pseudo_costs.h

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#ifndef OR_TOOLS_SAT_PSEUDO_COSTS_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_SAT_PSEUDO_COSTS_H_
 
#include <vector>
 
#include "ortools/sat/integer.h"
#include "ortools/sat/util.h"
 
namespace operations_research {
namespace sat {
 
// Pseudo cost of a variable is measured as average observed change in the
// objective bounds per unit change in the variable bounds.
class PseudoCosts {
 public:
  // Helper struct to get information relavant for pseudo costs from branching
  // decisions.
  struct VariableBoundChange {
    IntegerVariable var = kNoIntegerVariable;
    IntegerValue lower_bound_change = IntegerValue(0);
  };
  explicit PseudoCosts(Model* model);
 
  // Updates the pseudo costs for the given decision.
  void UpdateCost(const std::vector<VariableBoundChange>& bound_changes,
                  IntegerValue obj_bound_improvement);
 
  // Returns the variable with best reliable pseudo cost that is not fixed.
  IntegerVariable GetBestDecisionVar();
 
  // Returns the pseudo cost of given variable. Currently used for testing only.
  double GetCost(IntegerVariable var) const {
    CHECK_LT(var, pseudo_costs_.size());
    return pseudo_costs_[var].CurrentAverage();
  }
 
  // Returns the number of recordings of given variable. Currently used for
  // testing only.
  int GetRecordings(IntegerVariable var) const {
    CHECK_LT(var, pseudo_costs_.size());
    return pseudo_costs_[var].NumRecords();
  }
 
 private:
  // Updates the cost of a given variable.
  void UpdateCostForVar(IntegerVariable var, double new_cost);
 
  // Reference of integer trail to access the current bounds of variables.
  const IntegerTrail& integer_trail_;
 
  const SatParameters& parameters_;
 
  absl::StrongVector<IntegerVariable, IncrementalAverage> pseudo_costs_;
};
 
// Returns extracted information to update pseudo costs from the given
// branching decision.
std::vector<PseudoCosts::VariableBoundChange> GetBoundChanges(
    LiteralIndex decision, Model* model);
 
}  // namespace sat
}  // namespace operations_research
 
#endif  // OR_TOOLS_SAT_PSEUDO_COSTS_H_