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'producer_consumer' constraints: solving a resource-constrained project scheduling problem

Description
So-called 'producer_consumer' relations combine tasks that produce or consume quantities of the same non-renewable resource. Such problems may be modeled in two ways, namely
  • using 'producer_consumer' constraints (producer_consumer_alt.mos), or
  • using 'task' and 'resource' model objects that are configured correspondingly (producer_consumer.mos)
Further explanation of this example: 'Xpress Kalis Mosel Reference Manual'

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producer_consumer_alt_graph.mos

(!****************************************************************
   CP example problems
   ===================
   
   file producer_consumer_graph.mos
   ````````````````````````````````
   Resource-constrained project planning problem (construction of 
   a house) modeled with a producer-consumer constraint.

   *** This model cannot be run with a Community Licence ***  

   (c) 2008 Artelys S.A. and Fair Isaac Corporation
       Creation: 2007, rev. Sep. 2017
*****************************************************************!)
model "Cumulative Scheduling"  
 uses "kalis","mmsvg" 

 forward procedure draw_solution 

 setparam("KALIS_DEFAULT_LB",0)
 setparam("KALIS_DEFAULT_UB",100)

 declarations
  ! Task indices
  Masonry  = 1; Carpentry = 2; Roofing        = 3; Windows        = 4
  Facade   = 5; Garden    = 6; Plumbing       = 7; Ceiling        = 8
  Painting = 9; MovingIn = 10; InitialPayment = 11; SecondPayment = 12
  BUILDTASKS = 1..10
  PAYMENTS = 11..12
  TASKS = BUILDTASKS+PAYMENTS
  TNAMES: array(TASKS) of string
  
  obj:cpvar                                ! Objective variable
  starts   : array(TASKS) of cpvar         ! Start times of the tasks
  ends     : array(TASKS) of cpvar         ! Completion times of the tasks
  durations: array(TASKS) of cpvar         ! Durations of the tasks
  consos   : dynamic array(TASKS) of cpvar ! Res. consumptions of the tasks
  sizes    : dynamic array(TASKS) of cpvar ! Consumption sizes (= conso x dur)
  prods    : dynamic array(TASKS) of cpvar ! Res. production of the tasks
  sizep    : dynamic array(TASKS) of cpvar ! Production sizes (= prod x dur)
  Strategy : array(range) of cpbranching   ! Branching strategy
 end-declarations

 TNAMES:: (1..12)["Masonry", "Carpentry", "Roofing", "Windows", "Facade", 
           "Garden", "Plumbing", "Ceiling", "Painting", "MovingIn",
	   "InitialPayment", "SecondPayment"]
 
! Setting the names of the variables
  forall(j in TASKS) do
    starts(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".start"
    ends(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".end"
    durations(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".duration"
  end-do

! Creating consumption variables
  forall(j in BUILDTASKS) do
    create(sizes(j))
    sizes(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".size"
    create(consos(j))
    consos(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".conso"
  end-do

! Setting durations of building tasks
 durations(Masonry)  = 7; durations(Carpentry) = 3; durations(Roofing)  = 1
 durations(Windows)  = 1; durations(Facade)    = 2; durations(Garden)   = 1
 durations(Plumbing) = 8; durations(Ceiling)   = 3; durations(Painting) = 2
 durations(MovingIn) = 1

! Precedence constraints among building tasks
 starts(Carpentry) >= ends(Masonry)
 starts(Roofing)   >= ends(Carpentry)
 starts(Windows)   >= ends(Roofing)
 starts(Facade)    >= ends(Roofing)
 starts(Garden)    >= ends(Roofing)
 starts(Plumbing)  >= ends(Masonry)
 starts(Ceiling)   >= ends(Masonry)
 starts(Painting)  >= ends(Ceiling)
 starts(MovingIn)  >= ends(Windows)
 starts(MovingIn)  >= ends(Facade)
 starts(MovingIn)  >= ends(Garden)
 starts(MovingIn)  >= ends(Painting)

! Setting task consumptions
 consos(Masonry)  = 7; consos(Carpentry) = 3; consos(Roofing)  = 1 
 consos(Windows)  = 1; consos(Facade)    = 2; consos(Garden)   = 1 
 consos(Plumbing) = 8; consos(Ceiling)   = 3; consos(Painting) = 2 
 consos(MovingIn) = 1

! Production (amount) of payment tasks
 forall(j in PAYMENTS) do
  create(prods(j))
  prods(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".prod"
  create(sizep(j))
  sizep(j).name := TNAMES(j)+".sizep"
 end-do

! Payment data
 prods(InitialPayment)    = 20; prods(SecondPayment)     = 9
 durations(InitialPayment) = 1; durations(SecondPayment) = 1
 starts(InitialPayment)    = 0; starts(SecondPayment)    = 15

! Objective: makespan of the schedule
 obj = maximum({ ends(Masonry) , ends(Carpentry), ends(Roofing), ends(Windows), ends(Facade), ends(Garden), ends(Plumbing), ends(Ceiling), ends(Painting), ends(MovingIn)})

! Posting the producer_consumer constraint
 producer_consumer(starts, ends, durations, prods, sizep, consos, sizes)

! Setting the search strategy
 Strategy(0) := assign_var(KALIS_SMALLEST_MIN, KALIS_MIN_TO_MAX, starts)
 cp_set_branching(Strategy) 
 
! Find the optimal solution
 if cp_minimize(obj) then 
  cp_show_sol
  draw_solution 
 else
  writeln("No solution found")
 end-if

! Pretty display of the solution as an SVG user graph
 procedure draw_solution     
  ind := 1
  mkspan := 0
  
  RES := 1
  HORIZON := getub(obj)
  forall(t in 0..HORIZON) histogram(RES,t) := 0
  svgaddgroup("TextPlot", "", SVG_BLACK)               

  setrandseed(17)
  forall(t in BUILDTASKS) do       
    svgaddgroup("G"+TNAMES(t), TNAMES(t), svgcolor(20+round(random*200),
                20+round(random*200), 20+round(random*200)))
    svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL,SVG_CURRENT)
    svgsetstyle(SVG_OPACITY,0.65)
    startt := getsol(starts(t))
    endt   := getsol(ends(t))
    uset   := getsol(consos(t))
    if mkspan < endt then
      mkspan := endt
    end-if
    svgaddrectangle(startt, ind, endt-startt, uset)
  !  svgaddtext(startt+1, ind-4, "t"+t)
    forall(h in startt..HORIZON) histogram(RES,h) -= uset
    ind += uset          
  end-do
   
  forall(t in PAYMENTS) do              
    svgaddgroup("P"+TNAMES(t), TNAMES(t), SVG_BLUE)
    svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL,SVG_CURRENT)
    svgsetstyle(SVG_FILLOPACITY,0.5)
    startt := getsol(starts(t))
    endt   := getsol(ends(t))
    uset   := getsol(prods(t))
    if mkspan < endt then
      mkspan := endt
    end-if
    svgaddrectangle(startt, (RES*-20), endt-startt, uset)
    svgaddtext(startt,RES*-21,"Payment "+t)
    forall (h in startt..HORIZON) histogram(RES,h) += uset
  end-do
  svgaddtext("TextPlot", mkspan, 0, "MakeSpan = " + mkspan)
  svgaddgroup("Money", "Money available ", SVG_RED)            
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL,SVG_CURRENT)
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FILLOPACITY,0.65)
  svgaddpolygon(sum(h in 0..mkspan-1)[h, ((RES*-20)+histogram(RES,h)), h+1, ((RES*-20)+histogram(RES,h))]+[mkspan,RES*-20,0,RES*-20])
 
  svgsetgraphscale(10)
  svgsetgraphviewbox(0,-25*RES, mkspan+10, 25*RES+ind)
  svgsetgraphlabels("Time","")

  svgsave("prodcons.svg")
  svgrefresh
  svgwaitclose("Close browser window to terminate model execution.", 1)
 end-procedure
end-model


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