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2    * SAT4J: a SATisfiability library for Java Copyright (C) 2004, 2012 Artois University and CNRS
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19   * Based on the original MiniSat specification from:
20   *
21   * An extensible SAT solver. Niklas Een and Niklas Sorensson. Proceedings of the
22   * Sixth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability
23   * Testing, LNCS 2919, pp 502-518, 2003.
24   *
25   * See www.minisat.se for the original solver in C++.
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30  package org.sat4j.pb;
31  
32  import java.math.BigInteger;
33  
34  import org.sat4j.specs.ContradictionException;
35  import org.sat4j.specs.IConstr;
36  import org.sat4j.specs.ISolver;
37  import org.sat4j.specs.IVec;
38  import org.sat4j.specs.IVecInt;
39  
40  /**
41   * A solver able to deal with pseudo boolean constraints.
42   * 
43   * @author daniel
44   * 
45   */
46  public interface IPBSolver extends ISolver {
47  
48      /**
49       * Create a Pseudo-Boolean constraint of the type "at least n or at most n
50       * of those literals must be satisfied"
51       * 
52       * @param lits
53       *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
54       *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
55       * @param coeffs
56       *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
57       *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
58       *            vector.
59       * @param moreThan
60       *            true if it is a constraint >= degree, false if it is a
61       *            constraint <= degree
62       * @param d
63       *            the degree of the cardinality constraint
64       * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
65       *         removeConstr().
66       * @throws ContradictionException
67       *             iff the vector of literals is empty or if the constraint is
68       *             falsified after unit propagation
69       * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
70       */
71      IConstr addPseudoBoolean(IVecInt lits, IVec<BigInteger> coeffs,
72              boolean moreThan, BigInteger d) throws ContradictionException;
73  
74      /**
75       * Create a pseudo boolean constraint of the type "at most".
76       * 
77       * @param literals
78       *            a set of literals The vector can be reused since the solver is
79       *            not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
80       * @param coeffs
81       *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
82       *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
83       *            vector.
84       * @param degree
85       *            the degree of the pseudo-boolean constraint
86       * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
87       *         removeConstr().
88       * @throws ContradictionException
89       *             iff the constraint is found trivially unsat.
90       * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
91       * @since 2.3.1
92       */
93  
94      IConstr addAtMost(IVecInt literals, IVecInt coeffs, int degree)
95              throws ContradictionException;
96  
97      /**
98       * Create a pseudo boolean constraint of the type "at most".
99       * 
100      * @param literals
101      *            a set of literals The vector can be reused since the solver is
102      *            not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
103      * @param coeffs
104      *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
105      *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
106      *            vector.
107      * @param degree
108      *            the degree of the pseudo-boolean constraint
109      * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
110      *         removeConstr().
111      * @throws ContradictionException
112      *             iff the constraint is found trivially unsat.
113      * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
114      * @since 2.3.1
115      */
116 
117     IConstr addAtMost(IVecInt literals, IVec<BigInteger> coeffs,
118             BigInteger degree) throws ContradictionException;
119 
120     /**
121      * Create a pseudo-boolean constraint of the type "at least".
122      * 
123      * @param literals
124      *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
125      *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
126      * @param coeffs
127      *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
128      *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
129      *            vector.
130      * @param degree
131      *            the degree of the pseudo-boolean constraint
132      * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
133      *         removeConstr().
134      * @throws ContradictionException
135      *             iff the constraint is found trivially unsat.
136      * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
137      * @since 2.3.1
138      */
139     IConstr addAtLeast(IVecInt literals, IVecInt coeffs, int degree)
140             throws ContradictionException;
141 
142     /**
143      * Create a pseudo-boolean constraint of the type "at least".
144      * 
145      * @param literals
146      *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
147      *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
148      * @param coeffs
149      *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
150      *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
151      *            vector.
152      * @param degree
153      *            the degree of the pseudo-boolean constraint
154      * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
155      *         removeConstr().
156      * @throws ContradictionException
157      *             iff the constraint is found trivially unsat.
158      * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
159      * @since 2.3.1
160      */
161     IConstr addAtLeast(IVecInt literals, IVec<BigInteger> coeffs,
162             BigInteger degree) throws ContradictionException;
163 
164     /**
165      * Create a pseudo-boolean constraint of the type "subset sum".
166      * 
167      * @param literals
168      *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
169      *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
170      * @param coeffs
171      *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
172      *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
173      *            vector.
174      * @param weight
175      *            the number of literals that must be satisfied
176      * @return a reference to the constraint added to the solver. It might
177      *         return an object representing a group of constraints.
178      * @throws ContradictionException
179      *             iff the constraint is trivially unsatisfiable.
180      * @since 2.3.1
181      */
182     IConstr addExactly(IVecInt literals, IVecInt coeffs, int weight)
183             throws ContradictionException;
184 
185     /**
186      * Create a pseudo-boolean constraint of the type "subset sum".
187      * 
188      * @param literals
189      *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
190      *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
191      * @param coeffs
192      *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
193      *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
194      *            vector.
195      * @param weight
196      *            the number of literals that must be satisfied
197      * @return a reference to the constraint added to the solver. It might
198      *         return an object representing a group of constraints.
199      * @throws ContradictionException
200      *             iff the constraint is trivially unsatisfiable.
201      * @since 2.3.1
202      */
203     IConstr addExactly(IVecInt literals, IVec<BigInteger> coeffs,
204             BigInteger weight) throws ContradictionException;
205 
206     /**
207      * Provide an objective function to the solver.
208      * 
209      * @param obj
210      *            the objective function
211      */
212     public void setObjectiveFunction(ObjectiveFunction obj);
213 
214     /**
215      * Retrieve the objective function from the solver.
216      * 
217      * @return the objective function
218      */
219     public ObjectiveFunction getObjectiveFunction();
220 }