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Here is the advice in the IBM CPLEX documentation. So this pertains to CPLEX. I don't know to what extent it applies to other solvers. First of all, indicator constraints may not be available in all situations: Indicator Constraints in Optimization The constraint must be linear; a quadratic constraint is not allowed to have an indicator constraint. ...

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For Gurobi there seems to be a dual advantage of using general constraints (http://www.gurobi.com/documentation/8.1/refman/constraints.html#subsubsection:GeneralConstraints): Benefit number one - models are easier to create and can be interpreted easily: If a model contains general constraints, then Gurobi adds the respective MIP formulations for those ...

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To the best of my knowledge the indicator constraints are just syntactic sugar for the user. Internally these indicator constraints are reformulated using computed big-M formulations or SOS constraints (special ordered set constraints). It might be that you are better at computing the value of the big-M using additional knowledge that the solver does not ...

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Question by me at the IBM CPLEX Forum: Are indicator constraints immune to trickle flow or other numerics-induced logic "errors"? Are indicator constraints immune to trickle flow or other numerics-induced logic "errors"? As discussed at IBM Technote: Why does a binary or integer variable take on a noninteger value in the solution?, depending on ...

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First question: Yes, your algebraic formulation is correct. Second question: I would lean toward using the algebraic formulation, for two reasons. First, it is not solver-specific. Second, a reader not familiar with indicator constraints will find interpreting the algebraic formulation a bit easier, while a reader familiar with indicators is not likely to ...

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Introduce binary variable $y_0$ and linear constraints: \begin{align} y_0 + y_1 + y_2 &= 1\\ 1y_0 + 2y_1 + 3y_2 &= x \end{align} Equivalently, eliminating $y_0$: \begin{align} y_1 + y_2 &\le 1\\ 1 + y_1 + 2y_2 &= x \end{align}

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You want to enforce $$\left(\bigwedge_{i \in I} \lnot x_i\right) \implies \sum_{j \in J} x_j = n.$$ Introduce a new binary variable $y$ and enforce $$\left(\bigwedge_{i \in I} \lnot x_i\right) \implies y$$ and $$y \implies \sum_{j \in J} x_j = n.$$ For the first implication, conjunctive normal form yields \begin{align} \left(\bigwedge_{i \in I} \lnot x_i\...

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Answers to the linked question mention both big-M constraints and semicontinuous variables. To speed up the big-M approach, you might consider introducing the constraints dynamically only as they are violated ("row generation" or "cut generation"). Explicitly: Omit all big-M constraints and the associated binary variables. Solve the ...

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$a \geq M_1x$ $a \leq M_2 - (M_2+eps)x$ $b = K_1 + (K_2-K_1)x$ $M_1 < 0$ bigM for the lower bound on $a$ $M_2 > 0$ bigM for the upper bound on $a$ $x$ binary variable equal to $1$ if $a < 0$, $0$ otherwise (i.e. $a \geq 0$) $eps$ tolerance

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You can have a look at SCIP's implementation in cons_indicator. They say that: An indicator constraint is given by a binary variable $z$ and an inequality $ax \le b$. It states that if $z=1$ then $ax \le b$ holds. This constraint is handled by adding a slack variable $s: ax−s \le b$ with $s \le 0$. The constraint is enforced by fixing $s$ to $0$ if $z=1$. ...

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Introduce a binary variable $y_{i,j}$ and linear constraints \begin{align} x_{i,j} &\le M y_{i,j} \tag1 \\ y_{i,j} + y_{j,i} &\le 1 \tag2 \end{align} Constraint $(1)$ enforces $x_{i,j} > 0 \implies y_{i,j} = 1$. Constraint $(2)$ enforces $y_{i,j} = 1 \implies y_{j,i} = 0$. Constraint $(1)$ (with the roles of $i$ and $j$ interchanged) enforces $y_{... 5 Here's a big-M formulation that does not depend on the objective. (Minimization with positive objective coefficients for$u$and$d$could be exploited, but you don't have that here.) Let$\epsilon > 0$be a small tolerance for positivity of$c$. Let$\underline{c}$and$\overline{c}$be bounds for$c$, with similar notation for$w$,$u$, and$d$. Let ... 5 If$M$is a (small) upper bound on$x$, introduce a binary variable$z$and big-M constraint$x \le M z$. The idea is that$x>0$implies$z=1$. Now use$B z$in the objective. 5 Let$M_i$be an upper bound on$Q_i$, and impose linear big-M constraints$0 \le Q_i \le M_i x_i$. 4 in OPL CPLEX you could directly use logical constraints and write int m=7; range r=1..m; int n=2; {int} I={i | i in r : i mod 2==1}; {int} J={i | i in r : i mod 2==0}; assert card(I inter J)==0; dvar boolean x[r]; subject to { (sum(i in I) x[i]==0) => (sum(j in J) x[j]==n); } 4 To get the second largest variable when all are nonnegative and at most two can be nonzero, just take the sum of all of them and subtract the largest. 4 $$x \le z + M(1-\beta) \\ x \ge z - M(1-\beta) \\ x' \le z + M\beta \\ x' \ge z - M\beta \\$$ If$\beta=1$, we have $$x \le z \\ x \ge z \\ x' \le z + M \\ x' \ge z - M \\$$ which leads to$x=z$and$x'$unconstrained. And likewise if$\beta=0$. 4 I would like to remind that CPLEX can handle "if then" directly through logical constraints. In OPL for example: int nbKids=300; float costBus40=500; float costBus30=400; dvar int+ nbBus40; dvar int+ nbBus30; minimize costBus40*nbBus40 +nbBus30*costBus30; subject to { 40*nbBus40+nbBus30*30>=nbKids; // with if nb buses 40 more than 3 then nb ... 4 Consider the following tiny example. You have two factories, one warehouse and two product. Factory 1 can produce both goods in sufficient quantity to meet demand but has a very large cost coefficient. Factory 2 only produces the second product, with adequate capacity and a small cost coefficient. The optimal solution to the original problem is to ship ... 3 The answer to the first part is yes, provided that you are using a solver that supports indicator constraints. As far as I know, there is no "standard" notation for it. Something like $$a_1 x_1 \le b \implies x_2 = 0$$would seem reasonable to me. The "else" part is tricky, since it deals with the case$a_1 x_1 > b$and strict inequalities are a no-no. You ... 3 It sounds like you want to enforce the following logical proposition: $$\bigvee_{i=6}^{10} (x_i>0) \implies \bigwedge_{j=1}^{5} (x_j=1)$$ You can model this by introducing a binary variable$yand linear constraints: \begin{align} x_i &\le y&&\text{fori\in\{6,\dots,10\}$}\\ y&\le x_j &&\text{for$j\in\{1,\dots,5\}}\\ \end{... 3 This type of constraint is called a complementarity constraint, and there are several ways of modeling it, two of them you already mentioned. There is no silver-bullet formulation: some will work better than others depending on your instance, your solver, etc. Some solvers support complementarity constraints directly, for instance Knitro or PATH. If you ... 3 You can use conjunctive normal form to derive the desired constraints. The first one is: $$a \ge b \implies a\ge c\\ (b \implies a) \implies (c \implies a)\\ \lnot(\lnot b \lor a) \lor (\lnot c \lor a)\\ (b \land \lnot a) \lor (\lnot c \lor a)\\ (b \lor \lnot c \lor a) \land (\lnot a \lor \lnot c \lor a)\\ (b \lor \lnot c \lor a)\\ b+ 1- c +a \ge 1\\ a+b \... 3 To enforce x = 1 \implies y = 1 for binary variables x and y, impose linear constraint x \le y. You can derive this constraint via conjunctive normal form:$$ x \implies y \\ \lnot x \lor y \\ (1 - x) + y \ge 1 \\ x \le y $$3 I assume that w_i is a continuous variable with 0 \le w_i \le 1 and w_i^\text{start} is a constant with 0 \le w_i^\text{start} \le 1. You want to enforce$$|w_i-w_i^\text{start}| > 0 \implies |w_i-w_i^\text{start}| \ge 0.02.You can introduce binary variables y_i^+ and y_i^- and linear big-M constraints: \begin{align} 0.02 y_i^+ \le w_i - ... 3 Let y be a binary variable and let f be a linear function bounded above by some constant M. The standard approach to enforce y=1 \implies f\le 0 is to impose linear big-M constraintf\le M(1-y)\tag1.$All four of your implications are of this form. For the first one, take$y=\beta$and$f=z-x$in$(1)$, yielding$z-x\le M(1-\beta)$. For the ... 3 For sake of completeness: An alternative to using an additional binary variable and a big M would be to use an SOS constraint. An SOS constraint specifies a set of variables, at most one of which may be non-zero. 3 You can introduce a binary variable$x_kand linear constraints \begin{align} \sum_k x_k &\ge N\tag1\\ -t_k+T_k&\le M_k(1-x_k) &&\text{fork\in K}\tag2 \end{align} Here, the “big-M” constantM_k$is a small upper bound on$-t_k+T_k$. Because$t_k\ge 0$, you can take$M_k=T_k$, and the constraint simplifies to$t_k\ge T_k x_k$. Constraint$...

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A non-linear formulation is given for $x \geq 0$, $x’ \geq 0$, $z \geq 0$ and $\beta$ binary. $\left\{ \begin{array}{l} x \geq \beta \cdot z \\ x’ \geq (1- \beta) \cdot z \\ \end{array} \right.$ If $\beta = 1$ we get $\left\{ \begin{array}{l} x \geq z \\ x’ \geq 0 \\ \end{array} \right.$ If $\beta = 0$ we get $\left\{ \begin{array}{l} x \geq 0 \\... 2 Do you mean$i$and$j$instead of$v$and$v’$? If so, the constraints you want are$\alpha_{i,j}\le A_i$and$\alpha_{i,j}\le A_j\$.

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