def get_pricing(m, w, L):
# creating the pricing problem
pricing = Model()
# creating pricing variables
a = []
for i in range(m):
a.append(
pricing.add_var(obj=0, var_type=INTEGER, name='a_%d' % (i + 1)))
# creating pricing constraint
pricing.add_constr(xsum(w[i] * a[i] for i in range(m)) <= L, 'bar_length')
pricing.write('pricing.lp')
return a, pricing
def cg():
"""
Simple column generation implementation for a Cutting Stock Problem
"""
L = 250 # bar length
m = 4 # number of requests
w = [187, 119, 74, 90] # size of each item
b = [1, 2, 2, 1] # demand for each item
# creating models and auxiliary lists
master = Model()
lambdas = []
constraints = []
# creating an initial pattern (which cut one item per bar)
# to provide the restricted master problem with a feasible solution
for i in range(m):
lambdas.append(master.add_var(obj=1, name='lambda_%d' %
(len(lambdas) + 1)))
# creating constraints
for i in range(m):
constraints.append(master.add_constr(lambdas[i] >= b[i],
name='i_%d' % (i + 1)))
# creating the pricing problem
pricing = Model(SOLVER)
# creating pricing variables
a = []
for i in range(m):
a.append(pricing.add_var(obj=0, var_type=INTEGER, name='a_%d' % (i + 1)))
# creating pricing constraint
pricing.add_constr(xsum(w[i] * a[i] for i in range(m)) <= L, 'bar_length')
pricing.write('pricing.lp')
new_vars = True
while new_vars:
##########
# STEP 1: solving restricted master problem
##########
master.optimize()
# printing dual values
print_solution(master)
print('pi = ', end='')
print([constraints[i].pi for i in range(m)])
print('')
##########
# STEP 2: updating pricing objective with dual values from master
##########
pricing.objective = 1
for i in range(m):
a[i].obj = -constraints[i].pi
# solving pricing problem
pricing.optimize()
# printing pricing solution
z_val = pricing.objective_value
print('Pricing:')
print(' z = {z_val}'.format(**locals()))
print(' a = ', end='')
print([v.x for v in pricing.vars])
print('')
##########
# STEP 3: adding the new columns
##########
# checking if columns with negative reduced cost were produced and
# adding them into the restricted master problem
if 1 + pricing.objective_value < - EPS:
coeffs = [a[i].x for i in range(m)]
column = Column(constraints, coeffs)
lambdas.append(master.add_var(obj=1, column=column, name='lambda_%d' % (len(lambdas) + 1)))
print('new pattern = {coeffs}'.format(**locals()))
# if no column with negative reduced cost was produced, then linear
# relaxation of the restricted master problem is solved
else:
new_vars = False
pricing.write('pricing.lp')
print_solution(master)