nodesel_estimate.c

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/**@file   nodesel_estimate.c
 * @ingroup DEFPLUGINS_NODESEL
 * @brief  node selector for best estimate search
 * @author Tobias Achterberg
 */
 
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#include "scip/nodesel_estimate.h"
#include "scip/pub_message.h"
#include "scip/pub_nodesel.h"
#include "scip/pub_tree.h"
#include "scip/scip_mem.h"
#include "scip/scip_message.h"
#include "scip/scip_nodesel.h"
#include "scip/scip_numerics.h"
#include "scip/scip_param.h"
#include "scip/scip_solvingstats.h"
#include "scip/scip_tree.h"
 
 
#define NODESEL_NAME             "estimate"
#define NODESEL_DESC             "best estimate search"
#define NODESEL_STDPRIORITY      200000
#define NODESEL_MEMSAVEPRIORITY     100
 
 
/*
 * Default parameter settings
 */
 
#define DEFAULT_MINPLUNGEDEPTH       -1 /**< minimal plunging depth, before new best node may be selected (-1 for dynamic setting) */
#define DEFAULT_MAXPLUNGEDEPTH       -1 /**< maximal plunging depth, before new best node is forced to be selected (-1 for dynamic setting) */
#define DEFAULT_MAXPLUNGEQUOT      0.25 /**< maximal quotient (curlowerbound - lowerbound)/(cutoffbound - lowerbound)
                                         *   where plunging is performed */
#define DEFAULT_BESTNODEFREQ         10 /**< frequency at which the best node instead of the best estimate is selected (0: never) */
#define DEFAULT_BREADTHFIRSTDEPTH    -1 /**< depth until breadth-first search is applied (-1: never) */
#define DEFAULT_PLUNGEOFFSET          0 /**< number of nodes before doing plunging the first time */
 
 
/** node selector data for best estimate search node selection */
struct SCIP_NodeselData
{
   SCIP_Real             maxplungequot;      /**< maximal quotient (curlowerbound - lowerbound)/(cutoffbound - lowerbound)
                                              *   where plunging is performed */
   int                   minplungedepth;     /**< minimal plunging depth, before new best node may be selected
                                              *   (-1 for dynamic setting) */
   int                   maxplungedepth;     /**< maximal plunging depth, before new best node is forced to be selected
                                              *   (-1 for dynamic setting) */
   int                   bestnodefreq;       /**< frequency at which the best node instead of the best estimate is selected
                                              *   (0: never) */
   int                   breadthfirstdepth;  /**< depth until breadth-fisrt search is applied */
   int                   plungeoffset;       /**< number of nodes before doing plunging the first time */
};
 
 
/*
 * Callback methods
 */
 
/** copy method for node selector plugins (called when SCIP copies plugins) */
static
SCIP_DECL_NODESELCOPY(nodeselCopyEstimate)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(nodesel != NULL);
 
   SCIP_STRINGEQ( SCIPnodeselGetName(nodesel), NODESEL_NAME, SCIP_INVALIDCALL );
 
   /* call inclusion method of node selector */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeNodeselEstimate(scip) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** destructor of node selector to free user data (called when SCIP is exiting) */
static
SCIP_DECL_NODESELFREE(nodeselFreeEstimate)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_NODESELDATA* nodeseldata;
 
   assert(nodesel != NULL);
   assert(scip != NULL);
 
   SCIP_STRINGEQ( SCIPnodeselGetName(nodesel), NODESEL_NAME, SCIP_INVALIDCALL );
 
   /* free user data of node selector */
   nodeseldata = SCIPnodeselGetData(nodesel);
   assert(nodeseldata != NULL);
   SCIPfreeBlockMemory(scip, &nodeseldata);
   SCIPnodeselSetData(nodesel, nodeseldata);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
 
/** node selection method of node selector */
static
SCIP_DECL_NODESELSELECT(nodeselSelectEstimate)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_NODESELDATA* nodeseldata;
   int minplungedepth;
   int maxplungedepth;
   int plungedepth;
   int bestnodefreq;
   SCIP_Real maxplungequot;
 
   assert(nodesel != NULL);
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(selnode != NULL);
 
   SCIP_STRINGEQ( SCIPnodeselGetName(nodesel), NODESEL_NAME, SCIP_INVALIDCALL );
 
   *selnode = NULL;
 
   /* get node selector user data */
   nodeseldata = SCIPnodeselGetData(nodesel);
   assert(nodeseldata != NULL);
 
   /* check if the breadth-first search should be applied */
   if( SCIPgetDepth(scip) <= nodeseldata->breadthfirstdepth )
   {
      SCIP_NODE* node;
 
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "perform breadth-first search at depth <%d>\n", SCIPgetDepth(scip));
 
      node = SCIPgetPrioSibling(scip);
      if( node != NULL )
      {
         *selnode = node;
         SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected prio sibling: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
         return SCIP_OKAY;
      }
 
      node = SCIPgetPrioChild(scip);
      if( node != NULL )
      {
         *selnode = node;
         SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected prio child: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
         return SCIP_OKAY;
      }
   }
 
   bestnodefreq = (nodeseldata->bestnodefreq == 0 ? INT_MAX : nodeseldata->bestnodefreq);
 
   /* check if we don't want to do plunging yet */
   if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) < nodeseldata->plungeoffset )
   {
      /* we don't want to plunge yet: select best node from the tree */
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "nnodes=%" SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT " < %d=plungeoffset -> don't start plunging\n", SCIPgetNNodes(scip),
         nodeseldata->plungeoffset);
 
      if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) % bestnodefreq == 0 )
         *selnode = SCIPgetBestboundNode(scip);
      else
         *selnode = SCIPgetBestNode(scip);
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> best node   : lower=%g\n",
         *selnode != NULL ? SCIPnodeGetLowerbound(*selnode) : SCIPinfinity(scip));
      return SCIP_OKAY;
   }
 
   /* calculate minimal and maximal plunging depth */
   minplungedepth = nodeseldata->minplungedepth;
   maxplungedepth = nodeseldata->maxplungedepth;
   maxplungequot = nodeseldata->maxplungequot;
   if( minplungedepth == -1 )
   {
      minplungedepth = SCIPgetMaxDepth(scip)/10;
      if( SCIPgetNStrongbranchLPIterations(scip) > 2*SCIPgetNNodeLPIterations(scip) )
        minplungedepth += 10;
      if( maxplungedepth >= 0 )
         minplungedepth = MIN(minplungedepth, maxplungedepth);
   }
   if( maxplungedepth == -1 )
      maxplungedepth = SCIPgetMaxDepth(scip)/2;
   maxplungedepth = MAX(maxplungedepth, minplungedepth);
 
   /* check, if we exceeded the maximal plunging depth */
   plungedepth = SCIPgetPlungeDepth(scip);
   if( plungedepth > maxplungedepth )
   {
      /* we don't want to plunge again: select best node from the tree */
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "plungedepth: [%d,%d], cur: %d -> abort plunging\n", minplungedepth, maxplungedepth, plungedepth);
      if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) % bestnodefreq == 0 )
         *selnode = SCIPgetBestboundNode(scip);
      else
         *selnode = SCIPgetBestNode(scip);
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> best node   : lower=%g\n",
         *selnode != NULL ? SCIPnodeGetLowerbound(*selnode) : SCIPinfinity(scip));
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_NODE* node;
      SCIP_Real lowerbound;
      SCIP_Real cutoffbound;
      SCIP_Real maxbound;
 
      /* get global lower and cutoff bound */
      lowerbound = SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
      cutoffbound = SCIPgetCutoffbound(scip);
 
      /* if we didn't find a solution yet, the cutoff bound is usually very bad:
       * use only 20% of the gap as cutoff bound
       */
      if( SCIPgetNSolsFound(scip) == 0 )
         cutoffbound = lowerbound + 0.2 * (cutoffbound - lowerbound);
 
      /* check, if plunging is forced at the current depth */
      if( plungedepth < minplungedepth )
         maxbound = SCIPinfinity(scip);
      else
      {
         /* calculate maximal plunging bound */
         maxbound = lowerbound + maxplungequot * (cutoffbound - lowerbound);
      }
 
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "plungedepth: [%d,%d], cur: %d, bounds: [%g,%g], maxbound: %g\n",
         minplungedepth, maxplungedepth, plungedepth, lowerbound, cutoffbound, maxbound);
 
      /* we want to plunge again: prefer children over siblings, and siblings over leaves,
       * but only select a child or sibling, if its estimate is small enough;
       * prefer using nodes with higher node selection priority assigned by the branching rule
       */
      node = SCIPgetPrioChild(scip);
      if( node != NULL && SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node) < maxbound )
      {
         *selnode = node;
         SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected prio child: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
      }
      else
      {
         node = SCIPgetBestChild(scip);
         if( node != NULL && SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node) < maxbound )
         {
            *selnode = node;
            SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected best child: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
         }
         else
         {
            node = SCIPgetPrioSibling(scip);
            if( node != NULL && SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node) < maxbound )
            {
               *selnode = node;
               SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected prio sibling: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
            }
            else
            {
               node = SCIPgetBestSibling(scip);
               if( node != NULL && SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node) < maxbound )
               {
                  *selnode = node;
                  SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected best sibling: estimate=%g\n", SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode));
               }
               else
               {
                  if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) % bestnodefreq == 0 )
                     *selnode = SCIPgetBestboundNode(scip);
                  else
                     *selnode = SCIPgetBestNode(scip);
                  SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -> selected best leaf: estimate=%g\n",
                     *selnode != NULL ? SCIPnodeGetEstimate(*selnode) : SCIPinfinity(scip));
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
 
/** node comparison method of node selector */
static
SCIP_DECL_NODESELCOMP(nodeselCompEstimate)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_Real estimate1;
   SCIP_Real estimate2;
 
   assert(nodesel != NULL);
   assert(scip != NULL);
 
   estimate1 = SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node1);
   estimate2 = SCIPnodeGetEstimate(node2);
   if( (SCIPisInfinity(scip,  estimate1) && SCIPisInfinity(scip,  estimate2)) ||
       (SCIPisInfinity(scip, -estimate1) && SCIPisInfinity(scip, -estimate2)) ||
       SCIPisEQ(scip, estimate1, estimate2) )
   {
      SCIP_Real lowerbound1;
      SCIP_Real lowerbound2;
 
      lowerbound1 = SCIPnodeGetLowerbound(node1);
      lowerbound2 = SCIPnodeGetLowerbound(node2);
      if( SCIPisLT(scip, lowerbound1, lowerbound2) )
         return -1;
      else if( SCIPisGT(scip, lowerbound1, lowerbound2) )
         return +1;
      else
      {
         SCIP_NODETYPE nodetype1;
         SCIP_NODETYPE nodetype2;
 
         nodetype1 = SCIPnodeGetType(node1);
         nodetype2 = SCIPnodeGetType(node2);
         if( nodetype1 == SCIP_NODETYPE_CHILD && nodetype2 != SCIP_NODETYPE_CHILD )
            return -1;
         else if( nodetype1 != SCIP_NODETYPE_CHILD && nodetype2 == SCIP_NODETYPE_CHILD )
            return +1;
         else if( nodetype1 == SCIP_NODETYPE_SIBLING && nodetype2 != SCIP_NODETYPE_SIBLING )
            return -1;
         else if( nodetype1 != SCIP_NODETYPE_SIBLING && nodetype2 == SCIP_NODETYPE_SIBLING )
            return +1;
         else
         {
            int depth1;
            int depth2;
 
            depth1 = SCIPnodeGetDepth(node1);
            depth2 = SCIPnodeGetDepth(node2);
            if( depth1 < depth2 )
               return -1;
            else if( depth1 > depth2 )
               return +1;
            else
               return 0;
         }
      }
   }
 
   if( SCIPisLT(scip, estimate1, estimate2) )
      return -1;
 
   assert(SCIPisGT(scip, estimate1, estimate2));
   return +1;
}
 
 
/*
 * estimate specific interface methods
 */
 
/** creates the node selector for best estimate search and includes it in SCIP */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPincludeNodeselEstimate(
   SCIP*                 scip                /**< SCIP data structure */
   )
{
   SCIP_NODESELDATA* nodeseldata;
   SCIP_NODESEL* nodesel;
 
   /* allocate and initialize node selector data; this has to be freed in the destructor */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemory(scip, &nodeseldata) );
 
   /* include node selector */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeNodeselBasic(scip, &nodesel, NODESEL_NAME, NODESEL_DESC, NODESEL_STDPRIORITY, NODESEL_MEMSAVEPRIORITY,
          nodeselSelectEstimate, nodeselCompEstimate, nodeseldata) );
 
   assert(nodesel != NULL);
 
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetNodeselCopy(scip, nodesel, nodeselCopyEstimate) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetNodeselFree(scip, nodesel, nodeselFreeEstimate) );
 
   /* add node selector parameters */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/minplungedepth",
         "minimal plunging depth, before new best node may be selected (-1 for dynamic setting)",
         &nodeseldata->minplungedepth, TRUE, DEFAULT_MINPLUNGEDEPTH, -1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/maxplungedepth",
         "maximal plunging depth, before new best node is forced to be selected (-1 for dynamic setting)",
         &nodeseldata->maxplungedepth, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXPLUNGEDEPTH, -1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddRealParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/maxplungequot",
         "maximal quotient (estimate - lowerbound)/(cutoffbound - lowerbound) where plunging is performed",
         &nodeseldata->maxplungequot, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXPLUNGEQUOT, 0.0, SCIP_REAL_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/bestnodefreq",
         "frequency at which the best node instead of the best estimate is selected (0: never)",
         &nodeseldata->bestnodefreq, FALSE, DEFAULT_BESTNODEFREQ, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/breadthfirstdepth",
         "depth until breadth-first search is applied",
         &nodeseldata->breadthfirstdepth, FALSE, DEFAULT_BREADTHFIRSTDEPTH, -1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "nodeselection/estimate/plungeoffset",
         "number of nodes before doing plunging the first time",
         &nodeseldata->plungeoffset, FALSE, DEFAULT_PLUNGEOFFSET, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}