8.7.14. MDOLinExpr

MDOLinExpr

Represents a linear expression in a MindOpt application. A linear expression can contain linear terms and a constant.

Properties

Constant	Retrieve the value of constant contained in linear expression
Size	Retrieve the total number of linear terms contained in a linear expression
Value	Calculate the value of this linear expression after problem solved

Constant

Retrieve the value of constant contained in linear expression.

Size

Retrieve the total number of linear terms contained in a linear expression

Value

Calculate the value of this linear expression after problem solved.

Methods

Add	Add another linear term to the current linear term
AddConstant	Add a value to the constant contained in linear expression
AddTerm	Add a linear term to this linear expression
AddTerms	Add linear terms to this linear expression
AddTerms	Add linear terms to this linear expression
Clear	Clear this linear expression to delete all items and reset its constants to zero
GetCoeff	Retrieve the coefficients contained in the ith linear term
GetVar	Retrieve the variable contained in ith linear term
MDOLinExpr	Construct a MDOLinExpr
MDOLinExpr	Construct a MDOLinExpr with a variable
MDOLinExpr	Construct a MDOLinExpr with an existing MDOLinExpr
MultAdd	Add a constant multiple of another linear term to the current linear term
Remove	Remove a linear term from this linear expression by its index
Remove	Remove all linear terms containing a specified variable
ToString	Convert the current linear term to its string format

void Add(MDOLinExpr le)

Add another linear term to the current linear term

Parameters

MDOLinExpr le – Added linear term

void AddConstant(double c)

Add a value to the constant contained in linear expression.

Parameters

double c – The value to be added.

void AddTerm(double coeff, MDOVar var)

Add a linear term to this linear expression

Parameters

• double coeff – Coefficient of the term to be added

• MDOVar var – The variable of the term to be added

void AddTerms(double[] coeff, MDOVar[] var)

Add linear terms to this linear expression.

Parameters

• double[] coeff – The coefficients of terms to be added.

• MDOVar[] var – The variables of terms to be added.

void AddTerms(double[] coeff, MDOVar[] var, int start, int len)

Add linear terms to this linear expression.

Parameters

• double[] coeff – Coefficients of the terms to be added

• MDOVar[] var – The variables of the terms to be added

• int start – Start position

• int len – The number of items to add

void Clear()

Clear this linear expression to delete all items and reset its constants to zero

double GetCoeff(int i)

Retrieve the coefficients contained in the ith linear term

Parameters

int i – The index of linear term

Returns

Coefficient contained in the ith linear term

MDOVar GetVar(int i)

Retrieve the variable contained in ith linear term.

Parameters

int i – The index of linear term.

Returns

The variable contained in ith linear term.

MDOLinExpr()

Construct a MDOLinExpr.

MDOLinExpr(MDOVar var)

Construct a MDOLinExpr with a variable.

Parameters

MDOVar var – The variable

MDOLinExpr(MDOLinExpr le)

Construct a MDOLinExpr with an existing MDOLinExpr.

Parameters

MDOLinExpr le – Existing MDOLinExpr

void MultAdd(double m, MDOLinExpr le)

Add a constant multiple of another linear term to the current linear term

Parameters

• double m – Constant multiplier

• MDOLinExpr le – The linear term to be added

void Remove(int i)

Remove a linear term from this linear expression by its index.

Parameters

int i – The index of the item to be deleted.

bool Remove(MDOVar v)

Remove all linear terms containing a specified variable.

Parameters

MDOVar v – The contained variable to be removed.

Returns

True if at least 1 term was removed.

string ToString()

Convert the current linear term to its string format

Returns

The string format of the linear term.