uses "mmxprs", "mmjobs", "mmsystem"

 parameters
  DATAFILE = "mt10.dat"           ! mt06.dat : Fisher and Thompson 6x6 instance

  ALG = 1              ! 0: Default solving, 1: Add partial solution,
                       ! 2: Augment Jobshop problem with one sequencing problem
  MACH = 1                        ! Subproblem identifier
  MAXTHRD = 2                     ! Max number of parallel threads for one inst.
 end-parameters

 declarations
 ! Shared data
  NBJOBS: shared integer                     ! Number of jobs
  NBRES: shared integer                      ! Number of resources
  JOBS: shared range                         ! Set of jobs
  TASKS: shared range                        ! Set of tasks (one per machine)
  TASKSM1: shared range                      ! Set of tasks without last
  RESOURCES: shared range                    ! Set of resources
  DUR: shared array(JOBS,TASKS) of integer          ! Durations of tasks
  RESIND: shared array(RESOURCES,JOBS) of integer   ! Task index per resource
  MAXDUR: shared array(RESOURCES) of integer
  BIGM: integer                              ! Used in formulation of main prob

  cutoff,starttime: real                     ! Temp. value used in main problem
  bbindex: integer                           ! Temp. value used in main problem

 ! Declarations for main problem
  start: array(JOBS,TASKS) of mpvar          ! Start times of tasks
  comp: array(JOBS,TASKS) of mpvar           ! Completion times of tasks
  makespan: mpvar                            ! Schedule completion time
  y: dynamic array(RESOURCES,JOBS,JOBS) of mpvar  ! Disjunction variables

 ! Declarations for sequencing subproblems
  heursol: dynamic array(set of mpvar) of real  
  rank: array(JOBS,JOBS) of mpvar            ! =1 if job j at position k
  jcomp,tstart: array(JOBS) of mpvar         ! Start time of job at position k

 ! Model and solution handling
  SeqMod: array(RESOURCES) of Model             ! Models
  NOSOL=2                                       ! "No sol found" event
  NEWSOL=3                                      ! "Solution found" event
  pos: shared array(RESOURCES,JOBS) of integer  ! Subproblem solutions
  Makespan: shared array(RESOURCES) of real     ! Subproblem makespan
 end-declarations

!************ Data input (main problem) ************
 procedure readdata
   initializations from DATAFILE
     NBJOBS NBRES
   end-initializations
   JOBS := 1..NBJOBS; finalize(JOBS)
   TASKS := 1..NBRES ; finalize(TASKS)
   TASKSM1 := 1..NBRES-1  ; finalize(TASKSM1)
   RESOURCES := 0..NBRES-1 ; finalize(RESOURCES)

   declarations
     taskUse: array(JOBS,TASKS) of integer   ! Resource use of tasks
   end-declarations

   initializations from DATAFILE
     taskUse  DUR as "taskDuration"
   end-initializations 

   forall(m in RESOURCES,j in JOBS,t in TASKS | taskUse(j,t) = m) RESIND(m,j):=t

   BIGM:=sum(j in JOBS,t in TASKS) DUR(j,t)  ! Some (sufficiently) large value
   forall(m in RESOURCES) MAXDUR(m):=sum(j in JOBS) DUR(j,RESIND(m,j))
 end-procedure

!************ Create disjunctive constraints (main problem) ************
 procedure disjunctiveconstraints(m:integer)
   forall(i,j in JOBS | i<j) do
     create(y(m,i,j))
     y(m,i,j) is_binary               !=1 if i>>j, =0 if i<<j

     start(i,RESIND(m,i))+DUR(i,RESIND(m,i)) <= 
       start(j,RESIND(m,j))+BIGM*y(m,i,j)
     start(j,RESIND(m,j))+DUR(j,RESIND(m,j)) <=
       start(i,RESIND(m,i))+BIGM*(1-y(m,i,j))
    end-do
 end-procedure  

 ! Alternative formulation of disjunctions
 procedure disjunctiveconstraintsind(m:integer)
   forall(i,j in JOBS | i<j) do
     create(y(m,i,j))
     y(m,i,j) is_binary               !=1 if i>>j, =0 if i<<j

     indicator(-1,y(m,i,j), 
               start(i,RESIND(m,i))+DUR(i,RESIND(m,i)) <= start(j,RESIND(m,j)))
     indicator(1,y(m,i,j), 
               start(j,RESIND(m,j))+DUR(j,RESIND(m,j)) <= start(i,RESIND(m,i)) )
    end-do
 end-procedure  

!************ Single machine sequencing subproblem ************
 procedure sequencemachine(m:integer)
  ! One job per position
   forall(k in JOBS) sum(j in JOBS) rank(j,k) = 1

  ! One position per job
   forall(j in JOBS) sum(k in JOBS) rank(j,k) = 1

  ! Sequence of jobs
   forall(k in 1..NBJOBS-1)
     tstart(k+1) >= 
       tstart(k) + sum(j in JOBS) DUR(j,RESIND(m,j))*rank(j,k)

  ! Start times (release date = min total duration for preceding tasks)
   forall(j in JOBS) REL(j):= sum(t in 1..RESIND(m,j)-1) DUR(j,t)
   forall(j in JOBS) DURSUCC(j):= sum(t in RESIND(m,j)+1..NBRES) DUR(j,t)

   forall(k in JOBS) tstart(k) >= sum(j in JOBS) REL(j)*rank(j,k)

  ! Completion times
   forall(k in JOBS) jcomp(k) = 
     tstart(k) + sum(j in JOBS) (DUR(j,RESIND(m,j))+DURSUCC(j))*rank(j,k)

   forall(j,k in JOBS) rank(j,k) is_binary 
 
  ! Objective function: minimize latest completion time
   forall(k in JOBS) makespan >= jcomp(k)
 end-procedure

 procedure solvesub(m:integer)
   minimize(makespan)            ! Solve the problem
  ! Solution reporting
   if getprobstat=XPRS_OPT then
    ! writeln_("*** Machine ", m, ": ", getobjval)
     forall(j in JOBS) pos(m,j):= round(sum(k in JOBS) k*rank(j,k).sol) 
     Makespan(m):=getobjval
 
    ! Send "solution found" signal
     send(NEWSOL, getobjval) 
   else
     send(NOSOL, 0)
   end-if
 end-procedure

!************ Status of loaded solutions (main problem) ************
 procedure solnotify(id:string, status:integer)
   writeln_("Optimiser loaded solution ",id," status=",status)
 end-procedure

!************ Main problem: Job-shop scheduling problem ************
 procedure solvemain

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

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

  ! Disjunctions
   forall(r in RESOURCES) disjunctiveconstraints(r)

  ! Linking start and completion times
   forall(j in JOBS,t in TASKS) start(j,t)+DUR(j,t) = comp(j,t)

  ! Bound on latest completion time
   makespan <= BIGM

   starttime:=gettime

   if ALG>0 then
    ! Solve the single machine sequencing problems
     forall(m in RESOURCES) do
       load(SeqMod(m))                      ! Clone the current model
       SeqMod(m).uid:= m
       setworkdir(SeqMod(m), ".")
       run(SeqMod(m), "MACH="+m +",MAXTHRD="+1)
     end-do
     tct:=0
     while (tct<NBRES) do
       wait                                 ! Wait for the next event
       Msg:= getnextevent                   ! Get the event
       mid:= Msg.fromuid                    ! Get model number of sender
       if getclass(Msg)=NEWSOL then         ! Get the event class
         if Makespan(mid)>cutoff then 
           cutoff:= Makespan(mid); 
           bbindex:=mid
         end-if
         writeln_("*** (", gettime-starttime, "s) Machine ", mid, ": ", Makespan(mid))

         forall(i,j in JOBS | i<j ) heursol(y(mid,i,j)):= if(pos(mid,i)<pos(mid,j), 0, 1)
         loadprob(makespan)                 ! Make sure problem is loaded

         if ALG=1 then
           id:="mach"+mid
           addmipsol(id,heursol)            ! Load the heuristic solution
           writeln_("Loaded solution Id: ",id)
           setcallback(XPRS_CB_SOLNOTIFY,->solnotify)
         end-if
         delcell(heursol)                   ! Delete saved solution values
       elif getclass(Msg)=NOSOL then
         writeln_("Subproblem ", mid, " has no solution. Stopping")
         exit(1)
       else
         tct+=1
         unload(SeqMod(mid))                ! Delete subproblem
       end-if
     end-do
      
     writeln_("(", gettime-starttime, "s) Best lower bound: ", cutoff)
  ! makespan >= cutoff

     if ALG=2 then
       MD:=max(m in RESOURCES) MAXDUR(m)
       forall(m in RESOURCES) bbindex:=if(MAXDUR(m)=MD, m, bbindex)
       writeln_("Bottelneck machine: ", bbindex)
  
     ! Add the subproblem that has provided the largest lower bound
       sequencemachine(bbindex)

     ! Connect subproblem to main problem
       forall(j in JOBS) 1 + sum(i in JOBS | i<j) (1-y(bbindex,i,j)) +
        sum(i in JOBS | i>j) y(bbindex,j,i) = sum(k in JOBS) k*rank(j,k)
     end-if
   
     if ALG=1 then
      ! Re-inforce use of user solutions by local search MIP heuristics
       setparam("XPRS_USERSOLHEURISTIC",3)
     end-if
   end-if   ! ALG>0

   setparam("XPRS_VERBOSE", true)
   setparam("XPRS_SOLTIMELIMIT", 5)

  ! Solve the problem: minimize latest completion time
   minimize(makespan)
 end-procedure

!************ Solution printing (main problem) ************
 procedure printsol
   writeln_("(", gettime-starttime, "s) Total completion time: ", getobjval)
   forall(j in JOBS) write(strfmt(j,8))
   writeln
   forall(m in RESOURCES) do
     write(strfmt((m+1),-3))
     forall(j in JOBS)
       if(DUR(j,RESIND(m,j))>0) then
         write(formattext("%4d-%3d", round(getsol(start(j,RESIND(m,j)))), 
              round(getsol(start(j,RESIND(m,j)))+DUR(j,RESIND(m,j)))))
       else
         write(strfmt(" ",6))
       end-if 
     writeln
   end-do
 end-procedure

!****************************************************************

 if getparam("sharingstatus")<=0 then
   readdata
   solvemain
   printsol
 else
   sequencemachine(MACH)
   solvesub(MACH)
 end-if
end-model 

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