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Personnel planning problem


Type: Planning
Rating: 2 (easy-medium)
Description: Personnel planning problem: 'all_different', 'implies', 'occurrence', and 'distribute' constraints; branching strategy for variables.
File(s): persplan.mos, persplan_graph.mos


persplan.mos
(!****************************************************************
   CP example problems
   ===================
   
   file persplan.mos
   `````````````````
   Personnel planning problem.
   A movie theatre director has to decide in which location each
   of his 8 employees should be posted. Each of the four locations
   has a given personnel requirement.

   (c) 2008 Artelys S.A. and Fair Isaac Corporation
       
*****************************************************************!)
  
model "Personnel Planning (CP)"
 uses "kalis"
 
 forward procedure print_solution 

 declarations
  PERS = {"David","Andrew","Leslie","Jason","Oliver","Michael",
          "Jane","Marilyn"}                ! Set of personnel
  LOC = 1..4                               ! Set of locations
  LOCNAMES = {"Ticketoffice", "Theater1", "Theater2", 
              "Cloakroom"}                 ! Names of locations
  LOCNUM: array(LOCNAMES) of integer       ! Numbers assoc. with loc.s
  REQ: array(LOC) of integer               ! No. of pers. req. per loc.

  place: array(PERS) of cpvar              ! Workplace assigned to each peson
 end-declarations

! Initialize data
 LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"):= 1; LOCNUM("Theater1"):= 2
 LOCNUM("Theater2"):= 3; LOCNUM("Cloakroom"):= 4
 REQ:: (1..4)[3, 2, 2, 1]

! Each variable has a lower bound of 1 (Ticketoffice) and an upper bound 
! of 4 (Cloakroom)
 forall(p in PERS) do
  setname(place(p),"workplace["+p+"]")
  setdomain(place(p), LOC)
 end-do

! "Leslie must be at the second entrance of the theater"
 place("Leslie") = LOCNUM("Theater2")

! "Michael must be at the first entrance of the theater"
 place("Michael") = LOCNUM("Theater1")

! "David, Michael and Jason cannot work with each other"
 all_different({place("David"), place("Michael"), place("Jason")})

! "If Oliver is selling tickets, Marylin must be with him"
 implies(place("Oliver")=LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"),
         place("Marilyn")=LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"))
	 
! Creation of a resource constraint of for every location
! forall(d in LOC) occurrence(LOCNUM(d), place) = REQ(d)

! Formulation of resource constraints using global cardinality constraint
 distribute(place, LOC, REQ)

! Setting parameters of the enumeration
 cp_set_branching(assign_var(KALIS_SMALLEST_MIN, KALIS_MAX_TO_MIN, place))

! Solve the problem
 if not(cp_find_next_sol) then
  writeln("Problem is infeasible")
  exit(1)
 end-if
 
! Solution output
 nbSolutions:= 1 
 print_solution

! Search for other solutions
 while (cp_find_next_sol) do
  nbSolutions += 1
  print_solution
 end-do
 
! **** Solution printout **** 
 procedure print_solution 
  declarations
   LOCIDX: array(LOC) of string
  end-declarations
  forall(l in LOCNAMES) LOCIDX(LOCNUM(l)):=l
  
  writeln("\nSolution number ", nbSolutions)
  forall(p in PERS)
   writeln(" Working place of ", p, ": ", LOCIDX(getsol(place(p))))
 end-procedure

end-model


persplan_graph.mos
(!****************************************************************
   CP example problems
   ===================
   
   file persplan_graph.mos
   ```````````````````````
   Personnel planning problem.
   A movie theatre director has to decide in which location each
   of his 8 employees should be posted. Each of the four locations
   has a given personnel requirement.
   - Solution drawing -

   (c) 2008 Artelys S.A. and Fair Isaac Corporation
       rev. Sep. 2017
*****************************************************************!)
  
model "Personnel Planning (CP)"
 uses "kalis","mmsvg"
 
 parameters
   MAXSOL=10
 end-parameters  

 forward procedure draw_solution 
 forward procedure print_solution 

 declarations
  PERS = {"David","Andrew","Leslie","Jason","Oliver","Michael",
          "Jane","Marilyn"}                ! Set of personnel
  LOC = 1..4                               ! Set of locations
  LOCNAMES = {"Ticketoffice", "Theater1", "Theater2", 
              "Cloakroom"}                 ! Names of locations
  LOCNUM: array(LOCNAMES) of integer       ! Numbers assoc. with loc.s
  REQ: array(LOC) of integer               ! No. of pers. req. per loc.

  place: array(PERS) of cpvar              ! Workplace assigned to each peson
 end-declarations

! Initialize data
 LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"):= 1; LOCNUM("Theater1"):= 2
 LOCNUM("Theater2"):= 3; LOCNUM("Cloakroom"):= 4
 REQ:: (1..4)[3, 2, 2, 1]

! Each variable has a lower bound of 1 (Ticketoffice) and an upper bound 
! of 4 (Cloakroom)
 forall(p in PERS) do
  setname(place(p),"workplace["+p+"]")
  setdomain(place(p), LOC)
 end-do

! "Leslie must be at the second entrance of the theater"
 place("Leslie") = LOCNUM("Theater2")

! "Michael must be at the first entrance of the theater"
 place("Michael") = LOCNUM("Theater1")

! "David, Michael and Jason cannot work with each other"
 all_different({place("David"), place("Michael"), place("Jason")})

! "If Oliver is selling tickets, Marylin must be with him"
 implies(place("Oliver")=LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"),
         place("Marilyn")=LOCNUM("Ticketoffice"))
	 
! Creation of a resource constraint of for every location
! forall(d in LOC) occurrence(LOCNUM(d), place) = REQ(d)

! Formulation of resource constraints using global cardinality constraint
 distribute(place,LOC,REQ)

! Setting parameters of the enumeration
 cp_set_branching(assign_var(KALIS_SMALLEST_MIN, KALIS_MAX_TO_MIN, place))

! Solve the problem
 if not(cp_find_next_sol) then
  writeln("Problem is infeasible")
  exit(1)
 end-if

! Solution output
 nbSolutions:= 1 
 print_solution
 draw_solution

! Search for other solutions
 while (cp_find_next_sol and nbSolutions<MAXSOL and not svgclosing) do
  nbSolutions += 1
  print_solution
  draw_solution
 end-do
 
 cp_show_stats

 svgsave("persplan.svg")
 svgwaitclose("Close browser window to terminate model execution.", 1)

! **** Solution printout and graphical display ****
 procedure draw_solution 
  svgerase
  svgaddgroup("PersGraph", "Personnel")
  svgsetstyle(SVG_TEXTANCHOR, "end")
  svgaddgroup("LocGraph", "Locations")
  svgaddgroup("AsgnGraph", "Assignments", SVG_BLACK)
 
  forall(d in LOCNAMES)
   svgaddtext("LocGraph", 4, LOCNUM(d), d)

  FACT:=LOCNAMES.size/PERS.size
  idx:= 1
  forall(p in PERS, idx as counter) do
   svgaddline("AsgnGraph", 2, idx*FACT, 4, getsol(place(p)))
   svgaddtext("PersGraph", 2, idx*FACT, p)
  end-do

  svgsetgraphscale(75)
  svgsetgraphviewbox(0,0,5,LOCNAMES.size+1)
  svgrefresh

  ! Uncomment to pause at every iteration:          
  if nbSolutions<MAXSOL then svgpause; end-if
 end-procedure

! **** Solution printout **** 
 procedure print_solution 
  declarations
   LOCIDX: array(LOC) of string
  end-declarations
  forall(l in LOCNAMES) LOCIDX(LOCNUM(l)):=l
  
  writeln("\nSolution number ", nbSolutions)
  forall(p in PERS)
   writeln(" Working place of ", p, ": ", LOCIDX(getsol(place(p))))
 end-procedure

end-model


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