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// The SparseMatrixScaler class provides tools to scale a SparseMatrix, i.e.
// reduce the range of its coefficients and make for each column and each row
// the maximum magnitude of its coefficients equal to 1.
//
// In the case there are bounds or costs on the columns or a right-hand side
// related to each row, SparseMatrixScaler provides the tools to scale those
// appropriately.
//
// More precisely, suppose we have the Linear Program:
//   min c.x
//   s.t A.x = b
//   with l <= x <= u
//
// The rows of A are scaled by left-multiplying it by a diagonal matrix R
// whose elements R_ii correspond to the scaling factor of row i.
// The columns of A are scaled by right-multiplying it by a diagonal matrix C
// whose elements C_jj correspond to the scaling factor of column j.
//
// We obtain a matrix A' = R.A.C.
//
// We wish to scale x, c, b, l, u so as to work on the scaled problem:
//   min c'.x'
//   s.t A'.x' = b'
//   with l' <= x' <= u'
//
// The right-hand side b needs to be left-multiplied by R, the cost function c
// needs to be right-multiplied by C. Finally, x, and its lower- and upper-bound
// vectors l and u need to be left-multiplied by C^-1.
//
// Note also that the dual vector y is scaled as follows:
// y'.R = y, thus y' = y.R^-1.
//
// The complete transformation is thus:
//   A' = R.A.C,
//   b' = R.b,
//   c' = c.C,
//   x' = C^-1.x,
//   l' = C^-1.l,
//   u' = C^-1.u,
//   y' = y.R^-1.
//
// The validity of the above transformation can be checked by computing:
//   c'.x' =  c.C.C^-1.x = c.x.
// and:
//   A'.x' = R.A.C.C^-1.x = R.A.x = R.b = b'.
 
#ifndef ORTOOLS_LP_DATA_MATRIX_SCALER_H_
#define ORTOOLS_LP_DATA_MATRIX_SCALER_H_
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
#include "ortools/base/types.h"
#include "ortools/glop/parameters.pb.h"
#include "ortools/glop/revised_simplex.h"
#include "ortools/glop/status.h"
#include "ortools/lp_data/lp_data.h"
#include "ortools/lp_data/lp_types.h"
 
namespace operations_research {
namespace glop {
 
class SparseMatrixScaler {
 public:
  SparseMatrixScaler();
 
  // This type is neither copyable nor movable.
  SparseMatrixScaler(const SparseMatrixScaler&) = delete;
  SparseMatrixScaler& operator=(const SparseMatrixScaler&) = delete;
 
  // Initializes the object with the SparseMatrix passed as argument.
  // The row and column scaling factors are all set to 1.0 (i.e. no scaling.)
  // In terms of matrices, R and C are set to identity matrices.
  void Init(SparseMatrix* matrix);
 
  // Clears the object, and puts it back into the same state as after being
  // constructed.
  void Clear();
 
  // The column col of the matrix was multiplied by ColScalingFactor(col). The
  // variable bounds and objective coefficient at the same columsn where DIVIDED
  // by that same factor. If col is outside the matrix size, this returns 1.0.
  Fractional ColScalingFactor(ColIndex col) const;
 
  // The constraint row of the matrix was multiplied by RowScalingFactor(row),
  // same for the constraint bounds (which is not the same as for the variable
  // bounds for a column!). If row is outside the matrix size, this returns 1.0.
  Fractional RowScalingFactor(RowIndex row) const;
 
  // The inverse of both factor above (this is how we keep them) so this
  // direction should be faster to query (no 1.0 / factor).
  Fractional ColUnscalingFactor(ColIndex col) const;
  Fractional RowUnscalingFactor(RowIndex row) const;
 
  // These are unscaling factor, same as [Col|Row]UnscalingFactor().
  const DenseRow& col_scales() const { return col_scales_; }
  const DenseColumn& row_scales() const { return row_scales_; }
 
  // Scales the matrix.
  void Scale(GlopParameters::ScalingAlgorithm method);
 
  // Scales a row vector up or down (depending whether parameter up is true or
  // false) using the scaling factors determined by Scale().
  // Scaling up means multiplying by the scaling factors, while scaling down
  // means dividing by the scaling factors.
  void ScaleRowVector(bool up, DenseRow* row_vector) const;
 
  // Scales a column vector up or down (depending whether parameter up is true
  // or false) using the scaling factors determined by Scale().
  // Scaling up means multiplying by the scaling factors, while scaling down
  // means dividing by the scaling factors.
  void ScaleColumnVector(bool up, DenseColumn* column_vector) const;
 
 private:
  // Solves the scaling problem as a linear program.
  Status LPScale();
 
  // Computes the variance of the non-zero coefficients of the matrix.
  // Used by Scale() do decide when to stop.
  Fractional VarianceOfAbsoluteValueOfNonZeros() const;
 
  // Scales the rows. Returns the number of rows that have been scaled.
  // Helper function to Scale().
  RowIndex ScaleRowsGeometrically();
 
  // Scales the columns. Returns the number of columns that have been scaled.
  // Helper function to Scale().
  ColIndex ScaleColumnsGeometrically();
 
  // Equilibrates the rows. Returns the number of rows that have been scaled.
  // Helper function to Scale().
  RowIndex EquilibrateRows();
 
  // Equilibrates the Columns. Returns the number of columns that have been
  // scaled. Helper function to Scale().
  ColIndex EquilibrateColumns();
 
  // Scales the row indexed by row by 1/factor.
  // Used by ScaleMatrixRowsGeometrically and EquilibrateRows.
  RowIndex ScaleMatrixRows(const DenseColumn& factors);
 
  // Scales the column index by col by 1/factor.
  // Used by ScaleColumnsGeometrically and EquilibrateColumns.
  void ScaleMatrixColumn(ColIndex col, Fractional factor);
 
  // Returns a string containing information on the progress of the scaling
  // algorithm. This is not meant to be called in an optimized mode as it takes
  // some time to compute the displayed quantities.
  std::string DebugInformationString() const;
 
  // Pointer to the matrix to be scaled.
  SparseMatrix* matrix_;
 
  // Array of scaling factors for each row. Indexed by row number.
  DenseColumn row_scales_;
 
  // Array of scaling factors for each column. Indexed by column number.
  DenseRow col_scales_;
};
 
}  // namespace glop
}  // namespace operations_research
 
#endif  // ORTOOLS_LP_DATA_MATRIX_SCALER_H_