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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""maximize the minimum of pairwise distances between n robots in a square space."""
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import math
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from typing import Sequence
from absl import app
from absl import flags
from ortools.sat.python import cp_model
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_NUM_ROBOTS = flags.DEFINE_integer("num_robots", 8, "Number of robots to place.")
_ROOM_SIZE = flags.DEFINE_integer(
"room_size", 20, "Size of the square room where robots are."
)
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_PARAMS = flags.DEFINE_string(
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"params",
"num_search_workers:16, max_time_in_seconds:20",
"Sat solver parameters.",
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)
def spread_robots(num_robots: int, room_size: int, params: str) -> None:
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"""Optimize robots placement."""
model = cp_model.CpModel()
# Create the list of coordinates (x, y) for each robot.
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x = [model.new_int_var(1, room_size, f"x_{i}") for i in range(num_robots)]
y = [model.new_int_var(1, room_size, f"y_{i}") for i in range(num_robots)]
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# The specification of the problem is to maximize the minimum euclidian
# distance between any two robots. Unfortunately, the euclidian distance
# uses the square root operation which is not defined on integer variables.
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# To work around, we will create a min_square_distance variable, then we make
# sure that its value is less than the square of the euclidian distance
# between any two robots.
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#
# This encoding has a low precision. To improve the precision, we will scale
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# the domain of the min_square_distance variable by a constant factor, then
# multiply the square of the euclidian distance between two robots by the same
# factor.
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#
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# we create a scaled_min_square_distance variable with a domain of
# [0..scaling * max euclidian distance**2] such that
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# forall i:
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# scaled_min_square_distance <= scaling * (x_diff_sq[i] + y_diff_sq[i])
scaling = 1000
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scaled_min_square_distance = model.new_int_var(
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0, 2 * scaling * room_size**2, "scaled_min_square_distance"
)
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# Build intermediate variables and get the list of squared distances on
# each dimension.
for i in range(num_robots - 1):
for j in range(i + 1, num_robots):
# Compute the distance on each dimension between robot i and robot j.
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x_diff = model.new_int_var(-room_size, room_size, f"x_diff{i}")
y_diff = model.new_int_var(-room_size, room_size, f"y_diff{i}")
model.add(x_diff == x[i] - x[j])
model.add(y_diff == y[i] - y[j])
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# Compute the square of the previous differences.
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x_diff_sq = model.new_int_var(0, room_size**2, f"x_diff_sq{i}")
y_diff_sq = model.new_int_var(0, room_size**2, f"y_diff_sq{i}")
model.add_multiplication_equality(x_diff_sq, x_diff, x_diff)
model.add_multiplication_equality(y_diff_sq, y_diff, y_diff)
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# We just need to be <= to the scaled square distance as we are
# maximizing the min distance, which is equivalent as maximizing the min
# square distance.
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model.add(scaled_min_square_distance <= scaling * (x_diff_sq + y_diff_sq))
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# Naive symmetry breaking.
for i in range(1, num_robots):
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model.add(x[0] <= x[i])
model.add(y[0] <= y[i])
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# Objective
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model.maximize(scaled_min_square_distance)
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# Creates a solver and solves the model.
solver = cp_model.CpSolver()
if params:
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solver.parameters.parse_text_format(params)
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solver.parameters.log_search_progress = True
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status = solver.solve(model)
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# Prints the solution.
if status == cp_model.OPTIMAL or status == cp_model.FEASIBLE:
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print(
f"Spread {num_robots} with a min pairwise distance of"
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f" {math.sqrt(solver.objective_value / scaling)}"
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)
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for i in range(num_robots):
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print(f"robot {i}: x={solver.value(x[i])} y={solver.value(y[i])}")
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else:
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print("No solution found.")
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def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
if len(argv) > 1:
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raise app.UsageError("Too many command-line arguments.")
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spread_robots(_NUM_ROBOTS.value, _ROOM_SIZE.value, _PARAMS.value)
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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app.run(main)