net.sf.cpsolver.studentsct.constraint

Class ConfigLimit

java.lang.Object

net.sf.cpsolver.ifs.model.Constraint<V,T>

net.sf.cpsolver.ifs.model.GlobalConstraint<Request,Enrollment>

net.sf.cpsolver.studentsct.constraint.ConfigLimit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Constraint<Request,Enrollment>>

public class ConfigLimit
extends GlobalConstraint<Request,Enrollment>

Configuration limit constraint. This global constraint ensures that a limit of each configuration is not exceeded. This means that the total sum of weights of course requests (see Request.getWeight()) enrolled into a configuration is below the configuration's limit (see Config.getLimit()).

Configurations with negative limit are considered unlimited, and therefore completely ignored by this constraint.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Comment
ConfigLimit.PreferDummyStudents	Boolean	If true, requests of dummy (last-like) students are preferred to be selected as conflicting.

Version:

StudentSct 1.2 (Student Sectioning)
Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 Tomáš Müller
muller@unitime.org
http://muller.unitime.org

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Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.cpsolver.ifs.model.Constraint

iAssignedVariables, iConstraintListeners, iId

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConfigLimit(DataProperties cfg) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	computeConflicts(Enrollment enrollment, Set<Enrollment> conflicts) A given enrollment is conflicting, if the config's enrollment (computed by getEnrollmentWeight(Config, Request)) exceeds the limit.
static double	getEnrollmentWeight(Config config, Request request) Enrollment weight of a config if the given request is assigned.
boolean	inConflict(Enrollment enrollment) A given enrollment is conflicting, if the config's enrollment (computed by getEnrollmentWeight(Config, Request)) exceeds the limit.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class net.sf.cpsolver.ifs.model.GlobalConstraint

addVariable, assigned, assignedVariables, removeVariable, unassigned, variables

Methods inherited from class net.sf.cpsolver.ifs.model.Constraint

addConstraintListener, compareTo, constraintListeners, countAssignedVariables, countVariables, equals, getDescription, getId, getModel, getName, hashCode, isConsistent, isHard, removeConstraintListener, setModel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConfigLimit

public ConfigLimit(DataProperties cfg)

Constructor

Parameters:

cfg - solver configuration

Method Detail

getEnrollmentWeight

public static double getEnrollmentWeight(Config config,
                                         Request request)

Enrollment weight of a config if the given request is assigned. In order to overcome rounding problems with last-like students ( e.g., 5 students are projected to two configs of limit 2 -- each section can have up to 3 of these last-like students), the weight of the request with the highest weight in the config is changed to a small nominal weight.

Parameters:

config - a config that is of concern

request - a request of a student to be assigned containing the given section

Returns:

section's new weight

computeConflicts

public void computeConflicts(Enrollment enrollment,
                             Set<Enrollment> conflicts)

A given enrollment is conflicting, if the config's enrollment (computed by getEnrollmentWeight(Config, Request)) exceeds the limit.
If the limit is breached, one or more existing enrollments are (randomly) selected as conflicting until the overall weight is under the limit.

Specified by:

computeConflicts in class Constraint<Request,Enrollment>

Parameters:

enrollment - Enrollment that is being considered

conflicts - all computed conflicting requests are added into this set

inConflict

public boolean inConflict(Enrollment enrollment)

A given enrollment is conflicting, if the config's enrollment (computed by getEnrollmentWeight(Config, Request)) exceeds the limit.

Overrides:

inConflict in class Constraint<Request,Enrollment>

Parameters:

enrollment - Enrollment that is being considered

Returns:

true, if the enrollment cannot be assigned without exceeding the limit

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object