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MQuadExpr
Gurobi quadratic matrix expression object. Quadratic matrix expressions are used to build quadratic objective functions and quadratic constraints. They are temporary objects that typically have short lifespans.
You generally build quadratic matrix expressions using overloaded
operators. For example, if x is an
MVar object and A is a 2-D
matrix (dense or sparse), then x @ A @ x and x @ x
are both MQuadExpr objects.
Most arithmetic operations are support on MQuadExpr objects,
including addition and subtraction (e.g.,
expr = x @ A @ x - y @ B @ y), and multiplication by a constant
(e.g. expr = 2 * x @ A @ y).
The full list of overloaded operators
on MQuadExpr objects
is as follows:
+, +=,
-, -=, *, *=, and /.
In Python parlance, we've defined the following
QuadExpr functions:
__add__, __radd__, __iadd__,
__sub__, __rsub__, __isub__, __neg__,
__mul__, __rmul__, and __imul__.
We've also overloaded the comparison operators (==, <=, and >=), to make it easier to build constraints from quadratic expressions.
Note that the Python matrix multiplication operator (@) was
introduced in Python version 3.5; it isn't available from Python 2.7.
Note that a quadratic matrix expression always produces a scalar
result (a result with shape (1,)). You can add linear terms
into a quadratic matrix expression, but for the dimensions to be
compatible they must also have shape (1,).
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