JuliaConstraints / JuliaConstraints/ConstraintProgrammingExtensions.jl

AllDifferent to MILP: other formulations

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Another formulation is https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/vanhoeve/papers/alldiff.pdf (section 6, page 35), without big-M; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1014804110661 also has many formulations, with either a lot of variables or fewer.

However, this does not enlarge the set of features of this package, implementing other formulations may only improve the runtime performance. There should be a numerical study to give weights to the various bridges.

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Read section 6 on page 35 of the linked AllDifferent formulation paper, then compare it with the formulations in the Springer paper and the package’s existing AllDifferent-to-MILP bridge. Define a numerical study across the available formulations and report weights or runtime results that show when each formulation is preferable.

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