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Robust shortest path

Description
Determine the shortest path through a road network subject to uncertain travel times caused by road works (formulated as a 'cardinality' uncertainty set).

Further explanation of this example: Whitepaper 'Robust Optimization with Xpress', Section 2 Robust shortest path


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roadworks.mos

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

   file roadworks.mos
   ``````````````````
   Shortest path with cardinality robustness constraints

   (c) 2014 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, Mar. 2014, rev. Nov. 2014
*******************************************************!)
model "road network"
 uses "mmxprs", "mmrobust"

 parameters
   DATAFILE="roads_9.dat"
   NWORK = 2             ! Number of roadworks
 end-parameters 

 forward procedure printsol(val: real)
 forward procedure printrobsoleval
 forward procedure evalfixedrobsol

 declarations
   Nodes: range                                  ! Set of nodes
   ARC: array(Arcs:range,1..2) of integer        ! Arc origins/destinations
   LEN,MAXDELAY: array(Arcs) of real             ! Length and max delay per arc
   DELAY: array(Arcs) of real                    ! Actual delay
   Source,Sink: integer                          ! Source and sink node numbers

   NomProb,ExtProb,RobProb: mpproblem            ! Alternative problem formulations
   use: array(Arcs) of mpvar                     ! 1 iff arc is used
   usesol: array(Arcs) of real                   ! Solution values
   userobsol: array(Arcs) of real                ! Robust solution values
   TotalLength: linctr                           ! Objective function

   delay: array(Arcs) of uncertain               ! Uncertain delay
 end-declarations

 !**** Input datafile ****
 initializations from DATAFILE
  Nodes
  Arcs
  ARC
  [LEN,MAXDELAY] as "ArcData"
  Source  Sink
 end-initializations

!**** Robust problem formulation ****
 with RobProb do
   forall(a in Arcs) use(a) is_binary

  ! Sink and source of flow
   OneSourceR:= sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Source) use(a)=1
   OneSinkR:= sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Sink) use(a)=1
   NoRetSourceR:= sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Source) use(a)=0
   NoRetSinkR:=sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Sink) use(a)=0
 
  ! Flow balance in intermediate nodes
   forall(n in Nodes-{Source,Sink})
     BalanceR(n):= sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=n) use(a) = sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=n) use(a)

  ! Only use one direction per edge
   forall(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)<ARC(a,2)) OneDirR(a):= use(a) + 
     sum(b in Arcs | ARC(b,2)=ARC(a,1) and ARC(b,1)=ARC(a,2)) use(b) <= 1

  ! Random construction work on NWORK arcs
   forall(a in Arcs) delay(a) <= MAXDELAY(a) 
   forall(a in Arcs) delay(a) >= 0 
   cardinality(union(a in Arcs) {delay(a)}, NWORK)
  
  ! Shortest path length
   TotalLengthR:= sum(a in Arcs) (LEN(a)+delay(a))*use(a)

  ! Solving
   minimize(TotalLengthR)

  ! Solution reporting
   writeln("#### Robust solution ####")
   if getprobstat=XPRS_OPT then	 
     writeln("Delay: ", array(a in Arcs) delay(a).sol )
     writeln("Shortest path: ", getobjval)
     writeln("Delay on shortest path: ", 
       sum(a in Arcs | use(a).sol>0 ) delay(a).sol)
     forall(a in Arcs | use(a).sol>0)
       write("  ", if(ARC(a,1)=Source, "Source", string(ARC(a,1))), "->", 
             if(ARC(a,2)=Sink, "Sink", string(ARC(a,2))), " (",
             LEN(a), "+", delay(a).sol,");")
     writeln
   else
     writeln("No solution")
   end-if    	
  
  ! Save the robust solution
   forall(a in Arcs) userobsol(a):=use(a).sol 

 end-do

!**** Nominal problem (all delays fixed at zero) ****
 with NomProb do
   forall(a in Arcs) use(a) is_binary

  ! Sink and source of flow
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Source) use(a)=1
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Sink) use(a)=1
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Source) use(a)=0
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Sink) use(a)=0
 
  ! Flow balance in intermediate nodes
   forall(n in Nodes-{Source,Sink})
     sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=n) use(a) = sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=n) use(a)

  ! Only use one direction per edge
   forall(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)<ARC(a,2)) use(a) + 
     sum(b in Arcs | ARC(b,2)=ARC(a,1) and ARC(b,1)=ARC(a,2)) use(b) <= 1

  ! Delays fixed to maximum
   forall(a in Arcs) DELAY(a) := 0

  ! Shortest path length
   TotalLengthN:= sum(a in Arcs) (LEN(a)+DELAY(a))*use(a)

  ! Solving
   minimize(TotalLengthN)

  ! Solution reporting
   writeln("\n#### Nominal solution (no delay) ####")
   printsol(getobjval)
   printrobsoleval

  ! Save the solution values and calculate worst case value for the given N
   forall(a in Arcs) usesol(a):=use(a).sol 
   evalfixedrobsol

 end-do
 

!**** Extreme problem (all delays fixed at upper bounds) ****
 with ExtProb do
   forall(a in Arcs) use(a) is_binary

  ! Sink and source of flow
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Source) use(a)=1
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Sink) use(a)=1
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=Source) use(a)=0
   sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=Sink) use(a)=0
 
  ! Flow balance in intermediate nodes
   forall(n in Nodes-{Source,Sink})
     sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,2)=n) use(a) = sum(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)=n) use(a)

  ! Only use one direction per edge
   forall(a in Arcs | ARC(a,1)<ARC(a,2)) use(a) + 
     sum(b in Arcs | ARC(b,2)=ARC(a,1) and ARC(b,1)=ARC(a,2)) use(b) <= 1

  ! Delays fixed to maximum
   forall(a in Arcs) DELAY(a):= MAXDELAY(a)

  ! Shortest path length
   TotalLengthN:= sum(a in Arcs) (LEN(a)+DELAY(a))*use(a)

  ! Solving
   minimize(TotalLengthN)

  ! Solution reporting
   writeln("\n#### Worst-case solution (all roads delayed) ####")
   printsol(getobjval)
   printrobsoleval

  ! Save the solution values and calculate worst case value for the given N
   forall(a in Arcs) usesol(a):=use(a).sol 
   evalfixedrobsol

 end-do
 

 !**** Solution reporting ****
 procedure printsol(val: real)
   writeln("Delay: ", DELAY)	
   if getprobstat=XPRS_OPT then	 
     writeln("Shortest path: ", val)
     writeln("Delay on shortest path: ", sum(a in Arcs) DELAY(a)*use(a).sol)
     forall(a in Arcs | use(a).sol>0) 
       write("  ", if(ARC(a,1)=Source, "Source", string(ARC(a,1))), "->", 
             if(ARC(a,2)=Sink, "Sink", string(ARC(a,2))), " (",
             LEN(a), "+", DELAY(a),");")
     writeln
   else
     writeln("No solution")
   end-if    	
 end-procedure

 !**** Evaluate the saved robust solution with actual delay values ****
 procedure printrobsoleval
   writeln("Evaluation of robust solution with fixed delay values:")
   writeln("  Robust solution path: ", 
     sum(a in Arcs) (LEN(a)+DELAY(a))*userobsol(a) )	
   writeln("  Delay for robust sol: ", sum(a in Arcs) DELAY(a)*userobsol(a) )	
   forall(a in Arcs | userobsol(a).sol>0) 
       write("  ", if(ARC(a,1)=Source, "Source", string(ARC(a,1))), "->", 
             if(ARC(a,2)=Sink, "Sink", string(ARC(a,2))), " (",
             LEN(a), "+", DELAY(a),");")
     writeln
 end-procedure

 !**** Calculate the worst case delay for a given solution ****
 procedure evalfixedrobsol
   writeln("Worst-case delay for selected path (N=", NWORK, " delays):") 
   with RobProb do
    ! Fix path to current (non-robust) solution values
     forall(a in Arcs | usesol(a)>0) FixArc(a):=use(a)>=usesol(a)

    ! Solving
     minimize(TotalLengthR)

    ! Solution reporting
     writeln("  Value for shortest path: ", getobjval)
     writeln("  Delay on shortest path: ", 
       sum(a in Arcs | use(a).sol>0 ) delay(a).sol )
     forall(a in Arcs | use(a).sol>0)
       write("  ", if(ARC(a,1)=Source, "Source", string(ARC(a,1))), "->", 
             if(ARC(a,2)=Sink, "Sink", string(ARC(a,2))), " (",
             LEN(a), "+", delay(a).sol,");")
     writeln
  
    ! Unfix the solution values
     forall(a in Arcs | usesol(a)>0) FixArc(a):=0

   end-do
 end-procedure

end-model

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