xor

It is not often that I can use a XOR in a GAMS model. But here we are..

I am working on some tools for a randomized algorithm for a multi-criteria 0-1 problem. As the algorithm can produce duplicate points we want a simple way to filter these out.

loop(pmax, * generate new solution (dummy solution for now) * assume rounded to 0 or 1     x.l(i) = 1$(uniform(0,1)<0.25); * is this a new solution or a duplicate     dup(p) = not sum(i, x.l(i) xor solpool(p,i));     abort$(card(dup)>1) "Error: solpool contains duplicates"; * if new: add to list * if old: update counter     if(card(dup),         solpool(dup,'count') = solpool(dup,'count') + 1;     else         solpool(pmax,'count') = 1;         solpool(pmax,i) = x.l(i);         p(pmax) = yes;     ); );

The results look like:

----     54 PARAMETER solpool  solution pool of unique solutions               i1          i2          i3          i4          i5       count p1            1                                                           4 p2            1                                   1                       2 p3                                                            1           2 p4                        1                                               2 p5                                    1           1                       1 p7            1                       1                                   1 p8                                                                        2 p9                        1                       1                       2 p13           1           1                                   1           2 p15           1           1           1                                   1 p16                                   1                       1           1

Of course instead of the XOR we could have written:

dup(p) = not sum(i$(x.l(i)<>solpool(p,i)),1);