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Output formatting for a transportation model

Description

small LP problem
generate a nice printed output
using dynamic arrays for representing sparse data structures
reading several data arrays from a single data file

Further explanation of this example: 'Mosel User Guide', Section 3.2 A transport example and Section 10.1 Producing formatted output.

The section 'Traditional embedding: solving multiple scenarios' of the Xpress Whitepaper 'Embedding Optimization Algorithms' describes how to embed a similar transportation model into an application.

transport.zip

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Source Files

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transprt.mos	[download]
transport_insight.mos	[download]
transportdata.vdl	[download]
transportcustsel.vdl	[download]
transportres.vdl	[download]
transportressum.vdl	[download]
transport_insight.xml	[download]
transport_graph.mos	[download]

Data Files

transprt.dat	[download]
transport_insight.zip	[download]

transportdata.vdl

<vdl version="5">
  <vdl-page>    <!-- 'vdl' and 'vdl-page' tags must always be present -->

    <!-- 'header' element: container for any vdl elements that are not part 
         of the page layout -->
    <vdl-header>
      <vdl-action-group name="runModel">
        <vdl-action-execute mode="RUN"></vdl-action-execute>
      </vdl-action-group>
    </vdl-header>

    <!-- Structural element 'section': print header text for a section -->
    <vdl-section heading="Transportation data input">

      <!-- Structural element 'row': arrange contents in rows -->
      <vdl-row>
        <!-- A form contains one or several input elements -->
        <vdl-column size="4">
          <vdl-form>
            <!-- 'Run' button to launch optimization -->
            <vdl-button vdl-event="click:actions.runModel" 
                        label="Run optimization"></vdl-button>
          </vdl-form>
        </vdl-column> 
        <vdl-column size="4">
          <vdl-form>
            <!-- Input field for the fuel cost -->
            <vdl-field entity="FUELCOST" label-size="8" size="4"/>
          </vdl-form>
        </vdl-column> 
      </vdl-row>

      <vdl-row>
        <!-- Several columns within a 'row' for display side-by-side,
	     dividing up the total row width of 12 via 'size' setting
             on each column. -->
        <vdl-column size="4" heading="Plant data">
	  <!-- Display the plant data input values, default table format -->
          <vdl-table>
             <vdl-table-column entity="PLANTCAP" editable="true"/>
             <vdl-table-column entity="PLANTCOST" editable="true"/>
          </vdl-table>
        </vdl-column> 
        <vdl-column size="4" heading="Customer demands">
          <!-- Display the demand input values, default table format -->
          <vdl-table>
            <vdl-table-column entity="DEMAND" editable="true"/>  
          </vdl-table>
        </vdl-column> 
        <vdl-column size="4" heading="Transportation routes">
          <!-- Display the route input values, default table format,
               enabling pagewise display with 8 entries per page -->
          <vdl-table page-mode="paged" page-size="8"> 
            <vdl-table-column entity="DISTANCE" editable="true"/>
            <vdl-table-column entity="TRANSCAP" editable="true"/>
          </vdl-table>
        </vdl-column>
      </vdl-row>
    </vdl-section>
  </vdl-page>
</vdl>