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cumulative

cumulative


Purpose
This constraint states that the tasks requiring a resource do not exceed the resource capacity. The primary use of this constraint is to express resource constraints.
Synopsis
function cumulative(starts: array(integer) of cpvar, durations:array(integer) of cpvar, ends: array(integer) of cpvar, usages: array(integer) of cpvar, sizes: array(integer) of cpvar, C: integer) : cpctr
function cumulative(starts: array(integer) of cpvar, durations:array(integer) of cpvar, ends: array(integer) of cpvar, usages: array(integer) of cpvar, sizes: array(integer) of cpvar, C: array(integer) of integer) : cpctr
Arguments
starts 
Array of variables representing the start times of the tasks
ends 
Array of variables representing the completion times of the tasks
durations 
Array of variables representing the durations of the tasks
usages 
Array of variables representing the resource consumptions of the tasks
sizes 
Array of variables representing the sizes of the tasks
integer representing the initial capacity of the resource (constant over time or capacity value for each time period)
Return value
A cumulative constraint ensuring that the maximal resource capacity is never exceded. More formally the constraint ensures that
  • startsj + durationsj = endsj for all j in Tasks
  • usagesj · durationsj = sizesj for all j in Tasks
  • j ∈ Tasks | t ∈ [UB(startj)..LB(endj)] usagesj ≤ Ct for all times t in the planning period
  • Example
    The following example shows how to use the cumulative constraint to express resource constraints for five tasks using the same resource:
    model "Cumulative scheduling"
     uses "kalis"
    
     declarations
      TASKS = 1..5
      obj : cpvar
      starts, ends, durations, usages, sizes : array(TASKS) of cpvar
     end-declarations
    
     C := 2                       ! Resource capacity
     HORIZON := 10                ! Time horizon
    
    ! Setting up the variables representing task properties
     forall (t in TASKS) do
      starts(t).name:= "T"+t+".start"
      ends(t).name:= "T"+t+".end"
      durations(t).name:= "T"+t+".duration"
      sizes(t).name:= "T"+t+".size"
      usages(t).name:= "T"+t+".use"
      0 <= starts(t); starts(t) <= HORIZON
      0 <= ends(t); ends(t) <= HORIZON
      t <= durations(t); durations(t) <= t+1
      1 <= sizes(t); sizes(t) <= 100
      1 <= usages(t); usages(t) <= 1
      obj >= ends(t)
     end-do
    
    ! Cumulative resource constraint
     cumulative(starts, durations, ends, usages, sizes, C)
    
    ! Define the branching strategy
     cp_set_branching(assign_var(KALIS_SMALLEST_MIN,KALIS_MIN_TO_MAX))
    
    ! Solve the problem
     if cp_minimize(obj) then
      cp_show_sol
      write("Resource use profile: ")
      forall(t in TASKS, time in 0..HORIZON)
       if (starts(t).sol <= time) and (ends(t).sol > time) then
        rload(time) += usages(t).sol
       end-if
      forall(time in 0..HORIZON) write(rload(time))
      writeln
     else
      writeln("No solution found")
     end-if
    
    end-model
    

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