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facility.m

function facility()

% Copyright 2023, Gurobi Optimization, LLC
%
% Facility location: a company currently ships its product from 5 plants
% to 4 warehouses. It is considering closing some plants to reduce
% costs. What plant(s) should the company close, in order to minimize
% transportation and fixed costs?
%
% Note that this example uses lists instead of dictionaries.  Since
% it does not work with sparse data, lists are a reasonable option.
%
% Based on an example from Frontline Systems:
%   http://www.solver.com/disfacility.htm
% Used with permission.

% define primitive data
nPlants     = 5;
nWarehouses = 4;
% Warehouse demand in thousands of units
Demand      = [15; 18; 14; 20];
% Plant capacity in thousands of units
Capacity    = [20; 22; 17; 19; 18];
% Fixed costs for each plant
FixedCosts  = [12000; 15000; 17000; 13000; 16000];
% Transportation costs per thousand units
TransCosts  = [
    4000; 2000; 3000; 2500; 4500;
    2500; 2600; 3400; 3000; 4000;
    1200; 1800; 2600; 4100; 3000;
    2200; 2600; 3100; 3700; 3200];

% Index helper function
flowidx = @(w, p) nPlants * w + p;

% Build model
model.modelname = 'facility';
model.modelsense = 'min';

% Set data for variables
ncol = nPlants + nPlants * nWarehouses;
model.lb    = zeros(ncol, 1);
model.ub    = [ones(nPlants, 1); inf(nPlants * nWarehouses, 1)];
model.obj   = [FixedCosts; TransCosts];
model.vtype = [repmat('B', nPlants, 1); repmat('C', nPlants * nWarehouses, 1)];

for p = 1:nPlants
    model.varnames{p} = sprintf('Open%d', p);
end

for w = 1:nWarehouses
    for p = 1:nPlants
        v = flowidx(w, p);
        model.varnames{v} = sprintf('Trans%d,%d', w, p);
    end
end

% Set data for constraints and matrix
nrow = nPlants + nWarehouses;
model.A     = sparse(nrow, ncol);
model.rhs   = [zeros(nPlants, 1); Demand];
model.sense = [repmat('<', nPlants, 1); repmat('=', nWarehouses, 1)];

% Production constraints
for p = 1:nPlants
    for w = 1:nWarehouses
        model.A(p, p) = -Capacity(p);
        model.A(p, flowidx(w, p)) = 1.0;
    end
    model.constrnames{p} = sprintf('Capacity%d', p);
end

% Demand constraints
for w = 1:nWarehouses
    for p = 1:nPlants
        model.A(nPlants+w, flowidx(w, p)) = 1.0;
    end
    model.constrnames{nPlants+w} = sprintf('Demand%d', w);
end

% Save model
gurobi_write(model,'facility_m.lp');

% Guess at the starting point: close the plant with the highest fixed
% costs; open all others first open all plants
model.start = [ones(nPlants, 1); inf(nPlants * nWarehouses, 1)];
[~, idx] = max(FixedCosts);
model.start(idx) = 0;

% Set parameters
params.method = 2;

% Optimize
res = gurobi(model, params);

% Print solution
if strcmp(res.status, 'OPTIMAL')
    fprintf('\nTotal Costs: %g\n', res.objval);
    fprintf('solution:\n');
    for p = 1:nPlants
        if res.x(p) > 0.99
            fprintf('Plant %d open:\n', p);
        end
        for w = 1:nWarehouses
            if res.x(flowidx(w, p)) > 0.0001
                fprintf('  Transport %g units to warehouse %d\n', res.x(flowidx(w, p)), w);
            end
        end
    end
else
    fprintf('\n No solution\n');
end

end

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