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cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h (1)
83-84: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueDocument the new MIP cut parameters.
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CUOPT_MIP_IMPLIED_INDICATOR_CUTSandCUOPT_MIP_CAPACITY_LIFTING_CUTSto the MIP settings reference and C API parameter list. Document-1as automatic,0as disabled, and1as enabled. Add brief comments to the corresponding public fields with the same semantics. Do not describe-1as always enabled; it delegates the choice to the solver.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h`:
- Around line 83-84: Document CUOPT_MIP_IMPLIED_INDICATOR_CUTS and
CUOPT_MIP_CAPACITY_LIFTING_CUTS in the MIP settings reference and C API
parameter list, and add brief comments to their public fields explaining that -1
delegates the choice to the solver, 0 disables the cut, and 1 enables it. Update
the constants.h site at lines 83-84 and the corresponding public fields in
solver_settings.hpp at lines 138-139; do not describe -1 as always enabled.
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| if (category == problem_category_t::MIP && | ||
| (!reduction_allowlist_.has_value() || | ||
| reduction_allowlist_->count("indicatorstrengthening") > 0)) { | ||
| strengthen_indicators(papilo_problem); |
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Is this being done outside of papilo?
Can't it be done similar to GF2? and why not on the papilo reduced problem? There is bound strengthening that is part of mip heuristics, does it make sense to move it there?
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This needs to be outside Papilo as the implied indicator is not actually a reduction. It adds additional constraints to the model, which is not allowed in Papilo.
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It is done before Papilo, so it can work on the strengthened problem.
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I see. Don't you have to do any postsolve? Or are you not changing any of the variables?
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It only adds additional rows. The number of columns/variables is the same, so no post-solve is needed.
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Does it make sense to add these constraints on the optimization_problem_t structure itself? that might help early heuristic? @aliceb-nv for viz!
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I think you want to launch early heurisitics as fast as possible on the original model. I'm not sure you want to wait to detect this structure and add constraints or modify constraints. I think it is ok that these are added as part of presolve. And so don't appear until the after presolve heuristics.
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There are multiple workers running early heuristics, IIRC Alice is already doing some short presolve reductions to run those. So it is useful to have cheap reductions and run early heuristics on them.
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cpp/src/mip_heuristics/presolve/third_party_presolve.cpp (1)
1252-1252: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winApply indicator strengthening to subproblem presolve.
apply_to_subproblembuilds a MIPpapilo::Problemand applies the samereduction_allowlist_, but it does not callstrengthen_indicators. This path can miss the implied indicator rows and lifted capacity rows added by the main Papilo path. Preserve the allowlist check:Suggested fix
papilo::Problem<f_t> papilo_problem = build_papilo_problem(problem); + if (!reduction_allowlist_.has_value() || + reduction_allowlist_->count("indicatorstrengthening") > 0) { + strengthen_indicators(papilo_problem); + } + settings.log.debug("Presolve input: %d constraints, %d variables, %d nonzeros",🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 1252: Update apply_to_subproblem to call strengthen_indicators on the
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- Around line 159-176: In the row-processing loop, prevent the `v == 1.0` branch
from restoring `usable` after it becomes false: reject duplicate heads, assign
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Could we add a hyperparameter that allows us to turn this off? This is just a safety net in case we discover a model where performing this strengthening hurts performance?
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I didn't deeply review the indicator strengthening code. But this seems like a very nice minimal integration with the rest of cuOpt.
My only suggestion would be to add a hyperparameter to enable/disable before merging.
Thanks for implementing this valuable presolve strengthening @nguidotti !
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Also fine to merge as is. And add parameter in a follow up. That might be better consider all checks have passed. |
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For testing: could we add a couple of input LP files where we expect this to trigger and check the content of the presolved model?
| // Capacity row sum_{i in S} x_i - s <= K with every x_i bounded by a common indicator z. | ||
| i_t lift_capacity_rows(papilo::Vec<papilo::Triplet<f_t>>& lifted_entries) const; | ||
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| i_t num_vubs() const { return vub_indicators.size(); } |
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What is a vub? Better to avoid nonstandard abbreviations. How about indicator_ub?
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vub is standard for variable upper bound. I would prefer that to indicator_ub. But fine to right it out as variable_upper_bound, so that it clear to all readers
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variable_upper_bound reads better to me than vub
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Renamed to variable_upper_bound
| // +1 when the stored row reads a.x <= rhs, -1 when it reads a.x >= lhs, 0 for equations, ranges | ||
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| std::vector<i_t> orientation; | ||
| // The variable upper bounds x <= z over binaries, in CSR form over the members: the indicators |
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The term CSR is a bit confusing because there's no matrix with numerical values. Maybe CSR-style map? Also the indices are the columns, isn't this more like CSC?
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You index into vub_offsets with a column like CSC, but the output of vub_indicators[vub_offsets[j]...vub_offsets[j+1]] is a column like CSR. We could just call this compressed storage.
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It is like an adjacency matrix of an unweighted digraph. Each row of the matrix correspond to the variable 1. I will update the comment to be more clear
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I added a comment explain a little bit better
| for (const i_t* z = first; z != last && usable; ++z) { | ||
| if (mark[*z] == row) { continue; } | ||
| mark[*z] = row; | ||
| indicators.push_back(*z); |
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What happens if x_j is bounded by more than one z_g? Which z_g do we pick? What constraints are added?
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For a disjunction row
This is only useful if
| const i_t num_lifted = strengthening.lift_capacity_rows(lifted_entries); | ||
| if (num_implied == 0 && num_lifted == 0) { return; } | ||
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| papilo::Vec<papilo::Triplet<f_t>> entries; |
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I assume that as soon as we add more families of these strengthenings we'll need to generalize and reuse the code that adds constraints to the papilo model.
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This is kind specific for this strengthening. The lifted constraints replace the existing ones, while the implied ones are appended to the end of the list
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I think we need to implement other strengthening procedures to see how this can be generalized
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Didn't mean to override @chris-maes's approval with request changes. I do think we should add unit tests, and the hyperparameter as @chris-maes suggested. |
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This PR introduces two presolve reductions for a fixed-charged models: Implied Indicator and Capacity Lifting.
Naming
Indicator variables$z_g$ are binaries that must be paid for before anything they own may be used, while member variables $x_j$ are the variables own by a given indicator. There are linked via the following constraints
Implied Indicator
Given an implication row$y \le \sum_{j \in \mathcal{S}} x_j$ whose members each carry a upper bound $x_j \le z_{g(j)}$ , let $\mathcal{D} = {g(j) : j \in \mathcal{S}}$ be the set of distinct indicators over $\mathcal{S}$ . The implied indicator is $y \le \sum_{g \in \mathcal{D}} z_g$ . This strengthen the formulation by counting each indicator only once.
Capacity Lifting
Given a capacity row$\sum_{i \in \mathcal{S}} x_i - s \le K$ with $s \ge 0$ , $0 < K < s$ , and every member bounded by a common indicator $x_i \le z$ , the capacity lifting is $\sum_{i \in \mathcal{S}} x_i - s \le K z$ . In the literature is is known as sequential lifting of the complement indicator
Benchmark results
The presolve reduction only triggers for
ns1116954,neos-631710anddws008-01. It shows neutral to slightly positive performance gains.Checklist