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examples/notebook/contrib/set_covering3.ipynb

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set_covering3

<table align="left"> <td> <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/google/or-tools/blob/main/examples/notebook/contrib/set_covering3.ipynb">Run in Google Colab</a> </td> <td> <a href="https://github.com/google/or-tools/blob/main/examples/contrib/set_covering3.py">View source on GitHub</a> </td> </table>

First, you must install ortools package in this colab.

python
%pip install ortools

Set covering in Google CP Solver.

Problem from Katta G. Murty: 'Optimization Models for Decision Making', page 302f http://ioe.engin.umich.edu/people/fac/books/murty/opti_model/junior-7.pdf

10 senators making a committee, where there must at least be one representative from each group: group: senators: southern 1 2 3 4 5 northern 6 7 8 9 10 liberals 2 3 8 9 10 conservative 1 5 6 7 democrats 3 4 5 6 7 9 republicans 1 2 8 10

The objective is to minimize the number of senators.

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
from ortools.constraint_solver import pywrapcp


def main(unused_argv):

  # Create the solver.
  solver = pywrapcp.Solver("Set covering")

  #
  # data
  #
  num_groups = 6
  num_senators = 10

  # which group does a senator belong to?
  belongs = [
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],  # 1 southern
      [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],  # 2 northern
      [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1],  # 3 liberals
      [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],  # 4 conservative
      [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0],  # 5 democrats
      [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1]  # 6 republicans
  ]

  #
  # declare variables
  #
  x = [solver.IntVar(0, 1, "x[%i]" % i) for i in range(num_senators)]

  #
  # constraints
  #

  # number of assigned senators (to minimize)
  z = solver.Sum(x)

  # ensure that each group is covered by at least
  # one senator
  for i in range(num_groups):
    solver.Add(
        solver.SumGreaterOrEqual(
            [x[j] * belongs[i][j] for j in range(num_senators)], 1))

  objective = solver.Minimize(z, 1)

  #
  # solution and search
  #
  solution = solver.Assignment()
  solution.Add(x)
  solution.AddObjective(z)

  collector = solver.LastSolutionCollector(solution)
  solver.Solve(
      solver.Phase(x, solver.INT_VAR_DEFAULT, solver.INT_VALUE_DEFAULT),
      [collector, objective])

  print("z:", collector.ObjectiveValue(0))
  print("x:", [collector.Value(0, x[i]) for i in range(num_senators)])
  for j in range(num_senators):
    if collector.Value(0, x[j]) == 1:
      print("Senator", j + 1, "belongs to these groups:", end=" ")
      for i in range(num_groups):
        if belongs[i][j] == 1:
          print(i + 1, end=" ")
      print()

  print()
  print("failures:", solver.Failures())
  print("branches:", solver.Branches())
  print("WallTime:", solver.WallTime())


main("cp sample")