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I want to use conditions to my variable.

dvar boolean x[I][J][K][L]
dvar in h[i]

my code is

forall(i in IP, j in J)
  sum(k in K, l in L)
   x[i][j][k][l] - 7 == h[i];

The following condition must be satisfied:

if x[i][j][k][l] - 7 <=0, h[i] must be zero.
if x[i][j][k][l] - 7 >=0, h[i] must be calculated

How do we formulate it in the integer programming formulation on CPLEX?

Thank you for your answer.

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    $\begingroup$ Are you missing a sum in each of your two “if” conditions? $\endgroup$
    – RobPratt
    Commented Apr 29, 2022 at 12:51

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In OPL CPLEX you can use if then logical constraints.

For instance

range I=1..2;
range J=1..3;
range K=1..4;
range L=1..5;

dvar boolean x[I][J][K][L];
dvar int h[I];

subject to
{

forall(i in I, j in J,k in K,l in L)
 {
  (x[i][j][k][l] - 7 >=0)
  => (sum(k2 in K, l2 in L) (x[i][j][k2][l2] - 7) == h[i]);
  
  (x[i][j][k][l] - 7 <=0)
  => (0 == h[i]);
}
}

works

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  • $\begingroup$ thank u so much! $\endgroup$
    – MIN
    Commented May 27, 2022 at 6:57
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It looks like you want to enforce $h_i = \max(\sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7, 0)$. Some solvers will automatically linearize this. Depending on where $h_i$ appears elsewhere in the problem, you might be able to get by with enforcing instead $h_i \ge \max(\sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7, 0),$ which you can do without introducing new variables, by imposing \begin{align} h_i &\ge \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7 \tag1\\ h_i &\ge 0 \tag2 \end{align} If necessary, you can also enforce $h_i \le \max(\sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7, 0)$ by introducing binary variable $\delta_{i,j}$ (as in the proposed formulation by @anjikum) and imposing \begin{align} h_i &\le \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l} - 7\delta_{i,j} \tag3\\ h_i &\le (M_{i,j}-7)\delta_{i,j} \tag4 \end{align} Here, $M_{i,j}$ is a small constant upper bound on $\sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}$.

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  • $\begingroup$ thank u so much! $\endgroup$
    – MIN
    Commented May 27, 2022 at 6:57
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Below is one way to formulate it. Need to introduce another binary variable ($\delta_{i,j}$). $M$ depends on bounds of $h_{i}$ and $x_{i,j,k,l}$ : $$ \begin{align} \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7 &\le h_{i} + M \cdot (1-\delta_{i,j})\\ \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7 &\ge h_{i} - M \cdot (1-\delta_{i,j}) \\ \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7 &\le M \cdot \delta_{i,j}\\ \sum_{k,l} x_{i,j,k,l}-7 &\ge -M \cdot (1-\delta_{i,j}) \end{align} $$ Regarding CPLEX code, you need to add these constraints similar to declaration in your code (provided in question).

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  • $\begingroup$ This formulation doesn’t enforce the desired behavior when the sum is $7$. In that case, $\delta_{i,j}$ can take either value, and $\delta_{i,j}=0$ allows $h_i$ to be free. $\endgroup$
    – RobPratt
    Commented Apr 29, 2022 at 13:07
  • $\begingroup$ thank u so much! $\endgroup$
    – MIN
    Commented May 27, 2022 at 6:57

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