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Maximize the sum of radii of N non-overlapping circles in a square


Type: NLP
Rating: 3 (intermediate)
Description: Maximize the sum of the radius of N non-overlapping circles inside the unit square.
File(s): circlepacking.mos


circlepacking.mos
(!*********************************************************************
   Mosel NL examples
   =================
   file circlepacking.mos
   ``````````````
   Place N disjoint circles in the unit square to maximize the sum of their radii.

   (c) 2025 Fair Issac Corporation
       author: I. Polik, Jun. 2025
*********************************************************************!)

model CirclePacking
  uses "mmxnlp", "mmsvg"
  parameters
    N = 6
  end-parameters

  declarations
    Circles = 1..N
    x: array(Circles) of mpvar ! x-coordinate of center points
    y: array(Circles) of mpvar ! y-coordinate of center points
    r: array(Circles) of mpvar ! radii
    SumOfRadii: linctr
  end-declarations
  
  ! Set bounds and containment constraints on variables
  forall(i in Circles) do
    x(i) >= r(i)
    x(i) <= 1 - r(i)
    y(i) >= r(i)
    y(i) <= 1 - r(i)
    r(i) <= 0.5
    r(i) >= 0
  end-do

  declarations
      Pconst: array(range,range) of nlctr
  end-declarations

  ! Non-overlap constraints
  forall(i in Circles, j in i+1..N)
    Pconst(i,j):= (x(i) - x(j))^2 + (y(i) - y(j))^2  >= (r(i) + r(j))^2

  SumOfRadii := sum(i in Circles) r(i)

  ! Exact arithmetic
  setparam("XPRS_FEASTOL", 1e-9)
  ! Set a time limit for global solver and print logs
  setparam("XPRS_TIMELIMIT",3)
  ! Alternatively, set a work limit instead of time as a deterministic stopping criterion
  !setparam("XPRS_WORKLIMIT", 0.6)
  setparam("XNLP_VERBOSE", true)
  setparam("XSLP_NLPSOLVER", 2)

  maximise(SumOfRadii)

  ! Print a solution summary
  writeln("Sum of radii for N=", N, " is ", SumOfRadii.sol)
  forall(j in Circles)
    writeln(j, ": ", x(j).sol, ", ", y(j).sol, " R=", r(j).sol)

  ! **** Display the solution as user graph ****

  offset := 0.2
  
  ! Scale the size of the displayed graph
  svgsetgraphscale(500)
  svgsetgraphpointsize(10)
  svgsetgraphstyle(SVG_STROKEWIDTH,5)

  ! Draw the unit square
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL,SVG_WHITE)
  svgaddrectangle(0 + offset, 0 + offset, 1, 1)
  l:=svggetlastobj
  svgsetstyle(l, SVG_STROKE, SVG_GRAY)
  svgsetstyle(l, SVG_STROKEDASH, "1,1")

  ! Draw the solution points
  svgaddgroup("S", "Solution", SVG_BLUE)
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL, SVG_BLUE)
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FONTSIZE, "15pt")
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FONTWEIGHT, "bold")
  forall(i in Circles) do
    svgaddcircle(x(i).sol + offset, y(i).sol + offset, 0.01) ! Solution point
    svgaddline("S", x(i).sol + offset, y(i).sol + offset, x(i).sol + r(i).sol + offset, y(i).sol + offset) ! Radius
    svgaddtext(x(i).sol + r(i).sol, y(i).sol + 1.1 * offset,"R=" + round(r(i).sol*100)/100) ! Label
  end-do

  ! Draw the circles around the solution points
  svgaddgroup("C", "Circles", SVG_RED)
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL, SVG_NONE)
  forall(i in Circles) do
    svgaddcircle(x(i).sol + offset, y(i).sol + offset, r(i).sol)
    svgsetstyle(SVG_FILL, SVG_NONE)
    svgsetstyle(SVG_OPACITY, 0.5)
    svgsetgraphstyle(SVG_STROKEWIDTH,2)
  end-do

  ! Add some information text
  svgaddgroup("gt", "Text", SVG_BLACK)    ! Group with user-defined color
  svgsetstyle(SVG_FONTSIZE, "15pt")
  svgaddtext(offset, 1.3, "N = " + N + "        Sum of radii = " + SumOfRadii.sol)

  ! Update the display
  svgrefresh

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

end-model

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