Targets are used to specify the minimum probability of persistence required for each feature. Please note that only some objectives require targets, and attempting to solve a problem that requires targets will throw an error if targets are not supplied, and attempting to solve a problem that does not require targets will throw a warning if targets are supplied.

Details

The following functions can be used to specify targets for a project prioritization problem():

add_relative_targets()

Set targets as a proportion (between 0 and 1) of the maximum probability of persistence associated with the best project for each feature. For instance, if the best project for a feature has an 80% probability of persisting, setting a 50% (i.e. 0.5) relative target will correspond to a 40% threshold probability of persisting.

add_absolute_targets()

Set targets by specifying exactly what probability of persistence is required for each feature. For instance, setting an absolute target of 10% (i.e. 0.1) corresponds to a threshold 10% probability of persisting.

add_manual_targets()

Set targets by manually specifying all the required information for each target.

Examples

# load data
data(sim_projects, sim_features, sim_actions)

# build problem with minimum set objective and targets that require each
# feature to have a 30% chance of persisting into the future
p1 <- problem(sim_projects, sim_actions, sim_features,
             "name", "success", "name", "cost", "name") %>%
      add_min_set_objective() %>%
      add_absolute_targets(0.3) %>%
      add_binary_decisions()

# print problem
print(p1)
#> Project Prioritization Problem
#>   actions          F1_action, F2_action, F3_action, ... (6 actions)
#>   projects         F1_project, F2_project, F3_project, ... (6 projects)
#>   features         F1, F2, F3, ... (5 features)
#>   action costs:    min: 0, max: 103.22583
#>   project success: min: 0.81379, max: 1
#>   objective:       Minimum set objective 
#>   targets:         Absolute targets [targets (min: 0.3, max: 0.3)]
#>   weights:         default
#>   decisions        Binary decision 
#>   constraints:     <none>
#>   solver:          default

# build problem with minimum set objective and targets that require each
# feature to have a level of persistence that is greater than or equal to
# 30% of the best project for conserving it
p2 <- problem(sim_projects, sim_actions, sim_features,
             "name", "success", "name", "cost", "name") %>%
      add_min_set_objective() %>%
      add_relative_targets(0.3) %>%
      add_binary_decisions()

# print problem
print(p2)
#> Project Prioritization Problem
#>   actions          F1_action, F2_action, F3_action, ... (6 actions)
#>   projects         F1_project, F2_project, F3_project, ... (6 projects)
#>   features         F1, F2, F3, ... (5 features)
#>   action costs:    min: 0, max: 103.22583
#>   project success: min: 0.81379, max: 1
#>   objective:       Minimum set objective 
#>   targets:         Relative targets [targets (min: 0.3, max: 0.3)]
#>   weights:         default
#>   decisions        Binary decision 
#>   constraints:     <none>
#>   solver:          default

# \dontrun{
# solve problems
s1 <- solve(p1)
#> Gurobi Optimizer version 9.5.2 build v9.5.2rc0 (linux64)
#> Thread count: 4 physical cores, 8 logical processors, using up to 1 threads
#> Optimize a model with 46 rows, 42 columns and 92 nonzeros
#> Model fingerprint: 0xde05e947
#> Variable types: 0 continuous, 42 integer (42 binary)
#> Coefficient statistics:
#>   Matrix range     [9e-02, 1e+00]
#>   Objective range  [9e+01, 1e+02]
#>   Bounds range     [1e+00, 1e+00]
#>   RHS range        [3e-01, 1e+00]
#> Found heuristic solution: objective 497.7671458
#> Presolve removed 45 rows and 20 columns
#> Presolve time: 0.00s
#> Presolved: 1 rows, 22 columns, 2 nonzeros
#> Variable types: 0 continuous, 22 integer (22 binary)
#> 
#> Explored 0 nodes (0 simplex iterations) in 0.00 seconds (0.00 work units)
#> Thread count was 1 (of 8 available processors)
#> 
#> Solution count 1: 497.767 
#> 
#> Optimal solution found (tolerance 0.00e+00)
#> Best objective 4.977671458279e+02, best bound 4.977671458279e+02, gap 0.0000%
s2 <- solve(p2)
#> Gurobi Optimizer version 9.5.2 build v9.5.2rc0 (linux64)
#> Thread count: 4 physical cores, 8 logical processors, using up to 1 threads
#> Optimize a model with 46 rows, 42 columns and 92 nonzeros
#> Model fingerprint: 0xb55f4224
#> Variable types: 0 continuous, 42 integer (42 binary)
#> Coefficient statistics:
#>   Matrix range     [9e-02, 1e+00]
#>   Objective range  [9e+01, 1e+02]
#>   Bounds range     [1e+00, 1e+00]
#>   RHS range        [1e-01, 1e+00]
#> Found heuristic solution: objective 304.1251127
#> Presolve removed 24 rows and 11 columns
#> Presolve time: 0.00s
#> Presolved: 22 rows, 31 columns, 44 nonzeros
#> Variable types: 0 continuous, 31 integer (31 binary)
#> Root relaxation presolved: 22 rows, 31 columns, 44 nonzeros
#> 
#> 
#> Root relaxation: objective 2.042172e+02, 5 iterations, 0.00 seconds (0.00 work units)
#> 
#>     Nodes    |    Current Node    |     Objective Bounds      |     Work
#>  Expl Unexpl |  Obj  Depth IntInf | Incumbent    BestBd   Gap | It/Node Time
#> 
#> *    0     0               0     204.2171997  204.21720  0.00%     -    0s
#> 
#> Explored 1 nodes (5 simplex iterations) in 0.00 seconds (0.00 work units)
#> Thread count was 1 (of 8 available processors)
#> 
#> Solution count 1: 204.217 
#> 
#> Optimal solution found (tolerance 0.00e+00)
#> Best objective 2.042171996644e+02, best bound 2.042171996644e+02, gap 0.0000%

# print solutions
print(s1)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 21
#>   solution status    obj  cost F1_action F2_ac…¹ F3_ac…² F4_ac…³ F5_ac…⁴ basel…⁵
#>      <int> <chr>   <dbl> <dbl>     <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>
#> 1        1 OPTIMAL  498.  498.         1       1       1       1       1       1
#> # … with 11 more variables: F1_project <dbl>, F2_project <dbl>,
#> #   F3_project <dbl>, F4_project <dbl>, F5_project <dbl>,
#> #   baseline_project <dbl>, F1 <dbl>, F2 <dbl>, F3 <dbl>, F4 <dbl>, F5 <dbl>,
#> #   and abbreviated variable names ¹​F2_action, ²​F3_action, ³​F4_action,
#> #   ⁴​F5_action, ⁵​baseline_action
print(s2)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 21
#>   solution status    obj  cost F1_action F2_ac…¹ F3_ac…² F4_ac…³ F5_ac…⁴ basel…⁵
#>      <int> <chr>   <dbl> <dbl>     <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>
#> 1        1 OPTIMAL  204.  204.         0       1       1       0       0       1
#> # … with 11 more variables: F1_project <dbl>, F2_project <dbl>,
#> #   F3_project <dbl>, F4_project <dbl>, F5_project <dbl>,
#> #   baseline_project <dbl>, F1 <dbl>, F2 <dbl>, F3 <dbl>, F4 <dbl>, F5 <dbl>,
#> #   and abbreviated variable names ¹​F2_action, ²​F3_action, ³​F4_action,
#> #   ⁴​F5_action, ⁵​baseline_action

# plot solutions
plot(p1, s1)

plot(p2, s2)

# }