heur_distributiondiving.c

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/**@file   heur_distributiondiving.c
 * @ingroup DEFPLUGINS_HEUR
 * @brief Diving heuristic that chooses fixings w.r.t. changes in the solution density after Pryor and Chinneck.
 * @author Gregor Hendel
 */
 
/*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2*/
 
#include "blockmemshell/memory.h"
#include "scip/branch_distribution.h"
#include "scip/heur_distributiondiving.h"
#include "scip/heuristics.h"
#include "scip/pub_event.h"
#include "scip/pub_heur.h"
#include "scip/pub_lp.h"
#include "scip/pub_message.h"
#include "scip/pub_var.h"
#include "scip/scip_event.h"
#include "scip/scip_general.h"
#include "scip/scip_heur.h"
#include "scip/scip_lp.h"
#include "scip/scip_mem.h"
#include "scip/scip_message.h"
#include "scip/scip_numerics.h"
#include "scip/scip_param.h"
#include "scip/scip_prob.h"
#include "scip/scip_probing.h"
#include "scip/scip_sol.h"
#include <string.h>
 
#define HEUR_NAME             "distributiondiving"
#define HEUR_DESC             "Diving heuristic that chooses fixings w.r.t. changes in the solution density"
#define HEUR_DISPCHAR         SCIP_HEURDISPCHAR_DIVING
#define HEUR_PRIORITY         -1003300
#define HEUR_FREQ             10
#define HEUR_FREQOFS          3
#define HEUR_MAXDEPTH         -1
#define HEUR_TIMING           SCIP_HEURTIMING_AFTERLPPLUNGE
#define HEUR_USESSUBSCIP      FALSE  /**< does the heuristic use a secondary SCIP instance? */
#define EVENT_DISTRIBUTION    SCIP_EVENTTYPE_BOUNDCHANGED /**< the event type to be handled by this event handler */
#define EVENTHDLR_NAME        "eventhdlr_distributiondiving"
#define DIVESET_DIVETYPES     SCIP_DIVETYPE_INTEGRALITY /**< bit mask that represents all supported dive types */
#define DIVESET_ISPUBLIC      FALSE  /**< is this dive set publicly available (ie., can be used by other primal heuristics?) */
 
/*
 * Default parameter settings
 */
 
#define DEFAULT_MINRELDEPTH         0.0 /**< minimal relative depth to start diving */
#define DEFAULT_MAXRELDEPTH         1.0 /**< maximal relative depth to start diving */
#define DEFAULT_MAXLPITERQUOT      0.05 /**< maximal fraction of diving LP iterations compared to node LP iterations */
#define DEFAULT_MAXLPITEROFS       1000 /**< additional number of allowed LP iterations */
#define DEFAULT_MAXDIVEUBQUOT       0.8 /**< maximal quotient (curlowerbound - lowerbound)/(cutoffbound - lowerbound)
                                         *   where diving is performed (0.0: no limit) */
#define DEFAULT_MAXDIVEAVGQUOT      0.0 /**< maximal quotient (curlowerbound - lowerbound)/(avglowerbound - lowerbound)
                                         *   where diving is performed (0.0: no limit) */
#define DEFAULT_MAXDIVEUBQUOTNOSOL  0.1 /**< maximal UBQUOT when no solution was found yet (0.0: no limit) */
#define DEFAULT_MAXDIVEAVGQUOTNOSOL 0.0 /**< maximal AVGQUOT when no solution was found yet (0.0: no limit) */
#define DEFAULT_BACKTRACK          TRUE /**< use one level of backtracking if infeasibility is encountered? */
#define DEFAULT_LPRESOLVEDOMCHGQUOT 0.15 /**< percentage of immediate domain changes during probing to trigger LP resolve */
#define DEFAULT_LPSOLVEFREQ           0 /**< LP solve frequency for diving heuristics */
#define DEFAULT_ONLYLPBRANCHCANDS  TRUE /**< should only LP branching candidates be considered instead of the slower but
                                         *   more general constraint handler diving variable selection? */
 
#define SCOREPARAM_VALUES "lhwvd"       /**< the score;largest 'd'ifference, 'l'owest cumulative probability,'h'ighest c.p.,
                                         *   'v'otes lowest c.p., votes highest c.p.('w'), 'r'evolving */
#define SCOREPARAM_VALUESLEN 5
#define DEFAULT_SCOREPARAM 'r'          /**< default scoring parameter to guide the diving */
#define DEFAULT_RANDSEED   117          /**< initial seed for random number generation */
 
/* locally defined heuristic data */
struct SCIP_HeurData
{
   SCIP_SOL*             sol;                /**< working solution */
   SCIP_EVENTHDLR*       eventhdlr;          /**< event handler pointer */
   SCIP_VAR**            updatedvars;        /**< variables to process bound change events for */
   SCIP_Real*            rowmeans;           /**< row activity mean values for all rows */
   SCIP_Real*            rowvariances;       /**< row activity variances for all rows */
   SCIP_Real*            currentubs;         /**< variable upper bounds as currently saved in the row activities */
   SCIP_Real*            currentlbs;         /**< variable lower bounds as currently saved in the row activities */
   int*                  rowinfinitiesdown;  /**< count the number of variables with infinite bounds which allow for always
                                              *   repairing the constraint right hand side */
   int*                  rowinfinitiesup;    /**< count the number of variables with infinite bounds which allow for always
                                              *   repairing the constraint left hand side */
   int*                  varposs;            /**< array of variable positions in the updated variables array */
   int*                  varfilterposs;      /**< array of event filter positions for variable events */
   int                   nupdatedvars;       /**< the current number of variables with pending bound changes */
   int                   memsize;            /**< memory size of current arrays, needed for dynamic reallocation */
   int                   varpossmemsize;     /**< memory size of updated vars and varposs array */
 
   char                  scoreparam;         /**< score user parameter */
   char                  score;              /**< score to be used depending on user parameter to use fixed score or revolve */
};
 
struct SCIP_EventhdlrData
{
   SCIP_HEURDATA*  heurdata;     /**< the heuristic data to access distribution arrays */
};
/*
 * local methods
 */
 
/** ensure that maxindex + 1 rows can be represented in data arrays; memory gets reallocated with 10% extra space
 *  to save some time for future allocations */
static
SCIP_RETCODE heurdataEnsureArraySize(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< heuristic data */
   int                   maxindex            /**< row index at hand (size must be at least this large) */
   )
{
   int newsize;
   int r;
 
   /* maxindex fits in current array -> nothing to do */
   if( maxindex < heurdata->memsize )
      return SCIP_OKAY;
 
   /* new memory size is the max index + 1 plus 10% additional space */
   newsize = (int)SCIPfeasCeil(scip, (maxindex + 1) * 1.1);
   assert(newsize > heurdata->memsize);
   assert(heurdata->memsize >= 0);
 
   /* alloc memory arrays for row information */
   if( heurdata->memsize == 0 )
   {
      SCIP_VAR** vars;
      int v;
      int nvars;
 
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesup, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowmeans, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowvariances, newsize) );
 
      assert(SCIPgetStage(scip) == SCIP_STAGE_SOLVING);
 
      vars = SCIPgetVars(scip);
      nvars = SCIPgetNVars(scip);
 
      assert(nvars > 0);
 
      /* allocate variable update event processing array storage */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->varfilterposs, nvars) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->varposs, nvars) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->updatedvars, nvars) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->currentubs, nvars) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->currentlbs, nvars) );
 
      heurdata->varpossmemsize = nvars;
      heurdata->nupdatedvars = 0;
 
      /* init variable event processing data */
      for( v = 0; v < nvars; ++v )
      {
         assert(SCIPvarIsActive(vars[v]));
         assert(SCIPvarGetProbindex(vars[v]) == v);
 
         /* set up variable events to catch bound changes */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcatchVarEvent(scip, vars[v], EVENT_DISTRIBUTION, heurdata->eventhdlr, NULL, &(heurdata->varfilterposs[v])) );
         assert(heurdata->varfilterposs[v] >= 0);
 
         heurdata->varposs[v] = -1;
         heurdata->updatedvars[v] = NULL;
         heurdata->currentlbs[v] = SCIP_INVALID;
         heurdata->currentubs[v] = SCIP_INVALID;
      }
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesup, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowmeans, newsize) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreallocBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowvariances, newsize) );
   }
 
   /* loop over extended arrays and invalidate data to trigger initialization of this row when necessary */
   for( r = heurdata->memsize; r < newsize; ++r )
   {
      heurdata->rowmeans[r] = SCIP_INVALID;
      heurdata->rowvariances[r] = SCIP_INVALID;
      heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[r] = 0;
      heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[r] = 0;
   }
 
   /* adjust memsize */
   heurdata->memsize = newsize;
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** update the variables current lower and upper bound */
static
void heurdataUpdateCurrentBounds(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< heuristic data */
   SCIP_VAR*             var                 /**< the variable to update current bounds */
   )
{
   int varindex;
   SCIP_Real lblocal;
   SCIP_Real ublocal;
 
   assert(var != NULL);
 
   varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(var);
   assert(0 <= varindex && varindex < heurdata->varpossmemsize);
   lblocal = SCIPvarGetLbLocal(var);
   ublocal = SCIPvarGetUbLocal(var);
 
   assert(SCIPisFeasLE(scip, lblocal, ublocal));
 
   heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] = lblocal;
   heurdata->currentubs[varindex] = ublocal;
}
 
/** calculates the initial mean and variance of the row activity normal distribution.
 *
 *  The mean value \f$ \mu \f$ is given by \f$ \mu = \sum_i=1^n c_i * (lb_i +ub_i) / 2 \f$ where
 *  \f$n \f$ is the number of variables, and \f$ c_i, lb_i, ub_i \f$ are the variable coefficient and
 *  bounds, respectively. With the same notation, the variance \f$ \sigma^2 \f$ is given by
 *  \f$ \sigma^2 = \sum_i=1^n c_i^2 * \sigma^2_i \f$, with the variance being
 *  \f$ \sigma^2_i = ((ub_i - lb_i + 1)^2 - 1) / 12 \f$ for integer variables and
 *  \f$ \sigma^2_i = (ub_i - lb_i)^2 / 12 \f$ for continuous variables.
 */
static
void rowCalculateGauss(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< the heuristic rule data */
   SCIP_ROW*             row,                /**< the row for which the gaussian normal distribution has to be calculated */
   SCIP_Real*            mu,                 /**< pointer to store the mean value of the gaussian normal distribution */
   SCIP_Real*            sigma2,             /**< pointer to store the variance value of the gaussian normal distribution */
   int*                  rowinfinitiesdown,  /**< pointer to store the number of variables with infinite bounds to DECREASE activity */
   int*                  rowinfinitiesup     /**< pointer to store the number of variables with infinite bounds to INCREASE activity */
   )
{
   SCIP_COL** rowcols;
   SCIP_Real* rowvals;
   int nrowvals;
   int c;
 
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(row != NULL);
   assert(mu != NULL);
   assert(sigma2 != NULL);
   assert(rowinfinitiesup != NULL);
   assert(rowinfinitiesdown != NULL);
 
   rowcols = SCIProwGetCols(row);
   rowvals = SCIProwGetVals(row);
   nrowvals = SCIProwGetNNonz(row);
 
   assert(nrowvals == 0 || rowcols != NULL);
   assert(nrowvals == 0 || rowvals != NULL);
 
   *mu = SCIProwGetConstant(row);
   *sigma2 = 0.0;
   *rowinfinitiesdown = 0;
   *rowinfinitiesup = 0;
 
   /* loop over nonzero row coefficients and sum up the variable contributions to mu and sigma2 */
   for( c = 0; c < nrowvals; ++c )
   {
      SCIP_VAR* colvar;
      SCIP_Real colval;
      SCIP_Real colvarlb;
      SCIP_Real colvarub;
      SCIP_Real squarecoeff;
      SCIP_Real varvariance;
      SCIP_Real varmean;
      int varindex;
 
      assert(rowcols[c] != NULL);
      colvar = SCIPcolGetVar(rowcols[c]);
      assert(colvar != NULL);
 
      colval = rowvals[c];
      colvarlb = SCIPvarGetLbLocal(colvar);
      colvarub = SCIPvarGetUbLocal(colvar);
 
      varmean = 0.0;
      varvariance = 0.0;
      varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(colvar);
      assert((heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID) == (heurdata->currentubs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID)); /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
 
      /* variable bounds need to be watched from now on */
      if( heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
         heurdataUpdateCurrentBounds(scip, heurdata, colvar);
 
      assert(!SCIPisInfinity(scip, colvarlb));
      assert(!SCIPisInfinity(scip, -colvarub));
      assert(SCIPisFeasLE(scip, colvarlb, colvarub));
 
      /* variables with infinite bounds are skipped for the calculation of the variance; they need to
       * be accounted for by the counters for infinite row activity decrease and increase and they
       * are used to shift the row activity mean in case they have one nonzero, but finite bound */
      if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, -colvarlb) || SCIPisInfinity(scip, colvarub) )
      {
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, colvarub) )
         {
         /* an infinite upper bound gives the row an infinite maximum activity or minimum activity, if the coefficient is
          * positive or negative, resp.
          */
            if( colval < 0.0 )
               ++(*rowinfinitiesdown);
            else
               ++(*rowinfinitiesup);
         }
 
         /* an infinite lower bound gives the row an infinite maximum activity or minimum activity, if the coefficient is
          * negative or positive, resp.
          */
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, -colvarlb) )
         {
            if( colval > 0.0 )
               ++(*rowinfinitiesdown);
            else
               ++(*rowinfinitiesup);
         }
      }
      SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, colvarlb, colvarub, SCIPvarGetType(colvar), &varmean, &varvariance);
 
      /* actual values are updated; the contribution of the variable to mu is the arithmetic mean of its bounds */
      *mu += colval * varmean;
 
      /* the variance contribution of a variable is c^2 * (u - l)^2 / 12.0 for continuous and c^2 * ((u - l + 1)^2 - 1) / 12.0 for integer */
      squarecoeff = SQR(colval);
      *sigma2 += squarecoeff * varvariance;
 
      assert(!SCIPisFeasNegative(scip, *sigma2));
   }
 
   SCIPdebug( SCIPprintRow(scip, row, NULL) );
   SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  Row %s has a mean value of %g at a sigma2 of %g \n", SCIProwGetName(row), *mu, *sigma2);
}
 
/** calculate the branching score of a variable, depending on the chosen score parameter */
static
SCIP_RETCODE calcBranchScore(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< current SCIP */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< branch rule data */
   SCIP_VAR*             var,                /**< candidate variable */
   SCIP_Real             lpsolval,           /**< current fractional LP-relaxation solution value  */
   SCIP_Real*            upscore,            /**< pointer to store the variable score when branching on it in upward direction */
   SCIP_Real*            downscore,          /**< pointer to store the variable score when branching on it in downward direction */
   char                  scoreparam          /**< the score parameter of this heuristic */
   )
{
   SCIP_COL* varcol;
   SCIP_ROW** colrows;
   SCIP_Real* rowvals;
   SCIP_Real varlb;
   SCIP_Real varub;
   SCIP_Real squaredbounddiff; /* current squared difference of variable bounds (ub - lb)^2 */
   SCIP_Real newub;            /* new upper bound if branching downwards */
   SCIP_Real newlb;            /* new lower bound if branching upwards */
   SCIP_Real squaredbounddiffup; /* squared difference after branching upwards (ub - lb')^2 */
   SCIP_Real squaredbounddiffdown; /* squared difference after branching downwards (ub' - lb)^2 */
   SCIP_Real currentmean;      /* current mean value of variable uniform distribution */
   SCIP_Real meanup;           /* mean value of variable uniform distribution after branching up */
   SCIP_Real meandown;         /* mean value of variable uniform distribution after branching down*/
   SCIP_VARTYPE vartype;
   int ncolrows;
   int i;
 
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(var != NULL);
   assert(upscore != NULL);
   assert(downscore != NULL);
   assert(!SCIPisIntegral(scip, lpsolval) || SCIPvarIsBinary(var));
   assert(SCIPvarGetStatus(var) == SCIP_VARSTATUS_COLUMN);
 
   varcol = SCIPvarGetCol(var);
   assert(varcol != NULL);
 
   colrows = SCIPcolGetRows(varcol);
   rowvals = SCIPcolGetVals(varcol);
   ncolrows = SCIPcolGetNNonz(varcol);
   varlb = SCIPvarGetLbLocal(var);
   varub = SCIPvarGetUbLocal(var);
   assert(varub - varlb > 0.5);
   vartype = SCIPvarGetType(var);
 
   /* calculate mean and variance of variable uniform distribution before and after branching */
   currentmean = 0.0;
   squaredbounddiff = 0.0;
   SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, varlb, varub, vartype, &currentmean, &squaredbounddiff);
 
   /* unfixed binary variables may have an integer solution value in the LP solution, eg, at the presence of indicator constraints */
   if( !SCIPvarIsBinary(var) )
   {
      newlb = SCIPfeasCeil(scip, lpsolval);
      newub = SCIPfeasFloor(scip, lpsolval);
   }
   else
   {
      newlb = 1.0;
      newub = 0.0;
   }
 
   /* calculate the variable's uniform distribution after branching up and down, respectively. */
   squaredbounddiffup = 0.0;
   meanup = 0.0;
   SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, newlb, varub, vartype, &meanup, &squaredbounddiffup);
 
   /* calculate the distribution mean and variance for a variable with finite lower bound */
   squaredbounddiffdown = 0.0;
   meandown = 0.0;
   SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, varlb, newub, vartype, &meandown, &squaredbounddiffdown);
 
   /* initialize the variable's up and down score */
   *upscore = 0.0;
   *downscore = 0.0;
 
   /* loop over the variable rows and calculate the up and down score */
   for( i = 0; i < ncolrows; ++i )
   {
      SCIP_ROW* row;
      SCIP_Real changedrowmean;
      SCIP_Real rowmean;
      SCIP_Real rowvariance;
      SCIP_Real changedrowvariance;
      SCIP_Real currentrowprob;
      SCIP_Real newrowprobup;
      SCIP_Real newrowprobdown;
      SCIP_Real squaredcoeff;
      SCIP_Real rowval;
      int rowinfinitiesdown;
      int rowinfinitiesup;
      int rowpos;
 
      row = colrows[i];
      rowval = rowvals[i];
      assert(row != NULL);
 
      /* we access the rows by their index */
      rowpos = SCIProwGetIndex(row);
 
      /* TODO add possibility to skip non-active rows by setting a user parameter */
      /* if( SCIPisSumPositive(scip, SCIPgetRowLPFeasibility(scip, row)) )
         continue;
      */
 
      /* call method to ensure sufficient data capacity */
      SCIP_CALL( heurdataEnsureArraySize(scip, heurdata, rowpos) );
 
      /* calculate row activity distribution if this is the first candidate to appear in this row */
      if( heurdata->rowmeans[rowpos] == SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
      {
         rowCalculateGauss(scip, heurdata, row, &heurdata->rowmeans[rowpos], &heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos],
               &heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos], &heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos]);
      }
 
      /* retrieve the row distribution parameters from the branch rule data */
      rowmean = heurdata->rowmeans[rowpos];
      rowvariance = heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos];
      rowinfinitiesdown = heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos];
      rowinfinitiesup = heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos];
      assert(!SCIPisNegative(scip, rowvariance));
 
      currentrowprob = SCIProwCalcProbability(scip, row, rowmean, rowvariance,
            rowinfinitiesdown, rowinfinitiesup);
 
      /* get variable's current expected contribution to row activity */
      squaredcoeff = SQR(rowval);
 
      /* first, get the probability change for the row if the variable is branched on upwards. The probability
       * can only be affected if the variable upper bound is finite
       */
      if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, varub) )
      {
         int rowinftiesdownafterbranch;
         int rowinftiesupafterbranch;
 
         /* calculate how branching would affect the row parameters */
         changedrowmean = rowmean + rowval * (meanup - currentmean);
         changedrowvariance = rowvariance + squaredcoeff * (squaredbounddiffup - squaredbounddiff);
         changedrowvariance = MAX(0.0, changedrowvariance);
 
         rowinftiesdownafterbranch = rowinfinitiesdown;
         rowinftiesupafterbranch = rowinfinitiesup;
 
         /* account for changes of the row's infinite bound contributions */
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, -varlb) && rowval < 0.0 )
            rowinftiesupafterbranch--;
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, -varlb) && rowval > 0.0 )
            rowinftiesdownafterbranch--;
 
         assert(rowinftiesupafterbranch >= 0);
         assert(rowinftiesdownafterbranch >= 0);
         newrowprobup = SCIProwCalcProbability(scip, row, changedrowmean, changedrowvariance, rowinftiesdownafterbranch,
               rowinftiesupafterbranch);
      }
      else
         newrowprobup = currentrowprob;
 
      /* do the same for the other branching direction */
      if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, varlb) )
      {
         int rowinftiesdownafterbranch;
         int rowinftiesupafterbranch;
 
         changedrowmean = rowmean + rowval * (meandown - currentmean);
         changedrowvariance = rowvariance + squaredcoeff * (squaredbounddiffdown - squaredbounddiff);
         changedrowvariance = MAX(0.0, changedrowvariance);
 
         rowinftiesdownafterbranch = rowinfinitiesdown;
         rowinftiesupafterbranch = rowinfinitiesup;
 
         /* account for changes of the row's infinite bound contributions */
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, varub) && rowval > 0.0 )
            rowinftiesupafterbranch -= 1;
         if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, varub) && rowval < 0.0 )
            rowinftiesdownafterbranch -= 1;
 
         assert(rowinftiesdownafterbranch >= 0);
         assert(rowinftiesupafterbranch >= 0);
         newrowprobdown = SCIProwCalcProbability(scip, row, changedrowmean, changedrowvariance, rowinftiesdownafterbranch,
               rowinftiesupafterbranch);
      }
      else
         newrowprobdown = currentrowprob;
 
      /* update the up and down score depending on the chosen scoring parameter */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPupdateDistributionScore(scip, currentrowprob, newrowprobup, newrowprobdown, upscore, downscore, scoreparam) );
 
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  Variable %s changes probability of row %s from %g to %g (branch up) or %g;\n",
         SCIPvarGetName(var), SCIProwGetName(row), currentrowprob, newrowprobup, newrowprobdown);
      SCIPdebugMsg(scip, "  -->  new variable score: %g (for branching up), %g (for branching down)\n",
         *upscore, *downscore);
   }
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** free heuristic data */
static
SCIP_RETCODE heurdataFreeArrays(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata            /**< heuristic data */
   )
{
   assert(heurdata->memsize == 0 || heurdata->rowmeans != NULL);
   assert(heurdata->memsize >= 0);
 
   if( heurdata->varpossmemsize > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_VAR** vars;
      int v;
 
      assert(heurdata->varpossmemsize == SCIPgetNVars(scip));
 
      vars = SCIPgetVars(scip);
      for( v = heurdata->varpossmemsize - 1; v >= 0; --v )
      {
         SCIP_VAR* var;
 
         var = vars[v];
 
         assert(var != NULL);
         assert(v == SCIPvarGetProbindex(var));
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPdropVarEvent(scip, var, EVENT_DISTRIBUTION, heurdata->eventhdlr, NULL, heurdata->varfilterposs[v]) );
      }
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->currentlbs);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->currentubs);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->updatedvars);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->varposs);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->varfilterposs);
   }
 
   if( heurdata->memsize > 0 )
   {
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowvariances);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowmeans);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesup);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown);
 
      heurdata->memsize = 0;
   }
 
   heurdata->varpossmemsize = 0;
   heurdata->nupdatedvars = 0;
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** add variable to the bound change event queue; skipped if variable is already in there, or if variable has
 *  no row currently watched
 */
static
void heurdataAddBoundChangeVar(
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< heuristic data */
   SCIP_VAR*             var                 /**< the variable whose bound changes need to be processed */
   )
{
   int varindex;
   int varpos;
 
   assert(var != NULL);
 
   varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(var);
   assert(-1 <= varindex && varindex < heurdata->varpossmemsize);
 
   /* if variable is not active, it should not be watched */
   if( varindex == -1 )
      return;
   varpos = heurdata->varposs[varindex];
   assert(varpos < heurdata->nupdatedvars);
 
   /* nothing to do if variable is already in the queue */
   if( varpos >= 0 )
   {
      assert(heurdata->updatedvars[varpos] == var);
 
      return;
   }
 
   /* if none of the variables rows was calculated yet, variable needs not to be watched */
   assert((heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID) == (heurdata->currentubs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID)); /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
 
   /* we don't need to enqueue the variable if it hasn't been watched so far */
   if( heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 see above */
      return;
 
   /* add the variable to the heuristic data of variables to process updates for */
   assert(heurdata->varpossmemsize > heurdata->nupdatedvars);
   varpos = heurdata->nupdatedvars;
   heurdata->updatedvars[varpos] = var;
   heurdata->varposs[varindex] = varpos;
   ++heurdata->nupdatedvars;
}
 
/** returns the next unprocessed variable (last in, first out) with pending bound changes, or NULL */
static
SCIP_VAR* heurdataPopBoundChangeVar(
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata            /**< heuristic data */
   )
{
   SCIP_VAR* var;
   int varpos;
   int varindex;
 
   assert(heurdata->nupdatedvars >= 0);
 
   /* return if no variable is currently pending */
   if( heurdata->nupdatedvars == 0 )
      return NULL;
 
   varpos = heurdata->nupdatedvars - 1;
   var = heurdata->updatedvars[varpos];
   assert(var != NULL);
   varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(var);
   assert(0 <= varindex && varindex < heurdata->varpossmemsize);
   assert(varpos == heurdata->varposs[varindex]);
 
   heurdata->varposs[varindex] = -1;
   heurdata->nupdatedvars--;
 
   return var;
}
 
/** process a variable from the queue of changed variables */
static
SCIP_RETCODE varProcessBoundChanges(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata,           /**< heuristic data */
   SCIP_VAR*             var                 /**< the variable whose bound changes need to be processed */
   )
{
   SCIP_ROW** colrows;
   SCIP_COL* varcol;
   SCIP_Real* colvals;
   SCIP_Real oldmean;
   SCIP_Real newmean;
   SCIP_Real oldvariance;
   SCIP_Real newvariance;
   SCIP_Real oldlb;
   SCIP_Real newlb;
   SCIP_Real oldub;
   SCIP_Real newub;
   SCIP_VARTYPE vartype;
   int ncolrows;
   int r;
   int varindex;
 
   /* ensure that this is a probing bound change */
   assert(SCIPinProbing(scip));
 
   assert(var != NULL);
   varcol = SCIPvarGetCol(var);
   assert(varcol != NULL);
   colrows = SCIPcolGetRows(varcol);
   colvals = SCIPcolGetVals(varcol);
   ncolrows = SCIPcolGetNNonz(varcol);
 
   varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(var);
 
   oldlb = heurdata->currentlbs[varindex];
   oldub = heurdata->currentubs[varindex];
 
   /* skip update if the variable has never been subject of previously calculated row activities */
   assert((oldlb == SCIP_INVALID) == (oldub == SCIP_INVALID)); /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
   if( oldlb == SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 */
      return SCIP_OKAY;
 
   newlb = SCIPvarGetLbLocal(var);
   newub = SCIPvarGetUbLocal(var);
 
   /* skip update if the bound change events have cancelled out */
   if( SCIPisFeasEQ(scip, oldlb, newlb) && SCIPisFeasEQ(scip, oldub, newub) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;
 
   /* calculate old and new variable distribution mean and variance */
   oldvariance = 0.0;
   newvariance = 0.0;
   oldmean = 0.0;
   newmean = 0.0;
   vartype = SCIPvarGetType(var);
   SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, oldlb, oldub, vartype, &oldmean, &oldvariance);
   SCIPvarCalcDistributionParameters(scip, newlb, newub, vartype, &newmean, &newvariance);
 
   /* loop over all rows of this variable and update activity distribution */
   for( r = 0; r < ncolrows; ++r )
   {
      int rowpos;
 
      assert(colrows[r] != NULL);
      rowpos = SCIProwGetIndex(colrows[r]);
      assert(rowpos >= 0);
 
      SCIP_CALL( heurdataEnsureArraySize(scip, heurdata, rowpos) );
 
      /* only consider rows for which activity distribution was already calculated */
      if( heurdata->rowmeans[rowpos] != SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
      {
         SCIP_Real coeff;
         SCIP_Real coeffsquared;
         assert(heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos] != SCIP_INVALID && SCIPisFeasGE(scip, heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos], 0.0)); /*lint !e777 */
 
         coeff = colvals[r];
         coeffsquared = SQR(coeff);
 
         /* update variable contribution to row activity distribution */
         heurdata->rowmeans[rowpos] += coeff * (newmean - oldmean);
         heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos] += coeffsquared * (newvariance - oldvariance);
         heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos] = MAX(0.0, heurdata->rowvariances[rowpos]);
 
         /* account for changes of the infinite contributions to row activities */
         if( coeff > 0.0 )
         {
            /* if the coefficient is positive, upper bounds affect activity up */
            if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, newub) && !SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldub) )
               ++heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos];
            else if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, newub) && SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldub) )
               --heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos];
 
            if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, newlb) && !SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldlb) )
               ++heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos];
            else if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, newlb) && SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldlb) )
               --heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos];
         }
         else if( coeff < 0.0 )
         {
            if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, newub) && !SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldub) )
               ++heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos];
            else if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, newub) && SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldub) )
               --heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos];
 
            if( SCIPisInfinity(scip, newlb) && !SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldlb) )
               ++heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos];
            else if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, newlb) && SCIPisInfinity(scip, oldlb) )
               --heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos];
         }
         assert(heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown[rowpos] >= 0);
         assert(heurdata->rowinfinitiesup[rowpos] >= 0);
      }
   }
 
   /* store the new local bounds in the data */
   heurdataUpdateCurrentBounds(scip, heurdata, var);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** destructor of event handler to free user data (called when SCIP is exiting) */
static
SCIP_DECL_EVENTFREE(eventFreeDistributiondiving)
{
   SCIP_EVENTHDLRDATA* eventhdlrdata;
 
   eventhdlrdata = SCIPeventhdlrGetData(eventhdlr);
   assert(eventhdlrdata != NULL);
 
   SCIPfreeBlockMemory(scip, &eventhdlrdata);
   SCIPeventhdlrSetData(eventhdlr, NULL);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/*
 * Callback methods
 */
 
/** copy method for primal heuristic plugins (called when SCIP copies plugins) */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEURCOPY(heurCopyDistributiondiving)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(heur), HEUR_NAME) == 0);
 
   /* call inclusion method of primal heuristic */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeHeurDistributiondiving(scip) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** destructor of primal heuristic to free user data (called when SCIP is exiting) */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEURFREE(heurFreeDistributiondiving) /*lint --e{715}*/
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
 
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(heur), HEUR_NAME) == 0);
   assert(scip != NULL);
 
   /* free heuristic data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
   SCIPfreeBlockMemory(scip, &heurdata);
   SCIPheurSetData(heur, NULL);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
 
/** initialization method of primal heuristic (called after problem was transformed) */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEURINIT(heurInitDistributiondiving) /*lint --e{715}*/
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
 
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(heur), HEUR_NAME) == 0);
 
   /* get heuristic data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
 
   /* create working solution */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateSol(scip, &heurdata->sol, heur) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
 
/** deinitialization method of primal heuristic (called before transformed problem is freed) */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEUREXIT(heurExitDistributiondiving) /*lint --e{715}*/
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
 
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(heur), HEUR_NAME) == 0);
 
   /* get heuristic data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
 
   /* free working solution */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfreeSol(scip, &heurdata->sol) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** scoring callback for distribution diving. best candidate maximizes the distribution score */
static
SCIP_DECL_DIVESETGETSCORE(divesetGetScoreDistributiondiving)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
   SCIP_Real upscore;
   SCIP_Real downscore;
   int varindex;
 
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(SCIPdivesetGetHeur(diveset));
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
 
   /* process pending bound change events */
   while( heurdata->nupdatedvars > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_VAR* nextvar;
 
      /* pop the next variable from the queue and process its bound changes */
      nextvar = heurdataPopBoundChangeVar(heurdata);
      assert(nextvar != NULL);
      SCIP_CALL( varProcessBoundChanges(scip, heurdata, nextvar) );
   }
 
   assert(cand != NULL);
 
   varindex = SCIPvarGetProbindex(cand);
 
   /* terminate with a penalty for inactive variables, which the plugin can currently not score
    * this should never happen with default settings where only LP branching candidates are iterated, but might occur
    * if other constraint handlers try to score an inactive variable that was (multi-)aggregated or negated
    */
   if( varindex == - 1 )
   {
      *score = -1.0;
      *roundup = FALSE;
 
      return SCIP_OKAY;
   }
 
   /* in debug mode, ensure that all bound process events which occurred in the mean time have been captured
    * by the heuristic event system
    */
   assert(SCIPisFeasLE(scip, SCIPvarGetLbLocal(cand), SCIPvarGetUbLocal(cand)));
   assert(0 <= varindex && varindex < heurdata->varpossmemsize);
 
   assert((heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID) == (heurdata->currentubs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID));/*lint !e777 doesn't like comparing floats for equality */
   assert((heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID) || SCIPisFeasEQ(scip, SCIPvarGetLbLocal(cand), heurdata->currentlbs[varindex])); /*lint !e777 */
   assert((heurdata->currentubs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID) || SCIPisFeasEQ(scip, SCIPvarGetUbLocal(cand), heurdata->currentubs[varindex])); /*lint !e777 */
 
   /* if the heuristic has not captured the variable bounds yet, this can be done now */
   if( heurdata->currentlbs[varindex] == SCIP_INVALID ) /*lint !e777 */
      heurdataUpdateCurrentBounds(scip, heurdata, cand);
 
   upscore = 0.0;
   downscore = 0.0;
 
   /* loop over candidate rows and determine the candidate up- and down- branching score w.r.t. the score parameter */
   SCIP_CALL( calcBranchScore(scip, heurdata, cand, candsol, &upscore, &downscore, heurdata->score) );
 
   /* score is simply the maximum of the two individual scores */
   *roundup = (upscore > downscore);
   *score = MAX(upscore, downscore);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
 
/** execution method of primal heuristic */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEUREXEC(heurExecDistributiondiving)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
   SCIP_DIVESET* diveset;
   int nlprows;
 
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(heur), HEUR_NAME) == 0);
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);
   assert(SCIPhasCurrentNodeLP(scip));
 
   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;
 
   /* get heuristic's data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
   nlprows = SCIPgetNLPRows(scip);
   if( nlprows == 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;
 
   /* terminate if there are no integer variables (note that, e.g., SOS1 variables may be present) */
   if( SCIPgetNBinVars(scip) + SCIPgetNIntVars(scip) == 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;
 
   /* select and store the scoring parameter for this call of the heuristic */
   if( heurdata->scoreparam == 'r' )
      heurdata->score = SCOREPARAM_VALUES[SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur) % SCOREPARAM_VALUESLEN];
   else
      heurdata->score = heurdata->scoreparam;
 
   SCIP_CALL( heurdataEnsureArraySize(scip, heurdata, nlprows) );
   assert(SCIPheurGetNDivesets(heur) > 0);
   assert(SCIPheurGetDivesets(heur) != NULL);
   diveset = SCIPheurGetDivesets(heur)[0];
   assert(diveset != NULL);
 
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPperformGenericDivingAlgorithm(scip, diveset, heurdata->sol, heur, result, nodeinfeasible, -1L, -1, -1.0, SCIP_DIVECONTEXT_SINGLE) );
 
   SCIP_CALL( heurdataFreeArrays(scip, heurdata) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/** event execution method of distribution branching which handles bound change events of variables */
static
SCIP_DECL_EVENTEXEC(eventExecDistribution)
{
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
   SCIP_EVENTHDLRDATA* eventhdlrdata;
   SCIP_VAR* var;
 
   assert(eventhdlr != NULL);
   eventhdlrdata = SCIPeventhdlrGetData(eventhdlr);
   assert(eventhdlrdata != NULL);
 
   heurdata = eventhdlrdata->heurdata;
   var = SCIPeventGetVar(event);
 
   /* add the variable to the queue of unprocessed variables; method itself ensures that every variable is added at most once */
   heurdataAddBoundChangeVar(heurdata, var);
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
 
/*
 * heuristic specific interface methods
 */
 
#define divesetAvailableDistributiondiving NULL
 
/** creates the distributiondiving heuristic and includes it in SCIP */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPincludeHeurDistributiondiving(
   SCIP*                 scip                /**< SCIP data structure */
   )
{
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
   SCIP_HEUR* heur;
   SCIP_EVENTHDLRDATA* eventhdlrdata;
 
   /* create distributiondiving data */
   heurdata = NULL;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemory(scip, &heurdata) );
 
   heurdata->memsize = 0;
   heurdata->rowmeans = NULL;
   heurdata->rowvariances = NULL;
   heurdata->rowinfinitiesdown = NULL;
   heurdata->rowinfinitiesup = NULL;
   heurdata->varfilterposs = NULL;
   heurdata->currentlbs = NULL;
   heurdata->currentubs = NULL;
 
   /* create event handler first to finish heuristic data */
   eventhdlrdata = NULL;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemory(scip, &eventhdlrdata) );
   eventhdlrdata->heurdata = heurdata;
 
   heurdata->eventhdlr = NULL;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeEventhdlrBasic(scip, &heurdata->eventhdlr, EVENTHDLR_NAME,
         "event handler for dynamic acitivity distribution updating",
         eventExecDistribution, eventhdlrdata) );
   assert( heurdata->eventhdlr != NULL);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetEventhdlrFree(scip, heurdata->eventhdlr, eventFreeDistributiondiving) );
 
   /* include primal heuristic */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeHeurBasic(scip, &heur,
         HEUR_NAME, HEUR_DESC, HEUR_DISPCHAR, HEUR_PRIORITY, HEUR_FREQ, HEUR_FREQOFS,
         HEUR_MAXDEPTH, HEUR_TIMING, HEUR_USESSUBSCIP, heurExecDistributiondiving, heurdata) );
 
   assert(heur != NULL);
 
   /* set non-NULL pointers to callback methods */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetHeurCopy(scip, heur, heurCopyDistributiondiving) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetHeurFree(scip, heur, heurFreeDistributiondiving) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetHeurInit(scip, heur, heurInitDistributiondiving) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetHeurExit(scip, heur, heurExitDistributiondiving) );
 
   /* add diveset with the defined scoring function */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateDiveset(scip, NULL, heur, HEUR_NAME, DEFAULT_MINRELDEPTH,
         DEFAULT_MAXRELDEPTH, DEFAULT_MAXLPITERQUOT, DEFAULT_MAXDIVEUBQUOT,
         DEFAULT_MAXDIVEAVGQUOT, DEFAULT_MAXDIVEUBQUOTNOSOL,
         DEFAULT_MAXDIVEAVGQUOTNOSOL, DEFAULT_LPRESOLVEDOMCHGQUOT, DEFAULT_LPSOLVEFREQ,
         DEFAULT_MAXLPITEROFS, DEFAULT_RANDSEED, DEFAULT_BACKTRACK, DEFAULT_ONLYLPBRANCHCANDS, DIVESET_ISPUBLIC, DIVESET_DIVETYPES,
         divesetGetScoreDistributiondiving, divesetAvailableDistributiondiving) );
 
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCharParam(scip, "heuristics/" HEUR_NAME "/scoreparam",
         "the score;largest 'd'ifference, 'l'owest cumulative probability,'h'ighest c.p., 'v'otes lowest c.p., votes highest c.p.('w'), 'r'evolving",
         &heurdata->scoreparam, TRUE, DEFAULT_SCOREPARAM, "lvdhwr", NULL, NULL) );
 
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}