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README.draft.md
# Constraint Programming Solver
### The approach
The implementation follows the ideas described in Chapter 12, "Concepts, Techniques, and Models
of Computer Programming" by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi.
[An overview of CP implementation in Mozart/Oz.](http://mozart2.org/mozart-v1/doc-1.4.0/fdt/index.html)
### Status
Proof of concept. Not suitable for use in production. Significant API changes and core implementation rewrites are expected.
### Intro
[](https://livebook.dev/run?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbokner%2Ffixpoint%2Fblob%2Fmain%2Flivebooks%2Ffixpoint.livemd)
### Implemented constraints
- `not_equal`
- `less_or_equal`
- `all_different` (decomposition to `not_equal`)
- `sum`
### Features
- views (linear combinations of variables in constraints)
- solving for satisfaction (CSP) and optimization (COP)
- distributed solving
### Installation
The package can be installed by adding `fixpoint` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:fixpoint, "~> 0.7.3"}
]
end
```
### Usage
- [Basic examples](#basic-examples)
- [API](#api)
- [Model specification](#model-specification)
- [Configuring the solver](#solver-options)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Reindeer Ordering](#reindeer-ordering)
- [SEND+MORE=MONEY](#send_more_money)
- [N-Queens](#n-queens)
- [Sudoku](#sudoku)
- [Graph Coloring](#graph-coloring)
- [Knapsack](#knapsack)
#### Basic examples
***Given two sets of values:***
$x$ $\in$ {1,2}, $y$ $\in$ {0, 1}
***, find all solutions such that*** $x$ $\neq$ $y$
First step is to create a model that describes the problem we want to solve.
The model consists of *variables* and *constraints* over the variables.
In this example, we have 2 variables $x$ and $y$ and a single constraint $x$ $\neq$ $y$
```elixir
alias CPSolver.IntVariable
alias CPSolver.Constraint.NotEqual
alias CPSolver.Model
## Variable constructor takes a domain (i.e., set of values), and optional parameters, such as `name`
x = IntVariable.new([1, 2], name: "x")
y = IntVariable.new([0, 1], name: "y")
## Create NotEqual constraint
neq_constraint = NotEqual.new(x, y)
```
Now create a `Model` instance:
```elixir
model = Model.new([x, y], [neq_constraint])
```
Once we have a model, we pass it to `CPSolver.solve/1,2`.
We can either solve asynchronously:
```elixir
## Asynchronous solving doesn't block
{:ok, solver} = CPSolver.solve(model)
Process.sleep(10)
## We can check for solutions and solver state and/or stats,
## for instance:
## There are 3 solutions: {x = 1, y = 0}, {x = 2, y = 0}, {x = 2, y = 1}
iex(46)> CPSolver.solutions(solver)
[[1, 0], [2, 0], [2, 1]]
## Solver reports it has found all solutions
iex(47)> CPSolver.status(solver)
:all_solutions
## Some stats
iex(48)> CPSolver.statistics(solver)
%{
elapsed_time: 2472,
solution_count: 3,
active_node_count: 0,
failure_count: 0,
node_count: 5
}
```
, or use a blocking call:
```elixir
iex(49)> {:ok, results} = CPSolver.solve_sync(model)
{:ok,
%{
status: :all_solutions,
statistics: %{
elapsed_time: 3910,
solution_count: 3,
active_node_count: 0,
failure_count: 0,
node_count: 5
},
variables: ["x", "y"],
objective: nil,
solutions: [[2, 1], [1, 0], [2, 0]]
}}
```
#### API
```elixir
#################
# Solving
#################
#
# Asynchronous solving.
# Creates a solver process which runs asynchronously
# and could later be controlled and queried for produced solutions and/or status.
{:ok, solver} = CPSolver.solve(model, solver_opts)
# Synchronous solving.
# Starts the solver and gets the results (solutions and/or solver stats) once the solver finishes.
{:ok, solver_results} = CPSolver.solve_sync(model, solver_opts)
```
, where
- ```model``` - [specification of the model](#model-specification);
- ```solver_opts (optional)``` - [solver options](#solver-options).