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examples/notebook/contrib/lectures.ipynb

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lectures

<table align="left"> <td> <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/google/or-tools/blob/main/examples/notebook/contrib/lectures.ipynb">Run in Google Colab</a> </td> <td> <a href="https://github.com/google/or-tools/blob/main/examples/contrib/lectures.py">View source on GitHub</a> </td> </table>

First, you must install ortools package in this colab.

python
%pip install ortools

Lectures problem in Google CP Solver.

Biggs: Discrete Mathematics (2nd ed), page 187. ''' Suppose we wish to schedule six one-hour lectures, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6. Among the potential audience there are people who wish to hear both

  • v1 and v2
  • v1 and v4
  • v3 and v5
  • v2 and v6
  • v4 and v5
  • v5 and v6
  • v1 and v6

How many hours are necessary in order that the lectures can be given without clashes? '''

Compare with the following models:

This model was created by Hakan Kjellerstrand ([email protected]) Also see my other Google CP Solver models: http://www.hakank.org/google_or_tools/

python
import sys
from ortools.constraint_solver import pywrapcp


def main():

  # Create the solver.
  solver = pywrapcp.Solver('Lectures')

  #
  # data
  #

  #
  # The schedule requirements:
  # lecture a cannot be held at the same time as b
  # Note: 1-based
  g = [[1, 2], [1, 4], [3, 5], [2, 6], [4, 5], [5, 6], [1, 6]]

  # number of nodes
  n = 6

  # number of edges
  edges = len(g)

  #
  # declare variables
  #
  v = [solver.IntVar(0, n - 1, 'v[%i]' % i) for i in range(n)]

  # maximum color, to minimize
  # Note: since Python is 0-based, the
  # number of colors is +1
  max_c = solver.IntVar(0, n - 1, 'max_c')

  #
  # constraints
  #
  solver.Add(max_c == solver.Max(v))

  # ensure that there are no clashes
  # also, adjust to 0-base
  for i in range(edges):
    solver.Add(v[g[i][0] - 1] != v[g[i][1] - 1])

  # symmetry breaking:
  # - v0 has the color 0,
  # - v1 has either color 0 or 1
  solver.Add(v[0] == 0)
  solver.Add(v[1] <= 1)

  # objective
  objective = solver.Minimize(max_c, 1)

  #
  # solution and search
  #
  db = solver.Phase(v, solver.CHOOSE_MIN_SIZE_LOWEST_MIN,
                    solver.ASSIGN_CENTER_VALUE)

  solver.NewSearch(db, [objective])

  num_solutions = 0
  while solver.NextSolution():
    num_solutions += 1
    print('max_c:', max_c.Value() + 1, 'colors')
    print('v:', [v[i].Value() for i in range(n)])
    print()

  print('num_solutions:', num_solutions)
  print('failures:', solver.Failures())
  print('branches:', solver.Branches())
  print('WallTime:', solver.WallTime(), 'ms')


main()