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// Copyright 2020 Xavier Gillard // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of // this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in // the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to // use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of // the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, // subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all // copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS // FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR // COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER // IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN // CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. //! # DDO //! DDO is a truly generic framework to develop MDD-based combinatorial //! optimization solvers in Rust. Its goal is to let you describe your //! optimization problem as a dynamic program (see `Problem`) along with a //! `Relaxation`. When the dynamic program of the problem is considered as a //! transition system, the relaxation serves the purpose of merging different //! nodes of the transition system into an other node standing for them all. //! In that setup, the sole condition to ensure the correctness of the //! optimization algorithm is that the replacement node must be an over //! approximation of all what is feasible from the merged nodes. //! //! ## Side benefit //! As a side benefit from using `ddo`, you will be able to exploit all of your //! hardware to solve your optimization in parallel. //! //! ## Quick Example //! The following presents a minimalistic use of ddo. It implements a solver for //! the knapsack problem which uses all the available computing resources to //! complete its task. This example is shown for illustration purpose because //! it is pretty simple and chances are high anybody is already comfortable with //! the problem definition. //! //! #### Note: //! The `example` folder of our repository contains many other examples in //! addition to this one. So please consider checking them out for further //! details. //! //! #### Describe the problem as dynamic program //! The first thing to do in this example is to describe the binary knapsack //! problem in terms of a dynamic program. Here, the state of a node, is nothing //! more than an unsigned integer (usize). That unsigned integer represents the //! remaining capacity of our sack. To do so, you define your own structure and //! make sure it implements the `Problem<usize>` trait. //! ``` //! # use ddo::common::{Decision, Domain, Variable, VarSet}; //! # use ddo::abstraction::dp::Problem; //! #[derive(Debug, Clone)] //! struct Knapsack { //! capacity: usize, //! profit : Vec<usize>, //! weight : Vec<usize> //! } //! impl Problem<usize> for Knapsack { //! fn nb_vars(&self) -> usize { //! self.profit.len() //! } //! fn domain_of<'a>(&self, state: &'a usize, var: Variable) ->Domain<'a> { //! if *state >= self.weight[var.id()] { //! vec![0, 1].into() //! } else { //! vec![0].into() //! } //! } //! fn initial_state(&self) -> usize { //! self.capacity //! } //! fn initial_value(&self) -> isize { //! 0 //! } //! fn transition(&self, state: &usize, _vars: &VarSet, dec: Decision) -> usize { //! state - (self.weight[dec.variable.id()] * dec.value as usize) //! } //! fn transition_cost(&self, _state: &usize, _vars: &VarSet, dec: Decision) -> isize { //! self.profit[dec.variable.id()] as isize * dec.value //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! #### Define a Relaxation //! The relaxation we will define is probably the simplest you can think of. //! When one needs to define a new state to replace those exceeding the maximum //! width of the MDD, we will simply keep the state with the maximum capacity //! as it enables at least all the possibly behaviors feasible with lesser capacities. //! //! Optionally, we could also implement a rough upper bound estimator for our //! problem in the relaxation. However, we wont do it in this minimalistic //! example since the framework provides you with a default implementation. //! If you were to override the default implementation you would need to //! implement the `estimate()` method of the `Relaxation` trait. //! //! ``` //! # use ddo::common::Decision; //! # use ddo::abstraction::dp::Relaxation; //! #[derive(Debug, Clone)] //! struct KPRelax; //! impl Relaxation<usize> for KPRelax { //! /// To merge a given selection of states (capacities) we will keep the //! /// maximum capacity. This is an obvious relaxation as it allows us to //! /// put more items in the sack. //! fn merge_states(&self, states: &mut dyn Iterator<Item=&usize>) -> usize { //! // the selection is guaranteed to have at least one state so using //! // unwrap after max to get rid of the wrapping 'Option' is perfectly safe. //! *states.max().unwrap() //! } //! /// When relaxing (merging) the states, we did not run into the risk of //! /// possibly decreasing the maximum objective value reachable from the //! /// components of the merged node. Hence, we dont need to do anything //! /// when relaxing the edge. Still, if we wanted to, we could chose to //! /// return an higher value. //! fn relax_edge(&self, src: &usize, dst: &usize, relaxed: &usize, d: Decision, cost: isize) -> isize { //! cost //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! # Instanciate your Solver //! As soon as you have defined a problem and relaxation, you are good to go. //! The only thing you still need to do is to write your main method and spin //! your solver to solve actual problems. Here is how you would do it. //! //! ``` //! # use ddo::common::{Decision, Domain, Variable, VarSet}; //! # //! # use ddo::abstraction::dp::{Problem, Relaxation}; //! # use ddo::abstraction::solver::Solver; //! # //! # use ddo::implementation::mdd::config::mdd_builder; //! # use ddo::implementation::solver::parallel::ParallelSolver; //! # //! # #[derive(Debug, Clone)] //! # struct Knapsack { //! # capacity: usize, //! # profit : Vec<usize>, //! # weight : Vec<usize> //! # } //! # impl Problem<usize> for Knapsack { //! # fn nb_vars(&self) -> usize { //! # self.profit.len() //! # } //! # fn domain_of<'a>(&self, state: &'a usize, var: Variable) ->Domain<'a> { //! # if *state >= self.weight[var.id()] { //! # vec![0, 1].into() //! # } else { //! # vec![0].into() //! # } //! # } //! # fn initial_state(&self) -> usize { //! # self.capacity //! # } //! # fn initial_value(&self) -> isize { //! # 0 //! # } //! # fn transition(&self, state: &usize, _vars: &VarSet, dec: Decision) -> usize { //! # state - (self.weight[dec.variable.id()] * dec.value as usize) //! # } //! # fn transition_cost(&self, _state: &usize, _vars: &VarSet, dec: Decision) -> isize { //! # self.profit[dec.variable.id()] as isize * dec.value //! # } //! # } //! # //! # #[derive(Debug, Clone)] //! # struct KPRelax; //! # impl Relaxation<usize> for KPRelax { //! # /// To merge a given selection of states (capacities) we will keep the //! # /// maximum capacity. This is an obvious relaxation as it allows us to //! # /// put more items in the sack. //! # fn merge_states(&self, states: &mut dyn Iterator<Item=&usize>) -> usize { //! # // the selection is guaranteed to have at least one state so using //! # // unwrap after max to get rid of the wrapping 'Option' is perfectly safe. //! # *states.max().unwrap() //! # } //! # /// When relaxing (merging) the states, we did not run into the risk of //! # /// possibly decreasing the maximum objective value reachable from the //! # /// components of the merged node. Hence, we dont need to do anything //! # /// when relaxing the edge. Still, if we wanted to, we could chose to //! # /// return an higher value. //! # fn relax_edge(&self, src: &usize, dst: &usize, relaxed: &usize, d: Decision, cost: isize) -> isize { //! # cost //! # } //! # } //! // 1. Create an instance of our knapsack problem //! let problem = Knapsack { //! capacity: 50, //! profit : vec![60, 100, 120], //! weight : vec![10, 20, 30] //! }; //! // 2. Build an MDD for the given problem and relaxation //! let mdd = mdd_builder(&problem, KPRelax).into_deep(); //! // 3. Create a parllel solver on the basis of this MDD (this is how //! // you can specify the MDD implementation you wish to use to develop //! // the relaxed and restricted MDDs). //! let mut solver = ParallelSolver::new(mdd); //! // 4. Maximize your objective function //! let (optimal, solution) = solver.maximize(); //! //! // 5. Do whatever you like with the optimal solution. //! assert_eq!(220, optimal); //! println!("Solution"); //! for decision in solution.unwrap().iter() { //! if decision.value == 1 { //! println!("{}", decision.variable.id()); //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! ## Going further / Getting a grasp on the codebase //! The easiest way to get your way around with DDO is probably to start //! exploring the available APIs and then to move to the exploration of the //! examples. (Or the other way around, that's really up to you !). //! For the exploration of the APIs, you are encouraged to start with the types //! from the modules under `ddo::abstraction`. In particular, you will want to //! have a look at `ddo::abstraction::dp` which defines the core abstractions //! you will need to implement. After that, it is also interesting to have a //! look at the `ddo::abstraction::heuristic`, `ddo::common` and the //! `ddo::implementation::deep::config` modules. That should get you covered //! and you should be able to get a deep understanding of how to use our library. //! //! ## Citing DDO //! If you use DDO, or find it useful for your purpose (research, teaching, //! business, ...) please cite: //! ```plain //! @misc{gillard:20:ddo, //! author = {Xavier Gillard, Pierre Schaus, Vianney Coppé}, //! title = {Ddo, a generic and efficient framework for MDD-based optimization}, //! howpublished = {IJCAI-20}, //! year = {2020}, //! note = {Available from \url{https://github.com/xgillard/ddo}}, //! } //! ``` // I don't want to emit a lint warning because of the main method appearing // in the crate documentation. It is specifically the purpose of that doc to // show an example (including the main) of how to use the ddo library. #![allow(clippy::needless_doctest_main)] pub mod common; pub mod abstraction; pub mod implementation; #[cfg(test)] pub mod test_utils;