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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;
}
}
}