CGAL 4.13 - Linear and Quadratic Programming Solver

## Definition

A model of NonnegativeQuadraticProgram describes a convex quadratic program of the form.


\begin{eqnarray*} \mbox{(QP)}& \mbox{minimize} & \qpx^{T}D\qpx+\qpc^{T}\qpx+c_0 \\ &\mbox{subject to} & A\qpx\qprel \qpb, \\ & & \qpx \geq 0 \end{eqnarray*}

in $$n$$ real variables $$\qpx=(x_0,\ldots,x_{n-1})$$. Here,

• $$A$$ is an $$m\times n$$ matrix (the constraint matrix),
• $$\qpb$$ is an $$m$$-dimensional vector (the right-hand side),
• $$\qprel$$ is an $$m$$-dimensional vector of relations from $$\{\leq, =, \geq\}$$,

• $$D$$ is a symmetric positive-semidefinite $$n\times n$$ matrix (the quadratic objective function),

• $$\qpc$$ is an $$n$$-dimensional vector (the linear objective function), and
• $$c_0$$ is a constant.

The description is given by appropriate random-access iterators over the program data, see below. The program therefore comes in dense representation which includes zero entries.

Has Models:

CGAL::Quadratic_program<NT>

CGAL::Quadratic_program_from_mps<NT>

CGAL::Nonnegative_quadratic_program_from_iterators<A_it, B_it, R_it, FL_it, L_it, FU_it, U_it, D_it, C_it>

The value types of all iterator types (nested iterator types, respectively, for A_iterator and D_iterator) must be convertible to some common IntegralDomain ET.

QuadraticProgram
LinearProgram
NonnegativeLinearProgram

## Types

typedef unspecified_type A_iterator
A random access iterator type to go columnwise over the constraint matrix $$A$$. More...

typedef unspecified_type B_iterator
A random access iterator type to go over the entries of the right-hand side $$\qpb$$.

typedef unspecified_type R_iterator
A random access iterator type to go over the relations $$\qprel$$. More...

typedef unspecified_type D_iterator
A random access iterator type to go rowwise over the matrix $$2D$$. More...

typedef unspecified_type C_iterator
A random access iterator type to go over the entries of the linear objective function vector $$c$$.

## Operations

int get_n () const
returns the number $$n$$ of variables (number of columns of $$A$$) in qp.

int get_m () const
returns the number $$m$$ of constraints (number of rows of $$A$$) in qp.

A_iterator get_a () const
returns an iterator over the columns of $$A$$. More...

B_iterator get_b () const
returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qpb$$. More...

R_iterator get_r () const
returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qprel$$. More...

D_iterator get_d () const
returns an iterator over the rows of $$2D$$. More...

C_iterator get_c () const
returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qpc$$. More...

std::iterator_traits< C_iterator >::value_type get_c0 () const
returns the constant term $$c_0$$ of the objective function.

## ◆ A_iterator

A random access iterator type to go columnwise over the constraint matrix $$A$$.

The value type is a random access iterator type for an individual column that goes over the entries in that column.

## ◆ D_iterator

A random access iterator type to go rowwise over the matrix $$2D$$.

The value type is a random access iterator type for an individual row that goes over the entries in that row, up to (and including) the entry on the main diagonal.

## ◆ R_iterator

A random access iterator type to go over the relations $$\qprel$$.

The value type of R_iterator is CGAL::Comparison_result.

## ◆ get_a()

returns an iterator over the columns of $$A$$.

The corresponding past-the-end iterator is get_a()+get_n(). For $$j=0,\ldots,n-1$$, *(get_a()+j) is a random access iterator for column $$j$$.

## ◆ get_b()

returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qpb$$.

The corresponding past-the-end iterator is get_b()+get_m().

## ◆ get_c()

returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qpc$$.

The corresponding past-the-end iterator is get_c()+get_n().

## ◆ get_d()

returns an iterator over the rows of $$2D$$.
The corresponding past-the-end iterator is get_d()+get_n(). For $$i=0,\ldots,n-1$$, *(get_d()+i) is a random access iterator for the entries in row $$i$$ below or on the diagonal. The valid range of this iterator is guaranteed to have length $$i+1$$ but not more. Values to the right of the diagonal are deduced from the symmetry requirement on $$D$$.
returns an iterator over the entries of $$\qprel$$.
The corresponding past-the-end iterator is get_r()+get_m(). The value CGAL::SMALLER stands for $$\leq$$, CGAL::EQUAL stands for $$=$$, and CGAL::LARGER stands for $$\geq$$.