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linear_programming_example

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

First, you must install ortools package in this colab.

python

%pip install ortools

Linear optimization example.

python

from ortools.linear_solver import pywraplp



def LinearProgrammingExample():
    """Linear programming sample."""
    # Instantiate a Glop solver, naming it LinearExample.
    solver = pywraplp.Solver.CreateSolver("GLOP")
    if not solver:
        return

    # Create the two variables and let them take on any non-negative value.
    x = solver.NumVar(0, solver.infinity(), "x")
    y = solver.NumVar(0, solver.infinity(), "y")

    print("Number of variables =", solver.NumVariables())

    # Constraint 0: x + 2y <= 14.
    solver.Add(x + 2 * y <= 14.0)

    # Constraint 1: 3x - y >= 0.
    solver.Add(3 * x - y >= 0.0)

    # Constraint 2: x - y <= 2.
    solver.Add(x - y <= 2.0)

    print("Number of constraints =", solver.NumConstraints())

    # Objective function: 3x + 4y.
    solver.Maximize(3 * x + 4 * y)

    # Solve the system.
    print(f"Solving with {solver.SolverVersion()}")
    status = solver.Solve()

    if status == pywraplp.Solver.OPTIMAL:
        print("Solution:")
        print(f"Objective value = {solver.Objective().Value():0.1f}")
        print(f"x = {x.solution_value():0.1f}")
        print(f"y = {y.solution_value():0.1f}")
    else:
        print("The problem does not have an optimal solution.")

    print("\nAdvanced usage:")
    print(f"Problem solved in {solver.wall_time():d} milliseconds")
    print(f"Problem solved in {solver.iterations():d} iterations")


LinearProgrammingExample()