/*===========================================================================* * This file is part of the Branch, Constrain and Price Software (BiCePS) * * * * BiCePS is distributed under the Common Public License as part of the * * COIN-OR repository (http://www.coin-or.org). * * * * Authors: * * * * Yan Xu, Lehigh University * * Ted Ralphs, Lehigh University * * * * Conceptual Design: * * * * Yan Xu, Lehigh University * * Ted Ralphs, Lehigh University * * Laszlo Ladanyi, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center * * Matthew Saltzman, Clemson University * * * * Copyright (C) 2001-2008, Lehigh University, Yan Xu, and Ted Ralphs. * * All Rights Reserved. * *===========================================================================*/ #ifndef BcpsTreeNode_h_ #define BcpsTreeNode_h_ #include "BcpsNodeDesc.h" #include #include "AlpsTreeNode.h" #include "AlpsNodeDesc.h" #include "BcpsBranchObject.h" #include "BcpsObjectPool.h" //############################################################################# /** This class contain the data for a BCPS search tree node. At this level, we consider a tree node to be simply a list of objects. The objects are organized by type. A differencing scheme is implemented here by looking for differences between the lists of each type in the current node and its parent. */ //############################################################################# class BcpsTreeNode : public AlpsTreeNode { protected: /** Branching object for this node, which has information of how to execute branching. */ BcpsBranchObject *branchObject_; protected: /** Generate constraints. The generated constraints are stored in constraint pool. The default implementation does nothing. */ virtual int generateConstraints(BcpsModel *model, BcpsConstraintPool *conPool) { AlpsReturnStatus status = AlpsReturnStatusOk; return status; } /** Generate variables. The generated varaibles are stored in variable pool. The default implementation does nothing. */ virtual int generateVariables(BcpsModel *model, BcpsVariablePool *varPool) { AlpsReturnStatus status = AlpsReturnStatusOk; return status; } /** Choose a branching object. */ virtual int chooseBranchingObject(BcpsModel *model) = 0; /** Extract node information (bounds, constraints, variables) from this node and load the information into the relaxation solver, such as linear programming solver.*/ virtual int installSubProblem(BcpsModel *model) = 0; /** Handle bounding status: * - relaxed feasible but not integer feasible, * - integer feasible, * - infeasible, * - unbounded, * - fathomed (for instance, reaching objective limit for LP). * Set node status accordingly. * \param staus Input The solution status of bounding. * \param keepOn Output Whether to keep on bounding. * \param fathomed Output Whether this node is fathomed. */ virtual int handleBoundingStatus(int status, bool &keepOn, bool &fathomed){ // Default do nothing. return BcpsReturnStatusOk; } public: /** Default constructor. */ BcpsTreeNode() : branchObject_(NULL) { } /** Destructor. */ virtual ~BcpsTreeNode(){ delete branchObject_; } /** This methods performs the processing of the node. For branch and bound, this would mean performing the bounding operation. The minimum requirement for this method is that it change the status to either internal or fathomed so the tree manager can deal with it afterwards. The status of the node when it begins processing will be active. */ virtual int process(bool isRoot = false, bool rampUp = false); /** Bounding procedure to estimate quality of this node. */ virtual int bound(BcpsModel *model) = 0; /** This method must be invoked on a \c pregnant node (which has all the information needed to create the children) and should create the children's decriptions. The stati of the children can be any of the ones \c process() can return. */ virtual std::vector< CoinTriple > branch() = 0; /** Return the branching object. */ const BcpsBranchObject * branchObject() const { return branchObject_; } /** Set the branching object. */ void setBranchObject(BcpsBranchObject * b) { branchObject_ = b; } protected: /** Pack Bcps portion of node into an encoded object. */ AlpsReturnStatus encodeBcps(AlpsEncoded *encoded) const { AlpsReturnStatus status = AlpsReturnStatusOk; int type = 0; if (branchObject_) { type = branchObject_->getType(); encoded->writeRep(type); status = branchObject_->encode(encoded); } else { encoded->writeRep(type); } return status; } #if 0 // Can't docode a down(blis) branching object here. /** Unpack Bcps portion of node from an encoded object. */ AlpsReturnStatus decodeBcps(AlpsEncoded &encoded) { AlpsReturnStatus status = AlpsReturnStatusOk; int mark; encoded.readRep(mark); if (mark == 1) { // branchObject_ is not NULL. status = branchObject_->encode(encoded); } return status; } #endif }; #endif