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I'm trying to write this constraint in C++ and add it to my model (addLessOrEqual): $$\text{start}_{i}+\text{duration}_{i}\le\text{start}_{j}$$ for an $(i,j)$ arc of precedence.

Starts (IntVar) and durations (int) are part of an IntervalVar. The problem is that I can't operate $+$ with IntVar and Int.

I'm using C++ and i get this error:

    error: no match for ‘operator+’ (operand types are 
‘__gnu_cxx::__alloc_traits<std::allocator<operations_research::sat::IntVar> 
>::value_type {aka operations_research::sat::IntVar}’ and 
‘__gnu_cxx::__alloc_traits<std::allocator<int> >::value_type {aka int}’)
                 cp_model.AddLessOrEqual(starts[j]+durations[j],starts[succ[j][s]])

What can I do to sum and get the expression? Is there another predefined constraint that does the same? Thanks!

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  • $\begingroup$ I'm not familiar with or-tools but have you tried bringing all of your expression to the left-hand side and your value to the right-hand side and see if the error goes away? $\endgroup$
    – EhsanK ♦
    Jan 20, 2020 at 15:12
  • $\begingroup$ I did this but now the problem is with the operator. $\endgroup$
    – Diego R. Troncoso
    Jan 20, 2020 at 15:25
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    $\begingroup$ AddLessOrEqual(LinearExpr(starts[j]).AddConstant(durations[j]), starts[succ[j][s]]) $\endgroup$
    – Stradivari
    Jan 20, 2020 at 15:28
  • $\begingroup$ thanks Stradivari, apparently it works! $\endgroup$
    – Diego R. Troncoso
    Jan 20, 2020 at 15:32

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What you want is:

AddLessOrEqual(LinearExpr(starts[j]).AddConstant(durations[j]), starts[succ[j][s]])

You might also want to take a look at the examples (ending with _sat.cc) to be more familiar with the c++ methods.

https://github.com/google/or-tools/tree/master/examples/cpp

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