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ELS - Solving several model instances in parallel

Description
This implementation (program: runelsd.* starting submodel: elsd.mos) extends the parallel version of the ELS model to solving of submodels distributed to various computing nodes, showing the following features:
  • parallel remote execution of submodels
  • communication between different models (for bound updates on the objective function)
  • sending and receiving events
  • stopping submodels
Further explanation of this example: Xpress Whitepaper 'Multiple models and parallel solving with Mosel', Section 'Solving several model instances in parallel'.

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Data Files





elsd.mos

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

   file elsd.mos
   `````````````
   Economic lot sizing, ELS, problem
   (Cut generation algorithm adding (l,S)-inequalities 
    in one or several rounds at the root node or in 
    tree nodes)
   
   -- Distributed computing version --

   *** Not intended to be run standalone - run from runelsd.*  ***
    
   ELS considers production planning over a horizon
   of T periods. In period t, t=1,...,T, there is a
   given demand DEMAND[p,t] that must be satisfied by
   production produce[p,t] in period t and by inventory
   carried over from previous periods. There is a 
   set-up up cost SETUPCOST[t] associated with
   production in period t. The unit production cost
   in period t is PRODCOST[p,t]. There is no inventory
   or stock-holding cost.
   
   (c) 2010 Fair Isaac Corporation
       author: S. Heipcke, May 2010, rev. July 2023
  *******************************************************!)

model Els
 uses "mmxprs","mmsystem","mmjobs"

 parameters
  ALG = 0                              ! Default algorithm: no user cuts
  CUTDEPTH = 3                         ! Maximum tree depth for cut generation
  DATAFILE = "els4.dat"
  T = 60
  P = 4
  RMT = "rmt:"                         ! Files are on root node
 end-parameters 

 forward function cb_node: boolean
 forward procedure tree_cut_gen
 forward function cb_updatebnd: boolean
 forward procedure cb_intsol
 
 declarations
  NEWSOL = 2                           ! "New solution" event class
  EPS = 1e-6                           ! Zero tolerance
  TIMES = 1..T                         ! Time periods
  PRODUCTS = 1..P                      ! Set of products

  DEMAND: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of integer  ! Demand per period
  SETUPCOST: array(TIMES) of integer        ! Setup cost per period
  PRODCOST: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of real   ! Production cost per period
  CAP: array(TIMES) of integer              ! Production capacity per period
  D: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES,TIMES) of integer ! Total demand in periods t1 - t2

  produce: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of mpvar   ! Production in period t
  setup: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of mpvar     ! Setup in period t

  solprod: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of real    ! Sol. values for var.s produce
  solsetup: array(PRODUCTS,TIMES) of real   ! Sol. values for var.s setup
  starttime: real
 
  Msg: Event                           ! An event
 end-declarations

 initializations from RMT+DATAFILE
  DEMAND SETUPCOST PRODCOST CAP
 end-initializations

 forall(p in PRODUCTS,s,t in TIMES) D(p,s,t):= sum(k in s..t) DEMAND(p,k)

! Objective: minimize total cost
 MinCost:= sum(t in TIMES) (SETUPCOST(t) * sum(p in PRODUCTS) setup(p,t) + 
                            sum(p in PRODUCTS) PRODCOST(p,t) * produce(p,t) )

! Production in period t must not exceed the total demand for the
! remaining periods; if there is production during t then there
! is a setup in t
 forall(p in PRODUCTS, t in TIMES) 
  ProdSetup(p,t):= produce(p,t) <= D(p,t,getlast(TIMES)) * setup(p,t)

! Production in periods 0 to t must satisfy the total demand
! during this period of time
 forall(p in PRODUCTS,t in TIMES) 
   sum(s in 1..t) produce(p,s) >= sum (s in 1..t) DEMAND(p,s)

! Capacity limits
 forall(t in TIMES) sum(p in PRODUCTS) produce(p,t) <= CAP(t)

! Variables setup are 0/1
 forall(p in PRODUCTS, t in TIMES) setup(p,t) is_binary 

 setparam("zerotol", EPS/100)           ! Set Mosel comparison tolerance
 starttime:=gettime

 setparam("XPRS_THREADS", 1)            ! No parallel threads for optimization

! Uncomment to get detailed MIP output
! setparam("XPRS_VERBOSE", true)
 setparam("XPRS_LPLOG", 0)
 setparam("XPRS_MIPLOG", -1000)

 writeln("**************ALG=",ALG,"***************")

 SEVERALROUNDS:=false; TOPONLY:=false

 case ALG of
  1: do
      setparam("XPRS_CUTSTRATEGY", 0)   ! No cuts
      setparam("XPRS_HEUREMPHASIS", 0)  ! No heuristics
     end-do
  2: do 
      setparam("XPRS_CUTSTRATEGY", 0)   ! No cuts
      setparam("XPRS_HEUREMPHASIS", 0)  ! No heuristics
      setparam("XPRS_PRESOLVE", 0)      ! No presolve
     end-do
  3: tree_cut_gen                       ! User branch-and-cut (single round)
  4: do                                 ! User branch-and-cut (several rounds)
      tree_cut_gen
      SEVERALROUNDS:=true
     end-do
  5: do                                 ! User cut-and-branch (several rounds)
      tree_cut_gen
      SEVERALROUNDS:=true
      TOPONLY:=true
     end-do
 end-case

! Parallel setup
 setcallback(XPRS_CB_PRENODE, ->cb_updatebnd) 
 setcallback(XPRS_CB_INTSOL, ->cb_intsol)

! Solve the problem
 minimize(MinCost) 


!*************************************************************************
!  Cut generation loop:
!    get the solution values
!    identify violated constraints and add them as cuts to the problem
!    re-solve the modified problem
!*************************************************************************
 function cb_node:boolean
  declarations
   ncut:integer                         ! Counter for cuts
   cut: array(range) of linctr          ! Cuts
   cutid: array(range) of integer       ! Cut type identification
   type: array(range) of integer        ! Cut constraint type
   ds: real
  end-declarations

  returned:=false                      ! OPTNODE: This node is not infeasible

  depth:=getparam("XPRS_NODEDEPTH")
  cnt:=getparam("XPRS_CALLBACKCOUNT_OPTNODE")

  if ((TOPONLY and depth<1) or (not TOPONLY and depth<=CUTDEPTH)) and 
     (SEVERALROUNDS or cnt<=1) then
   ncut:=0 

 ! Get the solution values
   forall(t in TIMES, p in PRODUCTS) do
     solprod(p,t):=getsol(produce(p,t))
     solsetup(p,t):=getsol(setup(p,t))
   end-do
  
 ! Search for violated constraints
   forall(p in PRODUCTS,l in TIMES) do
    ds:=0 
    forall(t in 1..l)
      if (solprod(p,t) < D(p,t,l)*solsetup(p,t) + EPS) then ds += solprod(p,t)
      else  ds += D(p,t,l)*solsetup(p,t)
      end-if
  
      ! Add the violated inequality: the minimum of the actual production
      ! produce(p,t) and the maximum potential production D(p,t,l)*setup(t)
      ! in periods 1 to l must at least equal the total demand in periods
      ! 1 to l.
      ! sum(t=1:l) min(produce(p,t), D(p,t,l)*setup(p,t)) >= D(p,1,l)
    
    if ds < D(p,1,l) - EPS then
      cut(ncut):= sum(t in 1..l) 
       if(solprod(p,t)<(D(p,t,l)*solsetup(p,t))+EPS, produce(p,t), 
          D(p,t,l)*setup(p,t)) - D(p,1,l)
      cutid(ncut):= 1
      type(ncut):= CT_GEQ
      ncut+=1
    end-if   
  end-do
   
 ! Add cuts to the problem
   if ncut>0 then 
    addcuts(cutid, type, cut);  
    writeln("Model ", ALG, ": Cuts added : ", ncut, 
            " (depth ", depth, ", node ", getparam("XPRS_NODES"), 
            ", obj. ", getparam("XPRS_LPOBJVAL"), ")")
   end-if
  end-if
 end-function

! ****Optimizer settings for using the cut manager****

 procedure tree_cut_gen
  setparam("XPRS_HEUREMPHASIS", 0)    ! Switch heuristics off
  setparam("XPRS_CUTSTRATEGY", 0)     ! Switch automatic cuts off
  setparam("XPRS_PRESOLVE", 0)        ! Switch presolve off
  setparam("XPRS_EXTRAROWS", 5000)    ! Reserve extra rows in matrix

  setcallback(XPRS_CB_OPTNODE, ->cb_node)  ! Set the optnode callback function
 end-procedure

!*************************************************************************
!  Setup for parallel solving:
!    check whether cutoff update required at every node
!    store and communicate any new solution found
!*************************************************************************
! Update cutoff value
 function cb_updatebnd: boolean 
  if not isqueueempty then
   repeat
    Msg:= getnextevent
   until isqueueempty
   newcutoff:= getvalue(Msg)
   cutoff:= getparam("XPRS_MIPABSCUTOFF")
   writeln("Model ", ALG, ": New cutoff: ", newcutoff, 
           " old: ", cutoff)
   if newcutoff<cutoff then
    setparam("XPRS_MIPABSCUTOFF", newcutoff)
   end-if
   if newcutoff < getparam("XPRS_LPOBJVAL") then
    returned:= true                    ! Node becomes infeasible
   end-if
  end-if
 end-function

! Store and communicate new solution
 procedure cb_intsol
  objval:= getparam("XPRS_LPOBJVAL")   ! Retrieve current objective value
  cutoff:= getparam("XPRS_MIPABSCUTOFF")

  writeln("Model ", ALG, ": Solution: ", objval, " cutoff: ", cutoff)
  if(cutoff > objval) then
   setparam("XPRS_MIPABSCUTOFF", objval)
  end-if
  
 ! Get the solution values
  forall(t in TIMES, p in PRODUCTS) do
   solprod(p,t):=getsol(produce(p,t))
   solsetup(p,t):=getsol(setup(p,t))
  end-do
  
 ! Store the solution in shared memory
  initializations to "bin:" + RMT + "sol_"+ALG
   solprod
   solsetup
  end-initializations
  
 ! Send "solution found" signal
  send(NEWSOL, objval) 
 end-procedure
 
end-model



Economic Lot-Sizing (ELS)
=========================

A well-known class of valid inequalities for ELS are the
(l,S)-inequalities.  Let D(pq) denote the total demand in periods p 
to q and y(t) be a binary variable indicating whether there is any 
production in period t.  For each period l and each subset of periods S 
of 1 to l, the (l,S)-inequality is

    sum (t=1:l | t in S) x(t) + sum (t=1:l | t not in S) D(tl) * y(t)
        >= D(1l)

It says that actual production x(t) in periods included S plus maximum 
potential production D(tl)*y(t) in the remaining periods (those not in 
S) must at least equal total demand in periods 1 to l.  Note that in 
period t at most D(tl) production is required to meet demand up to 
period l.

Based on the observation that

    sum (t=1:l | t in S) x(t) + sum (t=1:l | t not in S) D(tl) * y(t)
        >= sum (t=1:l) min(x(t), D(tl) * y(t))
        >= D(1l)

it is easy to develop a separation algorithm and thus a cutting plane
algorithm based on these (l,S)-inequalities.

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