[AMPL 2611] Re: Two vars in one constraint

> MINOS does not recognize integer variables.  Also putting "Ca[f,k] = 1" in
> the "if" condition makes the constraint nonlinear, and CPLEX does not handle
> most linear constraints (the exception being certain convex quadratic ones
> mentioned in its error message).
>
> If Ca is a zero-one variable then you could try the following, though:
>
>    subject to answer_all_requests {k in K}:
>       sum {(f,k) in R diff O} (1 - Ca[f,k]) * r[f,k] =
>       sum {(f,t) in L, (t,k) in O} o[t,k] * Ho[f,t,k];
>
> In general when modeling with integer variables and solving with CPLEX you
> need to use a trick of some kind to make your constraint linear in the
> variables.
>
> Bob Fourer
> 4...@...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ampl@... [mailto:ampl@...]
> > On Behalf Of aL Jey [lukasban...@...]
> > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:20 AM
> > To: AMPL Modeling Language
> > Subject: [AMPL 2607] Two vars in one constraint
>
> > Hello everybody,
>
> > I tried to add a constraint into my model, but I get some errors from
> > cplex and  minos.
>
> > My first version of this constraint was:
>
> > sets: K, R, O, L
> > var: Ho, Ca
> > param: r, o
>
> > subject to answer_all {k in K}:
> >    sum{(f,k) in R} (if (f,k) in O then 0 else  r[f,k]) = sum{(f,t) in L,
> > (t,k) in O} o[t,k] * Ho[f,t,k];
>
> > This works well, but when I change it to:
>
> > subject to answer_all_requests {k in K}:
> >    sum{(f,k) in R} (if (f,k) in O or Ca[f,k] = 1 then 0 else r[f,k]) =
> > sum{(f,t) in L, (t,k) in O} o[t,k] * Ho[f,t,k];
>
> > I get this errors:
> > ###MINOS##
> > MINOS 5.51: ignoring integrality of 6 variables
> > MINOS 5.51: optimal solution found.
> > 1 iterations, objective 12
> > Nonlin evals: constrs = 3, Jac = 2.
>
> > ##CPLEX###
> > CPLEX 11.2.0: Constraint _scon[1] is not convex quadratic since it is
> > an equality constraint.
>
> > Thanks,
> > eL Jey
>
>