Re: [Help-glpk] MathProg error

[Brady Hunsaker]

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 20:06, Duilio Foschi wrote:
> the aim of the following code should be clear
> 
>       WorkedHrs[n]= sum {s in Slots: Assignments[s]=n} Hours[s];
> 
> The relative declarations are enclosed below.
> 
> Unfortunately, the compiler gives a weird error message
> 

Duilio,

I believe the problem is that you are using variables in the conditional
statement.  The conditional statement is evaluated when the instance (by
which I mean a specific set of variables and constraints) is
constructed--not when the instance is solved.  That is, your model is
trying to use information about the solution to decide how to write the
constraints.  This is not possible; the instance must be created before
any attempt is made to solve it.

I would recommend using 0,1 variables instead of your current integer
Assignments variables.  For example, something like 

var Assign { Slots, Nurses } binary;
var WorkedHrs { Nurses };

subject to CountHours {n in Nurses} := 
    WorkedHrs[n] = sum {s in Slots} Assign[s,n] * Hours[s];

This may not be exactly what you want and I haven't tested to even see
if my syntax is correct, but this is one approach you could try.

Brady

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Brady Hunsaker
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Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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