[Help-glpk] [Fwd: How to rewrite a nonlinear expression in a linear one]

[Andrew Makhorin]

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From: Sina Burkhardt <address@hidden>
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Subject: How to rewrite a nonlinear expression in a linear one
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:31:16 +0200

Hi all,

 

I’m currently writing my Master thesis and I hope someone can help me to
solve the following problem(s) with my model as quickly as possible.

I use glpk(gusek) and my model needs unfortunately two nonlinear
expressions.

Is there any possibility to rewrite these nonlinear expressions into
linear ones to solve it with gusek?

Or can I assign a solution value of var to an parameter or something
like that to avoid the nonlinear type?

 

Here’s an abstract of the model : (the “problems” are red labeled)

 

 

###Declarations####

param T, integer; #horizont of time

set D;     #  DemandPoints

 

/*Periodenzeitraum*/

set P, default{1..T};             # Planungshorizont T

 

var susceptible{j in D,t in 0..T}>=0,integer; 

var N{j in D,t in 0..T}>=0,integer;                        # Population
at DemandPoint j in periode t

var I{j in D,t in 0..T}>=0;                        # Persons who are
infected at DemandPoint j in periode t

var I_nB{j in D,t in 0..T}>=0,integer #Infected without treatment at
DemandPoint j in periode t

var I_neu{j in D,t in P}>=0;                               # add.
infected persons in j in t

var lambda{j in D,t in P}>=0;                             #Infectionrate

 

/*Index of contagions*/

param c, >=0,<=1;

 

/*contactrate*/

param kappa{D};

 

param beta{j in D}:=kappa[j]*c;

 

/*Init. in  t=0*/

init_Population{j in D}: N[j,0]=init_N0[j]; 

init_Infiziert{j in D}: I[j,0]=init_I0[j];

init_Gesund{j in D}: susceptible[j,0]=N[j,0]-I[j,0];

 

population{j in D,t in P}: N[j,t]=susceptible[j,t]+I[j,t];   #with var
I{j in D,t in P}

Gesunde{j in D,t in P}: susceptible[j,t]= susceptible[j,t-1]-
I_neu[j,t];

 

#Calculate infectionrate

s.t. infekt_rate{j in D,t in P}: lambda[j,t]=beta[j]*
(I_nB[j,t-1] /N[j,t-1]); #Here’s the first Problem because its nonlinear
and glpk can not solve NLP. 

 

#Calculate the new infected persons

Neuinfiziert{j in D,t in P}: I_neu[j,t]=
lambda[j,t]*susceptible[j,t-1]; 

 

# example data

 

data;

set D:= D1;

param T:=3;

param c:=0.2;

param kappa:= D1 10;

param init_N0:= D1            100000;

param init_I0:= D1              1000;

 

end;

 

 

 

I would be very happy about your help. 

Thanks in advance.

 

Regards,

Sina