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14 #ifndef OR_TOOLS_SAT_PRECEDENCES_H_
15 #define OR_TOOLS_SAT_PRECEDENCES_H_
16 
17 #include <cstdint>
18 #include <deque>
19 #include <functional>
20 #include <vector>
21 
22 #include "absl/container/inlined_vector.h"
23 #include "ortools/base/int_type.h"
24 #include "ortools/base/integral_types.h"
25 #include "ortools/base/macros.h"
26 #include "ortools/base/strong_vector.h"
27 #include "ortools/sat/integer.h"
28 #include "ortools/sat/model.h"
29 #include "ortools/sat/sat_base.h"
30 #include "ortools/sat/sat_solver.h"
31 #include "ortools/util/bitset.h"
32 
33 namespace operations_research {
34 namespace sat {
35 
36 // This class implement a propagator on simple inequalities between integer
37 // variables of the form (i1 + offset <= i2). The offset can be constant or
38 // given by the value of a third integer variable. Offsets can also be negative.
39 //
40 // The algorithm works by mapping the problem onto a graph where the edges carry
41 // the offset and the nodes correspond to one of the two bounds of an integer
42 // variable (lower_bound or -upper_bound). It then find the fixed point using an
43 // incremental variant of the Bellman-Ford(-Tarjan) algorithm.
44 //
45 // This is also known as an "integer difference logic theory" in the SMT world.
46 // Another word is "separation logic".
47 //
48 // TODO(user): We could easily generalize the code to support any relation of
49 // the form a*X + b*Y + c*Z >= rhs (or <=). Do that since this class should be
50 // a lot faster at propagating small linear inequality than the generic
51 // propagator and the overhead of supporting coefficient should not be too bad.
52 class PrecedencesPropagator : public SatPropagator, PropagatorInterface {
53  public:
PrecedencesPropagator(Model * model)54   explicit PrecedencesPropagator(Model* model)
55       : SatPropagator("PrecedencesPropagator"),
56         trail_(model->GetOrCreate<Trail>()),
57         integer_trail_(model->GetOrCreate<IntegerTrail>()),
58         watcher_(model->GetOrCreate<GenericLiteralWatcher>()),
59         watcher_id_(watcher_->Register(this)) {
60     model->GetOrCreate<SatSolver>()->AddPropagator(this);
61     integer_trail_->RegisterWatcher(&modified_vars_);
62     watcher_->SetPropagatorPriority(watcher_id_, 0);
63   }
64 
65   bool Propagate() final;
66   bool Propagate(Trail* trail) final;
67   void Untrail(const Trail& trail, int trail_index) final;
68 
69   // Propagates all the outgoing arcs of the given variable (and only those). It
70   // is more efficient to do all these propagation in one go by calling
71   // Propagate(), but for scheduling problem, we wants to propagate right away
72   // the end of an interval when its start moved.
73   bool PropagateOutgoingArcs(IntegerVariable var);
74 
75   // Add a precedence relation (i1 + offset <= i2) between integer variables.
76   //
77   // Important: The optionality of the variable should be marked BEFORE this
78   // is called.
79   void AddPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2);
80   void AddPrecedenceWithOffset(IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2,
81                                IntegerValue offset);
82   void AddPrecedenceWithVariableOffset(IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2,
83                                        IntegerVariable offset_var);
84 
85   // Same as above, but the relation is only true when the given literal is.
86   void AddConditionalPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2,
87                                 Literal l);
88   void AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(IntegerVariable i1,
89                                           IntegerVariable i2,
90                                           IntegerValue offset, Literal l);
91 
92   // Generic function that cover all of the above case and more.
93   void AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2,
94                                    IntegerValue offset,
95                                    IntegerVariable offset_var,
96                                    absl::Span<const Literal> presence_literals);
97 
98   // Finds all the IntegerVariable that are "after" at least two of the
99   // IntegerVariable in vars. Returns a vector of these precedences relation
100   // sorted by IntegerPrecedences.var so that it is efficient to find all the
101   // IntegerVariable "before" another one.
102   //
103   // Note that we only consider direct precedences here. Given our usage, it may
104   // be better to compute the full reachability in the precedence graph, but in
105   // pratice that may be too slow.
106   //
107   // Note that the IntegerVariable in the vector are also returned in
108   // topological order for a more efficient propagation in
109   // DisjunctivePrecedences::Propagate() where this is used.
110   //
111   // Important: For identical vars, the entry are sorted by index.
112   struct IntegerPrecedences {
113     int index;            // position in vars.
114     IntegerVariable var;  // An IntegerVariable that is >= to vars[index].
115     int arc_index;        // Used by AddPrecedenceReason().
116     IntegerValue offset;  // we have: vars[index] + offset <= var
117   };
118   void ComputePrecedences(const std::vector<IntegerVariable>& vars,
119                           std::vector<IntegerPrecedences>* output);
120   void AddPrecedenceReason(int arc_index, IntegerValue min_offset,
121                            std::vector<Literal>* literal_reason,
122                            std::vector<IntegerLiteral>* integer_reason) const;
123 
124   // Advanced usage. To be called once all the constraints have been added to
125   // the model. This will loop over all "node" in this class, and if one of its
126   // optional incoming arcs must be chosen, it will add a corresponding
127   // GreaterThanAtLeastOneOfConstraint(). Returns the number of added
128   // constraint.
129   //
130   // TODO(user): This can be quite slow, add some kind of deterministic limit
131   // so that we can use it all the time.
132   int AddGreaterThanAtLeastOneOfConstraints(Model* model);
133 
134  private:
135   DEFINE_INT_TYPE(ArcIndex, int);
136   DEFINE_INT_TYPE(OptionalArcIndex, int);
137 
138   // Given an existing clause, sees if it can be used to add "greater than at
139   // least one of" type of constraints. Returns the number of such constraint
140   // added.
141   int AddGreaterThanAtLeastOneOfConstraintsFromClause(
142       const absl::Span<const Literal> clause, Model* model);
143 
144   // Another approach for AddGreaterThanAtLeastOneOfConstraints(), this one
145   // might be a bit slow as it relies on the propagation engine to detect
146   // clauses between incoming arcs presence literals.
147   // Returns the number of added constraints.
148   int AddGreaterThanAtLeastOneOfConstraintsWithClauseAutoDetection(
149       Model* model);
150 
151   // Information about an individual arc.
152   struct ArcInfo {
153     IntegerVariable tail_var;
154     IntegerVariable head_var;
155 
156     IntegerValue offset;
157     IntegerVariable offset_var;  // kNoIntegerVariable if none.
158 
159     // This arc is "present" iff all these literals are true.
160     absl::InlinedVector<Literal, 6> presence_literals;
161 
162     // Used temporarily by our implementation of the Bellman-Ford algorithm. It
163     // should be false at the beginning of BellmanFordTarjan().
164     mutable bool is_marked;
165   };
166 
167   // Internal functions to add new precedence relations.
168   //
169   // Note that internally, we only propagate lower bounds, so each time we add
170   // an arc, we actually create two of them: one on the given variables, and one
171   // on their negation.
172   void AdjustSizeFor(IntegerVariable i);
173   void AddArc(IntegerVariable tail, IntegerVariable head, IntegerValue offset,
174               IntegerVariable offset_var,
175               absl::Span<const Literal> presence_literals);
176 
177   // Enqueue a new lower bound for the variable arc.head_lb that was deduced
178   // from the current value of arc.tail_lb and the offset of this arc.
179   bool EnqueueAndCheck(const ArcInfo& arc, IntegerValue new_head_lb,
180                        Trail* trail);
181   IntegerValue ArcOffset(const ArcInfo& arc) const;
182 
183   // Inspect all the optional arcs that needs inspection (to stay sparse) and
184   // check if their presence literal can be propagated to false.
185   void PropagateOptionalArcs(Trail* trail);
186 
187   // The core algorithm implementation is split in these functions. One must
188   // first call InitializeBFQueueWithModifiedNodes() that will push all the
189   // IntegerVariable whose lower bound has been modified since the last call.
190   // Then, BellmanFordTarjan() will take care of all the propagation and returns
191   // false in case of conflict. Internally, it uses DisassembleSubtree() which
192   // is the Tarjan variant to detect a possible positive cycle. Before exiting,
193   // it will call CleanUpMarkedArcsAndParents().
194   //
195   // The Tarjan version of the Bellam-Ford algorithm is really nice in our
196   // context because it was really easy to make it incremental. Moreover, it
197   // supports batch increment!
198   //
199   // This implementation is kind of unique because of our context and the fact
200   // that it is incremental, but a good reference is "Negative-cycle detection
201   // algorithms", Boris V. Cherkassky, Andrew V. Goldberg, 1996,
202   // http://people.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~tjshen/doc/ne.pdf
203   void InitializeBFQueueWithModifiedNodes();
204   bool BellmanFordTarjan(Trail* trail);
205   bool DisassembleSubtree(int source, int target,
206                           std::vector<bool>* can_be_skipped);
207   void AnalyzePositiveCycle(ArcIndex first_arc, Trail* trail,
208                             std::vector<Literal>* must_be_all_true,
209                             std::vector<Literal>* literal_reason,
210                             std::vector<IntegerLiteral>* integer_reason);
211   void CleanUpMarkedArcsAndParents();
212 
213   // Loops over all the arcs and verify that there is no propagation left.
214   // This is only meant to be used in a DCHECK() and is not optimized.
215   bool NoPropagationLeft(const Trail& trail) const;
216 
217   // External class needed to get the IntegerVariable lower bounds and Enqueue
218   // new ones.
219   Trail* trail_;
220   IntegerTrail* integer_trail_;
221   GenericLiteralWatcher* watcher_;
222   int watcher_id_;
223 
224   // The key to our incrementality. This will be cleared once the propagation
225   // is done, and automatically updated by the integer_trail_ with all the
226   // IntegerVariable that changed since the last clear.
227   SparseBitset<IntegerVariable> modified_vars_;
228 
229   // An arc needs to be inspected for propagation (i.e. is impacted) if its
230   // tail_var changed. If an arc has 3 variables (tail, offset, head), it will
231   // appear as 6 different entries in the arcs_ vector, one for each variable
232   // and its negation, each time with a different tail.
233   //
234   // TODO(user): rearranging the index so that the arc of the same node are
235   // consecutive like in StaticGraph should have a big performance impact.
236   //
237   // TODO(user): We do not need to store ArcInfo.tail_var here.
238   absl::StrongVector<IntegerVariable, absl::InlinedVector<ArcIndex, 6>>
239       impacted_arcs_;
240   absl::StrongVector<ArcIndex, ArcInfo> arcs_;
241 
242   // This is similar to impacted_arcs_/arcs_ but it is only used to propagate
243   // one of the presence literals when the arc cannot be present. An arc needs
244   // to appear only once in potential_arcs_, but it will be referenced by
245   // all its variable in impacted_potential_arcs_.
246   absl::StrongVector<IntegerVariable, absl::InlinedVector<OptionalArcIndex, 6>>
247       impacted_potential_arcs_;
248   absl::StrongVector<OptionalArcIndex, ArcInfo> potential_arcs_;
249 
250   // Temporary vectors used by ComputePrecedences().
251   absl::StrongVector<IntegerVariable, int> var_to_degree_;
252   absl::StrongVector<IntegerVariable, int> var_to_last_index_;
253   struct SortedVar {
254     IntegerVariable var;
255     IntegerValue lower_bound;
256     bool operator<(const SortedVar& other) const {
257       return lower_bound < other.lower_bound;
258     }
259   };
260   std::vector<SortedVar> tmp_sorted_vars_;
261   std::vector<IntegerPrecedences> tmp_precedences_;
262 
263   // Each time a literal becomes true, this list the set of arcs for which we
264   // need to decrement their count. When an arc count reach zero, it must be
265   // added to the set of impacted_arcs_. Note that counts never becomes
266   // negative.
267   //
268   // TODO(user): Try a one-watcher approach instead. Note that in most cases
269   // arc should be controlled by 1 or 2 literals, so not sure it is worth it.
270   absl::StrongVector<LiteralIndex, absl::InlinedVector<ArcIndex, 6>>
271       literal_to_new_impacted_arcs_;
272   absl::StrongVector<ArcIndex, int> arc_counts_;
273 
274   // Temp vectors to hold the reason of an assignment.
275   std::vector<Literal> literal_reason_;
276   std::vector<IntegerLiteral> integer_reason_;
277 
278   // Temp vectors for the Bellman-Ford algorithm. The graph in which this
279   // algorithm works is in one to one correspondence with the IntegerVariable in
280   // impacted_arcs_.
281   std::deque<int> bf_queue_;
282   std::vector<bool> bf_in_queue_;
283   std::vector<bool> bf_can_be_skipped_;
284   std::vector<ArcIndex> bf_parent_arc_of_;
285 
286   // Temp vector used by the tree traversal in DisassembleSubtree().
287   std::vector<int> tmp_vector_;
288 
289   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PrecedencesPropagator);
290 };
291 
292 // =============================================================================
293 // Implementation of the small API functions below.
294 // =============================================================================
295 
AddPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2)296 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1,
297                                                  IntegerVariable i2) {
298   AddArc(i1, i2, /*offset=*/IntegerValue(0), /*offset_var=*/kNoIntegerVariable,
299          {});
300 }
301 
AddPrecedenceWithOffset(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2,IntegerValue offset)302 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddPrecedenceWithOffset(
303     IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2, IntegerValue offset) {
304   AddArc(i1, i2, offset, /*offset_var=*/kNoIntegerVariable, {});
305 }
306 
AddConditionalPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2,Literal l)307 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddConditionalPrecedence(IntegerVariable i1,
308                                                             IntegerVariable i2,
309                                                             Literal l) {
310   AddArc(i1, i2, /*offset=*/IntegerValue(0), /*offset_var=*/kNoIntegerVariable,
311          {l});
312 }
313 
AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2,IntegerValue offset,Literal l)314 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(
315     IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2, IntegerValue offset, Literal l) {
316   AddArc(i1, i2, offset, /*offset_var=*/kNoIntegerVariable, {l});
317 }
318 
AddPrecedenceWithVariableOffset(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2,IntegerVariable offset_var)319 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddPrecedenceWithVariableOffset(
320     IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2, IntegerVariable offset_var) {
321   AddArc(i1, i2, /*offset=*/IntegerValue(0), offset_var, {});
322 }
323 
AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(IntegerVariable i1,IntegerVariable i2,IntegerValue offset,IntegerVariable offset_var,absl::Span<const Literal> presence_literals)324 inline void PrecedencesPropagator::AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(
325     IntegerVariable i1, IntegerVariable i2, IntegerValue offset,
326     IntegerVariable offset_var, absl::Span<const Literal> presence_literals) {
327   AddArc(i1, i2, offset, offset_var, presence_literals);
328 }
329 
330 // =============================================================================
331 // Model based functions.
332 // =============================================================================
333 
334 // a <= b.
LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b)335 inline std::function<void(Model*)> LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,
336                                                 IntegerVariable b) {
337   return [=](Model* model) {
338     return model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>()->AddPrecedence(a, b);
339   };
340 }
341 
342 // a + offset <= b.
LowerOrEqualWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t offset)343 inline std::function<void(Model*)> LowerOrEqualWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,
344                                                           IntegerVariable b,
345                                                           int64_t offset) {
346   return [=](Model* model) {
347     return model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>()->AddPrecedenceWithOffset(
348         a, b, IntegerValue(offset));
349   };
350 }
351 
352 // a + b <= ub.
Sum2LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t ub)353 inline std::function<void(Model*)> Sum2LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,
354                                                     IntegerVariable b,
355                                                     int64_t ub) {
356   return LowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, NegationOf(b), -ub);
357 }
358 
359 // l => (a + b <= ub).
ConditionalSum2LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t ub,const std::vector<Literal> & enforcement_literals)360 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ConditionalSum2LowerOrEqual(
361     IntegerVariable a, IntegerVariable b, int64_t ub,
362     const std::vector<Literal>& enforcement_literals) {
363   return [=](Model* model) {
364     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
365     p->AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(a, NegationOf(b), IntegerValue(-ub),
366                                    kNoIntegerVariable, enforcement_literals);
367   };
368 }
369 
370 // a + b + c <= ub.
Sum3LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,IntegerVariable c,int64_t ub)371 inline std::function<void(Model*)> Sum3LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,
372                                                     IntegerVariable b,
373                                                     IntegerVariable c,
374                                                     int64_t ub) {
375   return [=](Model* model) {
376     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
377     p->AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(a, NegationOf(c), IntegerValue(-ub), b, {});
378   };
379 }
380 
381 // l => (a + b + c <= ub).
ConditionalSum3LowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,IntegerVariable c,int64_t ub,const std::vector<Literal> & enforcement_literals)382 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ConditionalSum3LowerOrEqual(
383     IntegerVariable a, IntegerVariable b, IntegerVariable c, int64_t ub,
384     const std::vector<Literal>& enforcement_literals) {
385   return [=](Model* model) {
386     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
387     p->AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(a, NegationOf(c), IntegerValue(-ub), b,
388                                    enforcement_literals);
389   };
390 }
391 
392 // a >= b.
GreaterOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b)393 inline std::function<void(Model*)> GreaterOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,
394                                                   IntegerVariable b) {
395   return [=](Model* model) {
396     return model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>()->AddPrecedence(b, a);
397   };
398 }
399 
400 // a == b.
Equality(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b)401 inline std::function<void(Model*)> Equality(IntegerVariable a,
402                                             IntegerVariable b) {
403   return [=](Model* model) {
404     model->Add(LowerOrEqual(a, b));
405     model->Add(LowerOrEqual(b, a));
406   };
407 }
408 
409 // a + offset == b.
EqualityWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t offset)410 inline std::function<void(Model*)> EqualityWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,
411                                                       IntegerVariable b,
412                                                       int64_t offset) {
413   return [=](Model* model) {
414     model->Add(LowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, b, offset));
415     model->Add(LowerOrEqualWithOffset(b, a, -offset));
416   };
417 }
418 
419 // is_le => (a + offset <= b).
ConditionalLowerOrEqualWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t offset,Literal is_le)420 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ConditionalLowerOrEqualWithOffset(
421     IntegerVariable a, IntegerVariable b, int64_t offset, Literal is_le) {
422   return [=](Model* model) {
423     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
424     p->AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(a, b, IntegerValue(offset), is_le);
425   };
426 }
427 
428 // is_le => (a <= b).
ConditionalLowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,Literal is_le)429 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ConditionalLowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,
430                                                            IntegerVariable b,
431                                                            Literal is_le) {
432   return ConditionalLowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, b, 0, is_le);
433 }
434 
435 // literals => (a <= b).
ConditionalLowerOrEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,absl::Span<const Literal> literals)436 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ConditionalLowerOrEqual(
437     IntegerVariable a, IntegerVariable b, absl::Span<const Literal> literals) {
438   return [=](Model* model) {
439     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
440     p->AddPrecedenceWithAllOptions(a, b, IntegerValue(0),
441                                    /*offset_var*/ kNoIntegerVariable, literals);
442   };
443 }
444 
445 // is_le <=> (a + offset <= b).
ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t offset,Literal is_le)446 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(
447     IntegerVariable a, IntegerVariable b, int64_t offset, Literal is_le) {
448   return [=](Model* model) {
449     PrecedencesPropagator* p = model->GetOrCreate<PrecedencesPropagator>();
450     p->AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(a, b, IntegerValue(offset), is_le);
451 
452     // The negation of (a + offset <= b) is (a + offset > b) which can be
453     // rewritten as (b + 1 - offset <= a).
454     p->AddConditionalPrecedenceWithOffset(b, a, IntegerValue(1 - offset),
455                                           is_le.Negated());
456   };
457 }
458 
459 // is_eq <=> (a == b).
ReifiedEquality(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,Literal is_eq)460 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ReifiedEquality(IntegerVariable a,
461                                                    IntegerVariable b,
462                                                    Literal is_eq) {
463   return [=](Model* model) {
464     // We creates two extra Boolean variables in this case.
465     //
466     // TODO(user): Avoid creating them if we already have some literal that
467     // have the same meaning. For instance if a client also wanted to know if
468     // a <= b, he would have called ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset() directly.
469     const Literal is_le = Literal(model->Add(NewBooleanVariable()), true);
470     const Literal is_ge = Literal(model->Add(NewBooleanVariable()), true);
471     model->Add(ReifiedBoolAnd({is_le, is_ge}, is_eq));
472     model->Add(ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, b, 0, is_le));
473     model->Add(ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(b, a, 0, is_ge));
474   };
475 }
476 
477 // is_eq <=> (a + offset == b).
ReifiedEqualityWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b,int64_t offset,Literal is_eq)478 inline std::function<void(Model*)> ReifiedEqualityWithOffset(IntegerVariable a,
479                                                              IntegerVariable b,
480                                                              int64_t offset,
481                                                              Literal is_eq) {
482   return [=](Model* model) {
483     // We creates two extra Boolean variables in this case.
484     //
485     // TODO(user): Avoid creating them if we already have some literal that
486     // have the same meaning. For instance if a client also wanted to know if
487     // a <= b, he would have called ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset() directly.
488     const Literal is_le = Literal(model->Add(NewBooleanVariable()), true);
489     const Literal is_ge = Literal(model->Add(NewBooleanVariable()), true);
490     model->Add(ReifiedBoolAnd({is_le, is_ge}, is_eq));
491     model->Add(ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, b, offset, is_le));
492     model->Add(ReifiedLowerOrEqualWithOffset(b, a, -offset, is_ge));
493   };
494 }
495 
496 // a != b.
NotEqual(IntegerVariable a,IntegerVariable b)497 inline std::function<void(Model*)> NotEqual(IntegerVariable a,
498                                             IntegerVariable b) {
499   return [=](Model* model) {
500     // We have two options (is_gt or is_lt) and one must be true.
501     const Literal is_lt = Literal(model->Add(NewBooleanVariable()), true);
502     const Literal is_gt = is_lt.Negated();
503     model->Add(ConditionalLowerOrEqualWithOffset(a, b, 1, is_lt));
504     model->Add(ConditionalLowerOrEqualWithOffset(b, a, 1, is_gt));
505   };
506 }
507 
508 }  // namespace sat
509 }  // namespace operations_research
510 
511 #endif  // OR_TOOLS_SAT_PRECEDENCES_H_
512