expressions.py

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"""Utilities for working with linear and quadratic expressions."""
 
import typing
from typing import Iterable, Mapping, Union
 
from ortools.math_opt.python import variables
 
 
@typing.overload
def fast_sum(summands: Iterable[variables.LinearTypes]) -> variables.LinearSum: ...
 
 
@typing.overload
def fast_sum(
    summands: Iterable[variables.QuadraticTypes],
) -> Union[variables.LinearSum, variables.QuadraticSum]: ...
 
 
# TODO(b/312200030): There is a pytype bug so that for the code:
#   m = mathopt.Model()
#   x = m.Variable()
#   s = expressions.fast_sum([x*x, 4.0])
# pytype picks the wrong overload and thinks s has type variables.LinearSum,
# rather than Union[variables.LinearSum, variables.QuadraticSum]. Once the bug
# is fixed, confirm that the overloads actually work.
def fast_sum(summands):
    """Sums the elements of summand into a linear or quadratic expression.
 
    Similar to Python's sum function, but faster for input that not just integers
    and floats.
 
    Unlike sum(), the function returns a linear expression when all inputs are
    floats and/or integers. Importantly, the code:
      model.add_linear_constraint(fast_sum(maybe_empty_list) <= 1.0)
    is safe to call, while:
      model.add_linear_constraint(sum(maybe_empty_list) <= 1.0)
    fails at runtime when the list is empty.
 
    Args:
      summands: The elements to add up.
 
    Returns:
      A linear or quadratic expression with the sum of the elements of summand.
    """
    summands_tuple = tuple(summands)
    for s in summands_tuple:
        if isinstance(s, variables.QuadraticBase):
            return variables.QuadraticSum(summands_tuple)
    return variables.LinearSum(summands_tuple)
 
 
def evaluate_expression(
    expression: variables.QuadraticTypes,
    variable_values: Mapping[variables.Variable, float],
) -> float:
    """Evaluates a linear or quadratic expression for given variable values.
 
    E.g. if expression  = 3 * x + 4 and variable_values = {x: 2.0}, then
    evaluate_expression(expression, variable_values) equals 10.0.
 
    Args:
      expression: The expression to evaluate.
      variable_values: Must contain a value for every variable in expression.
 
    Returns:
      The value of the expression when replacing variables by their value.
    """
    if isinstance(expression, variables.QuadraticBase):
        return variables.as_flat_quadratic_expression(expression).evaluate(
            variable_values
        )
    return variables.as_flat_linear_expression(expression).evaluate(variable_values)