Thank you guys for the quick response, porting the rest of the model right
now!

2011/10/31 glpk xypron <[email protected]>

> Hello Nilo,
>
> GLPK is a solver for linear problems, hence products of variables
> are not allowed.
>
> >          A[k] >= A[i] * A[j];
> If A is an array of binaries you could use a sum:
> A[k] + 1 >= A[k-1] + A[k+1];
>
> Best regards
>
> Xypron
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:38:49 -0200
> > Von: Nilo Cesar Teixeira <[email protected]>
> > An: [email protected]
> > Betreff: [Help-glpk] Modeling forced constraints with binary variables
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can you please advise on the following problem ?
> >
> > Suppose I have an 1-dimensional array of binary variables, in which
> > patterns like these are ok:
> >
> > A = 1110000;
> > A = 0000011;
> > A = 0000000;
> > A = 1111111;
> >
> > But this pattern is NOT allowed:
> >
> > A = 1110111;
> >
> > So, a zero should not occur if it is surrounded by ones.
> >
> > I tried to model this, and until now I'm using forced constraints based
> on
> > this pseudo-algorithm (assuming A indexing is one-based for simplicity):
> >
> > for i := 1 to count(A) do
> >    for j := i+2 to count(A) do
> >       for k := i+1 to j-1 do
> >          A[k] >= A[i] * A[j];
> >       next
> >    next
> > next
> >
> > So, if A[k] is zero, then A[i] and A[j] can't be one!
> >
> > This is working in other commercial solver, but I would like to make this
> > work on glpk.
> >
> > Nevertheless, as I compile it fails saying that the constraint is not
> > linear.
> >
> > Even the commercial solver states the compiling model as INLP
> > (non-linear),
> > but it solves it in seconds.
> >
> > Is there any way this could work on glpk ?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > --
> > *Nilo Cesar Teixeira*
> > [email protected]
> > (55) (11) 8571-5314
>
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