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/* $Id: conv-exprPow.cpp 940 2013-01-13 19:49:02Z pbelotti $
 *
 * Name:    conv-exprPow.cpp
 * Author:  Pietro Belotti
 * Purpose: methods to convexify an expression x^k, k constant
 *
 * (C) Carnegie-Mellon University, 2006-11.
 * This file is licensed under the Eclipse Public License (EPL)
 */

#include <math.h>
#ifndef M_E
# define M_E  2.7182818284590452354
#endif

#include "CouenneCutGenerator.hpp"

#include "CouenneTypes.hpp"
#include "CouenneRootQ.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprAux.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprPow.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprExp.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprConst.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprClone.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprMul.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprSum.hpp"
#include "CouenneExprLog.hpp"
#include "CouennePrecisions.hpp"
#include "CouenneProblem.hpp"

using namespace Couenne;

std::map <int, CouNumber> Qroot::Qmap;

// Create standard formulation of this expression

exprAux *exprPow::standardize (CouenneProblem *p, bool addAux) {

  expression *ret;

  if (arglist_ [0] -> Type () == CONST) { // expression is a^y, reduce
                                          // to exp (x * log a)
    exprOp::standardize (p);

    CouNumber base = arglist_ [0] -> Value ();

    if (fabs (base - M_E) < COUENNE_EPS_SIMPL) // is base e = 2.7182818...
      ret = new exprExp (new exprClone (arglist_ [1]));
    else // no? convert k^x to e^(x log (k))
      ret = new exprExp (new exprClone 
                         (p -> addAuxiliary (new exprMul (new exprClone (arglist_ [1]), 
                                                          new exprConst (log (base))))));
  } else if (arglist_ [1] -> Type () != CONST) { //  x^y, convert to exp (y*log(x));

    exprOp::standardize (p);

    ret = new exprExp (new exprClone (p -> addAuxiliary 
                                      (new exprMul 
                                       (new exprClone (arglist_ [1]), 
                                        new exprClone 
                                        (p -> addAuxiliary 
                                         (new exprLog (new exprClone (arglist_ [0]))))))));

  } else { // expression is x^k, return as it is

    // TODO: check if it's of the form ||x||_k, as this admits a
    // better (lower) convexification -- replace exprOp::standardize 
    exprOp::standardize (p);

    // if binary -- NO! Bounds not known yet
    /*if (arglist_ [0] -> isInteger () &&  // integer
        (fabs (p -> Lb (arglist_ [0] -> Index ()))      < COUENNE_EPS) && // >= 0
        (fabs (p -> Ub (arglist_ [0] -> Index ()) - 1.) < COUENNE_EPS))   // <= 1
      {

        printf ("------------------ returning binary! [%g,%g] ",
                p -> Lb (arglist_ [0] -> Index ()),
                p -> Ub (arglist_ [0] -> Index ()));
        print ();
        printf ("\n");

      return (addAux ? (p -> addAuxiliary (arglist_ [0])) :  // return same variable
              new exprAux (arglist_ [0], p -> domain ()));
      }
      else*/  // otherwise return normal power
    {

      /*printf ("------------------ returning normal [%g,%g] ",
              arglist_ [0] -> ),
              p -> Ub (arglist_ [0] -> Index ()));
      print ();
      printf ("\n");*/

      return (addAux ? (p -> addAuxiliary (this)) : new exprAux (this, p -> domain ()));
    }
  }

  return (addAux ? (p -> addAuxiliary (ret)) : new exprAux (ret, p -> domain ()));
}


// generate convexification cut for constraint w = x^k

void exprPow::generateCuts (expression *aux, //const OsiSolverInterface &si, 
                            OsiCuts &cs, const CouenneCutGenerator *cg,
                            t_chg_bounds *chg, int wind, 
                            CouNumber lbw, CouNumber ubw) {

  // after standardization, all such expressions are of the form x^k,
  // with k constant

  CouNumber k = arglist_ [1] -> Value ();

  // get bounds of base

  expression *xe = arglist_ [0];

  CouNumber l, u;
  xe -> getBounds (l, u);

  int w_ind = aux -> Index ();
  int x_ind = xe  -> Index ();

  bool cL = !chg || (chg [x_ind].lower() != t_chg_bounds::UNCHANGED) || cg -> isFirst ();
  bool cR = !chg || (chg [x_ind].upper() != t_chg_bounds::UNCHANGED) || cg -> isFirst ();

  CouNumber 
    w = (*aux) (), 
    x = (*xe)  ();

  enum auxSign aSign = cg -> Problem () -> Var (w_ind) -> sign ();

  // if xl and xu are too close, approximate it as a line: sum the
  // segment through the two extreme points (l,l^k) and (u,u^k), and
  // the tangent at the midpoint ((l+u)/2, ((l+u)/2)^k)

  if (fabs (u-l) < COUENNE_EPS) {

    CouNumber avg     = 0.5 * (l+u),
              avg_k_1 = safe_pow (avg, k-1, issignpower_),
              lk      = safe_pow (l,   k,   issignpower_),
              uk      = safe_pow (u,   k,   issignpower_);

    if (cL || cR) 
      cg -> createCut (cs, u*lk - l*uk + avg * avg_k_1 * (1-k), aSign,
                       w_ind, u - l + 1, x_ind, lk-uk - k * avg_k_1);
    return;
  }

  // classify power

  int intk = 0;

  if (k < - COUENNE_INFINITY) { // w=x^{-inf} means w=0
    if (cL || cR) cg -> createCut (cs, 0., aSign, w_ind, 1.);
    return;
  }

  if (k > COUENNE_INFINITY) // w=x^{inf} means not much...
    return;

  if (fabs (k) < COUENNE_EPS) { // w = x^0 means w=1
    if (cL || cR) cg -> createCut (cs, 1., aSign, w_ind, 1.);
    return;
  }

  bool isInt    =            fabs (k    - (double) (intk = COUENNE_round (k)))    < COUENNE_EPS,
       isInvInt = !isInt && (fabs (1./k - (double) (intk = COUENNE_round (1./k))) < COUENNE_EPS);

  // two macro-cases: 

  if (   (isInt || isInvInt)
      && (intk % 2 || issignpower_) 
      && (k >   COUENNE_EPS) 
         //      && (l < - COUENNE_EPS) 
         //      && (u >   COUENNE_EPS)
         ) {

    // 1) k (or its inverse) is positive, integer, and odd, or signed power, and 0 is
    //    an internal point of the interval [l,u].

    // this case is somewhat simpler than the second, although if the
    // bound interval includes the origin we have to resort to
    // numerical procedures to find the (unique) root of a polynomial
    // Q(x) (see Liberti and Pantelides, 2003).

    CouNumber q = 0.;

    if ((l<0.) && (u>0.)) {

      Qroot qmap;
      q = qmap (intk);
    }

    int sign;

    if (isInvInt) {
      if (cg -> isFirst ()) {
        w = (l>0.) ? 1. : (u<0.) ? -1. : 0.;
        x = 0;
      }
      q = safe_pow (q, k, issignpower_);
      sign = -1;
    }
    else {
      if (cg -> isFirst ()) {
        x = (l>0) ? l : (u<0) ? u : 0;
        w = 0;
      }
      sign = 1;
    }

    // don't want big coefficients -- check only when k>1
    CouNumber powThres = (k<=1) ? COUENNE_INFINITY : pow (COU_MAX_COEFF, 1./k);

    // lower envelope
    if ((aSign != expression::AUX_LEQ) && (l > -powThres)) {
      if (l>=0.) addPowEnvelope (cg, cs, w_ind, x_ind, x, w, k,   l, u, sign, issignpower_); // 0<l<u, tangents only
      else if (u > q * l) { // upper x is after "turning point", add lower envelope
        addPowEnvelope        (cg, cs,    w_ind, x_ind, x, w, k, q*l, u, sign, issignpower_);
        cg      -> addSegment (cs, w_ind, x_ind, l, safe_pow (l,k, issignpower_), q*l, safe_pow (q*l,k, issignpower_), sign);
      } else cg -> addSegment (cs, w_ind, x_ind, l, safe_pow (l,k, issignpower_), u,   safe_pow (u,  k, issignpower_), sign);
    }

    // upper envelope
    if ((aSign != expression::AUX_GEQ) && (u < powThres)) {
      if (u<=0.) addPowEnvelope (cg, cs, w_ind, x_ind, x, w, k, l,   u, -sign);  // l<u<0, tangents only
      else if (l < q * u) { // lower x is before "turning point", add upper envelope
        addPowEnvelope        (cg, cs, w_ind, x_ind, x, w, k, l, q*u, -sign);
        cg -> addSegment     (cs, w_ind, x_ind, q*u, safe_pow (q*u,k), u, safe_pow (u,k), -sign);
      } else {
        cg -> addSegment     (cs, w_ind, x_ind, l,   safe_pow (l,k),   u, safe_pow (u,k), -sign);
      }
    }
  }
  else {

    // 2) all other cases.

    // if k is real or inv(k) is even, then lift l to max (0,l) but if
    // u is also negative, there is no convexification -- this
    // function is only defined on non-negative numbers

    if (!isInt 
        && (!isInvInt || !(intk % 2 || issignpower_))
        && (l < - COUENNE_EPS) 
        && (u < (l=0)))        // CAUTION! l updated if negative (k real)
      return;

    // if k is negative and 0 is an internal point of [l,u], no
    // convexification is possible -- just add a segment between two
    // tails of the asymptotes.

    if ((k < 0) && 
        (l < - COUENNE_EPS) && 
        (u >   COUENNE_EPS) &&
        aSign != expression::AUX_LEQ) {

      if (!(intk % 2))
        cg -> addSegment (cs, w_ind, arglist_ [0] -> Index (), 
                          l, safe_pow (l,k, issignpower_), u, safe_pow (u,k, issignpower_), +1);

      // TODO: if a<=w<=b, c<=x<=d, there is a diamond enclosing the
      // whole convexification

      return;
    }

    // Between l and u we have a convex/concave function that needs to
    // be enveloped. Standard segment and tangent cuts can be applied.

    // create upper envelope (segment)

    int sign = 1; // sign based on k

    // invert sign if 
    if (   ((l < - COUENNE_EPS) && (intk % 2) && (k < -COUENNE_EPS)) // k<0 odd, l<0
        || ((u <= 0.)           && (intk % 2 || issignpower_) && (k >  COUENNE_EPS)) // k>0 odd or signed power, u<0
        || (fabs (k-0.5) < 0.5 - COUENNE_EPS))                       // k in [0,1]
      sign = -1;

    CouNumber powThres = CoinMin (COUENNE_INFINITY, 
                                  pow (COU_MAX_COEFF, 1./k)), // don't want big coefficients
              powStep  = 1;

    // lower envelope for k negative even
    if ((k <  COUENNE_EPS) &&
        isInt && !(intk % 2 || issignpower_) &&
        (l < -COUENNE_EPS) &&       // bounds do not contain 0
        (u >  COUENNE_EPS) &&
        (l > - powThres) &&         // and are finite
        (u <   powThres) &&
        aSign != expression::AUX_LEQ) 

      cg -> addSegment (cs, w_ind, x_ind, l, safe_pow (l, k, issignpower_), u, safe_pow (u, k, issignpower_), 1);

    // upper envelope
    if ((   (k > COUENNE_EPS)        // when k negative, add only if
         || (l > COUENNE_EPS)        // bounds do not contain 0
         || (u < - COUENNE_EPS)) &&
        (l > - powThres) &&         // and are finite
        (u <   powThres) &&
        (fabs (l+u) > COUENNE_EPS) &&
        (aSign != expression::AUX_GEQ)) // bounds are not opposite (otherwise it's a variable bound)
      
      cg -> addSegment (cs, w_ind, x_ind, l, safe_pow (l, k, issignpower_), u, safe_pow (u, k, issignpower_), -sign);

    // similarly, pay attention not to add infinite slopes

    if (cg -> isFirst()) {
      x = (k<0) ? ((u<0) ? u : (l>0) ? l : 0) : 0;
      w = 0;
    }

    if (k > COUENNE_EPS) {

      if (u >   powThres) u = CoinMax (x,l) + powStep;
      if (l < - powThres) l = CoinMin (x,u) - powStep;
    }
    else {

      if (fabs (l) < COUENNE_EPS) l =  1. / powThres; // l --> 0+
      if (fabs (u) < COUENNE_EPS) u = -1. / powThres; // u --> 0-
    }

    if ((sign ==  1 && aSign != expression::AUX_LEQ) ||
        (sign == -1 && aSign != expression::AUX_GEQ))
      addPowEnvelope (cg, cs, w_ind, x_ind, x, w, k, l, u, sign, issignpower_);
  }
}

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