// Copyright 2010-2025 Google LLC // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using Google.OrTools.Sat; /// /// Fill a 60x50 rectangle exactly using a minimum number of non-overlapping squares.""" /// class CoverRectangleSat { static int sizeX = 60; static int sizeY = 50; static bool CoverRectangle(int numSquares) { CpModel model = new CpModel(); var areas = new List(); var sizes = new List(); var xIntervals = new List(); var yIntervals = new List(); var xStarts = new List(); var yStarts = new List(); // Creates intervals for the NoOverlap2D and size variables. foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, numSquares)) { var size = model.NewIntVar(1, sizeY, String.Format("size_{0}", i)); var startX = model.NewIntVar(0, sizeX, String.Format("startX_{0}", i)); var endX = model.NewIntVar(0, sizeX, String.Format("endX_{0}", i)); var startY = model.NewIntVar(0, sizeY, String.Format("startY_{0}", i)); var endY = model.NewIntVar(0, sizeY, String.Format("endY_{0}", i)); var intervalX = model.NewIntervalVar(startX, size, endX, String.Format("intervalX_{0}", i)); var intervalY = model.NewIntervalVar(startY, size, endY, String.Format("intervalY_{0}", i)); var area = model.NewIntVar(1, sizeY * sizeY, String.Format("area_{0}", i)); model.AddMultiplicationEquality(area, size, size); areas.Add(area); xIntervals.Add(intervalX); yIntervals.Add(intervalY); sizes.Add(size); xStarts.Add(startX); yStarts.Add(startY); } // Main constraint. NoOverlap2dConstraint noOverlap2d = model.AddNoOverlap2D(); foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, numSquares)) { noOverlap2d.AddRectangle(xIntervals[i], yIntervals[i]); } // Redundant constraints. model.AddCumulative(sizeY).AddDemands(xIntervals, sizes); model.AddCumulative(sizeX).AddDemands(yIntervals, sizes); // Forces the rectangle to be exactly covered. model.Add(LinearExpr.Sum(areas) == sizeX * sizeY); // Symmetry breaking 1: sizes are ordered. foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, numSquares - 1)) { model.Add(sizes[i] <= sizes[i + 1]); // Define same to be true iff sizes[i] == sizes[i + 1] var same = model.NewBoolVar(""); model.Add(sizes[i] == sizes[i + 1]).OnlyEnforceIf(same); model.Add(sizes[i] < sizes[i + 1]).OnlyEnforceIf(same.Not()); // Tie break with starts. model.Add(xStarts[i] <= xStarts[i + 1]).OnlyEnforceIf(same); } // Symmetry breaking 2: first square in one quadrant. model.Add(xStarts[0] < (sizeX + 1) / 2); model.Add(yStarts[0] < (sizeY + 1) / 2); // Creates a solver and solves. var solver = new CpSolver(); solver.StringParameters = "num_search_workers:16, log_search_progress: false, max_time_in_seconds:10"; var status = solver.Solve(model); Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} found in {1:0.00}s", status, solver.WallTime())); // Prints solution. bool solution_found = status == CpSolverStatus.Optimal || status == CpSolverStatus.Feasible; if (solution_found) { char[][] output = new char [sizeY][]; foreach (var y in Enumerable.Range(0, sizeY)) { output[y] = new char[sizeX]; foreach (var x in Enumerable.Range(0, sizeX)) { output[y][x] = ' '; } } foreach (var s in Enumerable.Range(0, numSquares)) { int startX = (int)solver.Value(xStarts[s]); int startY = (int)solver.Value(yStarts[s]); int size = (int)solver.Value(sizes[s]); char c = (char)(65 + s); foreach (var x in Enumerable.Range(startX, size)) { foreach (var y in Enumerable.Range(startY, size)) { if (output[y][x] != ' ') { Console.WriteLine( string.Format("Error at position x={0} y{1}, found {2}", x, y, output[y][x])); } output[y][x] = c; } } } foreach (var y in Enumerable.Range(0, sizeY)) { Console.WriteLine(new String(output[y], 0, sizeX)); } } return solution_found; } static void Main() { foreach (int numSquares in Enumerable.Range(1, 15)) { Console.WriteLine("Trying with size = {0}", numSquares); if (CoverRectangle(numSquares)) break; } } }