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[docs] add tutorial on multiple solutions with Gurobi #3905

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions docs/make.jl
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"tutorials/linear/lp_sensitivity.md",
"tutorials/linear/basis.md",
"tutorials/linear/mip_duality.md",
"tutorials/linear/multiple_solutions.md",
],
"Nonlinear programs" => [
"tutorials/nonlinear/introduction.md",
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# # Finding multiple feasible solutions

# _Author: James Foster (@jd-foster)_

# This tutorial demonstrates how to formulate and solve a combinatorial problem
# with multiple feasible solutions. In fact, we will see how to find _all_
# feasible solutions to our problem. We will also see how to enforce an
# "all-different" constraint on a set of integer variables.

# ## Required packages

# This tutorial uses the following packages:

using JuMP
import Gurobi
import Test

# !!! warning
# This tutorial uses [Gurobi.jl](@ref) as the solver because it supports
# returning multiple feasible solutions, something that open-source MIP
# solvers such as HiGHS do not currently support. Gurobi is a commercial
# solver and requires a paid license. However, there are free licenses
# available for academic and student users. See [Gurobi.jl](@ref) for more
# details.

# ## Symmetric number squares

# Symmetric [number squares](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/12/05/number-squares/)
# and their sums often arise in recreational mathematics. Here are a few
# examples:
# ```
# 1 5 2 9 2 3 1 8 5 2 1 9
# 5 8 3 7 3 7 9 0 2 3 8 4
# + 2 3 4 0 + 1 9 5 6 + 1 8 6 7
# = 9 7 0 6 = 8 0 6 4 = 9 4 7 0
# ```

# Notice how all the digits 0 to 9 are used at least once, the first three rows
# sum to the last row, the columns in each are the same as the corresponding
# rows (forming a symmetric matrix), and `0` does not appear in the first
# column.

# We will answer the question: how many such squares are there?

# ## JuMP model

# We now encode the symmetric number square as a JuMP model. First, we need a
# symmetric matrix of decision variables between `0` and `9` to represent each
# number:

n = 4
model = Model()
set_silent(model)
@variable(model, 0 <= x_digits[row in 1:n, col in 1:n] <= 9, Int, Symmetric)

# We modify the lower bound to ensure that the first column cannot contain `0`:

set_lower_bound.(x_digits[:, 1], 1)

# Then, we need a constraint that the sum of the first three rows equals the
# last row:

@expression(model, x_base_10, x_digits * [1_000, 100, 10, 1]);
@constraint(model, sum(x_base_10[i] for i in 1:n-1) == x_base_10[n])

# And we use [`MOI.AllDifferent`](@ref) to ensure that each digit is used
# exactly once in the upper triangle matrix of `x_digits`:

x_digits_upper = [x_digits[i, j] for j in 1:n for i in 1:j]
@constraint(model, x_digits_upper in MOI.AllDifferent(length(x_digits_upper)));

# If we optimize this model, we find that Gurobi has returned one solution:

set_optimizer(model, Gurobi.Optimizer)
optimize!(model)
Test.@test is_solved_and_feasible(model)
Test.@test result_count(model) == 1
solution_summary(model)

# To return multiple solutions, we need to set Gurobi-specific parameters to
# enable the [solution pool](https://docs.gurobi.com/projects/optimizer/en/current/features/solutionpool.html).
# Moreover, there is a bug in Gurobi that means the solution pool is not
# activated if we have already solved the model once. To work around the bug, we
# need to reset the optimizer. If you turn the solution pool options on before
# the first solve you do not need to reset the optimizer.

set_optimizer(model, Gurobi.Optimizer)
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This is needed because of a bug in Gurobi: https://support.gurobi.com/hc/en-us/requests/86054


# The first option turns on the exhaustive search mode for multiple solutions:

set_attribute(model, "PoolSearchMode", 2)

# The second option sets a limit for the number of solutions found:

set_attribute(model, "PoolSolutions", 100)

# Here the value 100 is an "arbitrary but large enough" whole number
# for our particular model (and in general will depend on the application).

# We can then call `optimize!` and view the results.

optimize!(model)
Test.@test is_solved_and_feasible(model)
solution_summary(model)

# Now Gurobi has found 20 solutions:

Test.@test result_count(model) == 20

# ## Viewing the Results

# Access the various feasible solutions by using the [`value`](@ref) function
# with the `result` keyword:

solutions =
[round.(Int, value.(x_digits; result = i)) for i in 1:result_count(model)];

# Here we have converted the solution to an integer after rounding off very
# small numerical tolerances.

# An example of one feasible solution is:

solutions[1]

# and we can nicely print out all the feasible solutions with

function solution_string(x::Matrix)
header = [" ", " ", "+", "="]
return join([join(vcat(header[i], x[i, :]), " ") for i in 1:4], "\n")
end

for i in 1:result_count(model)
println("Solution $i: \n", solution_string(solutions[i]), "\n")
end

# The result is the full list of feasible solutions. So the answer to "how many
# such squares are there?" turns out to be 20.
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