pricer_coloring.c

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/**@file   pricer_coloring.c
 * @brief  variable pricer for the vertex coloring problem
 * @author Gerald Gamrath
 * @author Rolf van der Hulst
 *
 * This file implements the pricer for the coloring algorithm.
 *
 * It computes maximal stable sets in the current graph whose corresponding variables can improve
 * the current LP solution.  This is done by computing a maximum weighted stable set in the current
 * graph with dual-variables of the node constraints as weights. A variable can improve the
 * solution, if the weight of the corresponding stable set is larger than 1, since it then has
 * negative reduced costs, which are given by (1 - weight of the set).
 *
 * The pricer first tries to compute such a stable set using a a greedy-method. If it fails, the tclique-algorithm is
 * used on the complementary graph. This is a branch-and-bound based algorithm for maximal cliques,
 * included in SCIP.  In this case, not only the best solution is added to the LP, but also all other
 * stable sets found during the branch-and-bound process that could improve the current LP solution
 * are added, limited to a maximal number that can be changed by a parameter.
 */

/*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2*/

#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "pricer_coloring.h"
#include "reader_col.h"
#include "cons_storeGraph.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


#define PRICER_NAME            "coloring"
#define PRICER_DESC            "pricer for coloring"
#define PRICER_PRIORITY        5000000
#define PRICER_DELAY           TRUE     /* only call pricer if all problem variables have non-negative reduced costs */

/* defines for rounding for tclique */
#define MAXDNOM                10000LL
#define MINDELTA               1e-12
#define MAXDELTA               1e-09


/* default values for parameters */
#define DEFAULT_MAXVARSROUND     1
#define DEFAULT_USETCLIQUE      TRUE
#define DEFAULT_USEGREEDY       TRUE
#define DEFAULT_ONLYBEST        FALSE
#define DEFAULT_MAXROUNDSROOT   -1
#define DEFAULT_MAXROUNDSNODE   -1
#define DEFAULT_MAXTCLIQUENODES INT_MAX


/*
 * Data structures
 */


/** variable pricer data */
struct SCIP_PricerData
{
   SCIP*            scip;                    /* SCIP data structure */
   int              maxvarsround;            /* maximal number of variables created each round */
   int              oldmaxvarsround;         /* maximal number of variables created each round, old value before parameter was changed */
   int              nstablesetsfound;        /* number of improving stable sets found in the current round so far */
   SCIP_CONS**      constraints;             /* array containing all node constraints */
   SCIP_Real        scalefactor;             /* the factor used for scaling the rational values to integers for the tclique-weights */
   SCIP_Real*       pi;                      /* array of the dual solutions */
   SCIP_Bool        onlybest;                /* determines whether the maxvarsround variables with the best reduced costs should be added
                                                (onlybest = true) or the first maxvarsround variables which are found are added (false) */
   SCIP_Bool        usegreedy;               /* determines whether a greedy method is used for finding variables with neg. reduced costs */
   SCIP_Bool        usetclique;              /* determines whether the tclique method is used for finding improving variables */
   int**            improvingstablesets;     /* array to store the maxvarsround stable sets with the most negative reduced costs */
   int              improvingstablesetssize; /* size of each improvingstablesets array */
   int*             nstablesetnodes;         /* array which stores the lengths of the stable sets in improvingstablesets */
   int              actindex;                /* the index at which the current stable set was inserted into improvingstablesets */
   SCIP_NODE*       bbnode;                  /* the current B&B-tree node, used for limiting the number of pricing rounds */
   int              noderounds;              /* the number of remaining pricing rounds at the current node */
   int              maxroundsroot;           /* maximum number of pricing rounds in the root, -1 for infinity, attention: positive value may lead to a non-optimal solution */
   int              maxroundsnode;           /* maximum number of pricing rounds in the B&B-nodes, -1 for infinity, attention: positive value may lead to a non-optimal solution */
   int              maxtcliquenodes;         /* maximum number of nodes used in the tclique algorithm for solving the stable set problem */
   SCIP_Real        lowerbound;              /* lower bound computed by the pricer */
};


/*
 * Local methods
 */

/** returns whether the graph has an uncolored node
 */
static
SCIP_Bool hasUncoloredNode(
   TCLIQUE_GRAPH*        graph,              /**< the graph that should be colored */
   SCIP_Bool*            colored             /**< array of booleans, colored[i] == TRUE iff node i is colored */
   )
{
   int i;

   assert(graph != NULL);
   assert(colored != NULL);

   for ( i = 0; i < tcliqueGetNNodes(graph); i++)
   {
      /* node not yet colored */
      if (!colored[i])
      {
        return TRUE;
      }
   }
   return FALSE;
}

/** sorts the nodes from 0 to nnodes-1 w.r.t. the given weights */
static
SCIP_RETCODE sortNodes(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_Real*            weights,            /**< the weights for sorting */
   int                   nnodes,             /**< the number of nodes */
   int*                  sortednodes         /**< the array that will be overwritten with the sorted node numbers */
   )
{
   int i;
   SCIP_Real* values;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(weights != NULL);

   /* create array with indices and copy the weights-array */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &values, nnodes) );
   for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; i++)
   {
      sortednodes[i] = i;
      values[i] = weights[i];
   }

   /* sort the nodes w.r.t. the computed values */
   SCIPsortDownRealInt(values, sortednodes, nnodes);
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &values);

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}

/** computes a stable set with a greedy-method.  attention: the weight of the maximum stable set is not computed! */
static
SCIP_RETCODE greedyStableSet(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   TCLIQUE_GRAPH*        graph,              /**< pointer to graph data structure */
   SCIP_Bool*            colored,            /**< array for marking yet colored nodes */
   int*                  maxstablesetnodes,  /**< pointer to store nodes of the maximum weight stableset */
   int*                  nmaxstablesetnodes  /**< pointer to store number of nodes in the maximum weight stableset */
   )
{
   SCIP_Bool indnode;
   int nnodes;
   int i;
   int j;
   int* degrees;
   int* sortednodes;
   SCIP_Real* values;    /* values for sorting the nodes: deg(v)+w(v)*nnodes  */

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(graph != NULL);
   assert(maxstablesetnodes != NULL);
   assert(nmaxstablesetnodes != NULL);

   /* get number of nodes */
   nnodes = tcliqueGetNNodes(graph);
   *nmaxstablesetnodes = 0;

   /* get the  degrees for the nodes in the graph */
   degrees = tcliqueGetDegrees(graph);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &values, nnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &sortednodes, nnodes) );

   /* set values to the nodes which are used for sorting them */
   /* value = degree of the node + weight of the node * number of nodes, therefore the yet colored nodes
      (which have weight 0) have lower values than the not yet colored nodes which have weight 1 */
   for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; i++ )
   {
      sortednodes[i] = i;
      values[i] = ( colored[i] == TRUE ? degrees[i] : degrees[i]+nnodes );
   }

   /* sort the nodes w.r.t. the computed values */
   SCIPsortDownRealInt(values, sortednodes, nnodes);

   /* insert first node */
   maxstablesetnodes[0] = sortednodes[0];
   (*nmaxstablesetnodes) = 1;
   for ( i = 1; i < nnodes; i++)
   {
      /* check whether node is independent to nodes in the set */
      indnode = TRUE;
      for ( j = 0; j < (*nmaxstablesetnodes); j++ )
      {
         if ( tcliqueIsEdge(graph, sortednodes[i], maxstablesetnodes[j]) )
         {
            indnode = FALSE;
            break;
         }
      }
      if ( indnode == TRUE )
      {
         /* node is independent, thus add it to the set */
         maxstablesetnodes[*nmaxstablesetnodes] = sortednodes[i];
         (*nmaxstablesetnodes) = (*nmaxstablesetnodes)+1;
      }

   }
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &sortednodes);
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &values);

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}

/** Calculates a good scalar value to use in order to scale the dual weights to integer values without large loss of precision */
static
SCIP_RETCODE calculateScalingValue(
   SCIP_PRICERDATA*      pricerdata,         /**< pricer data */
   int                   nnodes              /**< number of nodes */
   )
{
  SCIP_Real maxsum = 0.0;
  SCIP_Real maxscale;
  SCIP_Bool scalesuccess;
  int i;

  /* calculate largest possible sum in maximum clique problem */
  for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; ++i )
     maxsum += pricerdata->pi[i];

  /* Calculate largest possible scalar value so that this sum is still representable using the type of TCLIQUE_WEIGHT (int).
   * A buffer of nnodes+1 is used for roundoff errors. */
  if ( maxsum == 0.0 )
     maxscale = 1e20;
  else
     maxscale = (INT_MAX - nnodes - 1) / maxsum;

  SCIP_CALL( SCIPcalcIntegralScalar(pricerdata->pi, nnodes, -MINDELTA, MAXDELTA, MAXDNOM, maxscale,
        &pricerdata->scalefactor, &scalesuccess) );

  /* if no nice denominator can be found, use the largest possible scaling value to reduce numerical issues */
  if ( ! scalesuccess )
     pricerdata->scalefactor = maxscale;

  return SCIP_OKAY;
}

/** get scaled weight */
static
TCLIQUE_WEIGHT getScaledDualWeight(
   SCIP_Real             val,                /**< value to be scaled */
   SCIP_Real             scalefactor,        /**< scaling factor */
   SCIP_Real             mindelta            /**< minimal delta value */
   )
{
   SCIP_Real scaledval;
   SCIP_Real downval;
   SCIP_Real upval;
   TCLIQUE_WEIGHT intval;

   scaledval = val * scalefactor;
   downval = EPSFLOOR(scaledval, 0.0); /*lint !e835*/
   upval = EPSCEIL(scaledval, 0.0); /*lint !e835*/

   if ( SCIPrelDiff(scaledval, upval) >= mindelta )
      intval = (TCLIQUE_WEIGHT) upval;
   else
      intval = (TCLIQUE_WEIGHT) downval;

   return intval;
}

/** generates improving variables using a stable set found by the algorithm for maximum weight clique,
 *  decides whether to stop generating cliques with the algorithm for maximum weight clique
 */
static
TCLIQUE_NEWSOL(tcliqueNewsolPricer)
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;
   int i;

   assert(acceptsol != NULL);
   assert(stopsolving != NULL);

   pricerdata = (SCIP_PRICERDATA*)tcliquedata;

   assert(pricerdata != NULL);
   assert(pricerdata->scip != NULL);
   assert(pricerdata->nstablesetsfound >= 0);
   assert(pricerdata->scalefactor > 0);

   *acceptsol = FALSE;
   *stopsolving = FALSE;

   /* if the stable set was already created in a former pricing round, we don't have to add it a second time */
   if ( !COLORprobStableSetIsNew(pricerdata->scip, cliquenodes, ncliquenodes) )
      return;

   /* compute the index, at which the new stable set will be stored in the improvingstablesets-array */
   pricerdata->actindex = (pricerdata->actindex+1)%(pricerdata->maxvarsround);

   /* write the new improving stable set into the improvingstablesets-array */
   pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[pricerdata->actindex] = ncliquenodes;
   for ( i = 0; i < ncliquenodes; i++ )
      pricerdata->improvingstablesets[pricerdata->actindex][i] = cliquenodes[i];

   /* accept the solution as new incumbent */
   *acceptsol = TRUE;

   /* stop solving if we found maxvarsround variables and we are not proving optimality */
   if ( ! pricerdata->onlybest && pricerdata->actindex+1 >= pricerdata->maxvarsround )
      *stopsolving = TRUE;

}/*lint !e715*/


/*
 * Callback methods of variable pricer
 */

/** copy method for pricer plugins (called when SCIP copies plugins) */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICERCOPY(pricerCopyColoring)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(pricer != NULL);
   assert(strcmp(SCIPpricerGetName(pricer), PRICER_NAME) == 0);

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}


/** destructor of variable pricer to free user data (called when SCIP is exiting) */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICERFREE(pricerFreeColoring)
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;

   assert(scip != NULL);

   /* get pricerdata */
   pricerdata = SCIPpricerGetData(pricer);

   /* free memory for pricerdata*/
   if ( pricerdata != NULL )
   {
      SCIPfreeBlockMemory(scip, &pricerdata);
   }

   SCIPpricerSetData(pricer, NULL);
   return SCIP_OKAY;
}



/** solving process initialization method of variable pricer (called when branch and bound process is about to begin) */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICERINITSOL(pricerInitsolColoring)
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(pricer != NULL);

   pricerdata = SCIPpricerGetData(pricer);
   assert(pricerdata != NULL);

   /* set maximal number of variables to be priced in each round */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(scip, "pricers/coloring/maxvarsround",
         MAX(5,COLORprobGetNStableSets(scip))*MAX(50,COLORprobGetNNodes(scip))/50) ); /*lint !e666*/

   pricerdata->bbnode = NULL;

   /* allocate memory */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->pi), COLORprobGetNNodes(scip)) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}



/** solving process deinitialization method of variable pricer (called before branch and bound process data is freed) */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICEREXITSOL(pricerExitsolColoring)
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;
   int i;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(pricer != NULL);

   pricerdata = SCIPpricerGetData(pricer);
   assert(pricerdata != NULL);

   /* free memory */
   for ( i = 0; i < pricerdata->maxvarsround; i++ )
   {
      SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i]), pricerdata->improvingstablesetssize);
   }
   SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets), pricerdata->maxvarsround);
   SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->nstablesetnodes), pricerdata->maxvarsround);
   SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->pi), COLORprobGetNNodes(scip));

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}




/** reduced cost pricing method of variable pricer for feasible LPs */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICERREDCOST(pricerRedcostColoring)
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;            /* the data of the pricer */

   TCLIQUE_GRAPH*   graph;                 /* the current graph */
   TCLIQUE_GRAPH*   cgraph;                /* the complementary graph, used for tclique-algorithm */
   int              nnodes;                /* number of nodes in the graph */

   int*             sortednodes;           /* array of the nodes, sorted in specific way, atm by decreasing dual-solution*/
   SCIP_Real        maxstablesetweightreal;/* weigth of the maximal stable set computed by the greedy */
   SCIP_Bool        indnode;               /* boolean for greedy: is node independant? */

   int*             maxstablesetnodes;     /* pointer to store nodes of the maximum weight clique */
   int              nmaxstablesetnodes;    /* number of nodes in the maximum weight clique */
   TCLIQUE_WEIGHT   maxstablesetweight;    /* weight of the maximum weight clique */
   TCLIQUE_STATUS   status;                /* status of clique-computation */
   SCIP_Real        maxredcost;

   SCIP_VAR*        var;                   /* pointer to the new created variable */
   int              setnumber;             /* index of the new created variable */

   int              i;
   int              j;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(pricer != NULL);

   /* get pricer data */
   pricerdata = SCIPpricerGetData(pricer);
   assert(pricerdata != NULL);

   /* count down number of remaining pricing rounds at the current node */
   if ( pricerdata->bbnode == SCIPgetCurrentNode(scip) )
   {
      if ( pricerdata->noderounds > 0 )
         pricerdata->noderounds--;
   }
   else
   {
      if ( pricerdata->bbnode == NULL )
      {
         pricerdata->noderounds = pricerdata->maxroundsroot;
         pricerdata->lowerbound = - SCIPinfinity(scip);
      }
      else
      {
         pricerdata->noderounds = pricerdata->maxroundsnode;
         pricerdata->lowerbound = - SCIPinfinity(scip);
      }
      pricerdata->bbnode = SCIPgetCurrentNode(scip);
   }
   /* stop pricing if limit for pricing rounds reached */
   if ( pricerdata->noderounds == 0 )
   {
      SCIPdebugMessage("maxrounds reached, pricing interrupted\n");

      /* set result and lowerbound pointer */
      *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;
      *lowerbound = pricerdata->lowerbound;

      return SCIP_OKAY;
   }

   /* set result pointer */
   *result = SCIP_SUCCESS;

   /* get graph and number of nodes */
   graph = COLORconsGetCurrentGraph(scip);
   assert(graph != NULL);
   nnodes = tcliqueGetNNodes(graph);

   assert(SCIPgetNVars(scip) == COLORprobGetNStableSets(scip));

   /* get constraints */
   pricerdata->constraints = COLORprobGetConstraints(scip);

   /* get dual solutions and save them in pi */
   for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; i++)
   {
      pricerdata->pi[i] = SCIPgetDualsolSetppc(scip, pricerdata->constraints[i]);
   }
   pricerdata->nstablesetsfound = 0;
   /* ......greedy-heuristic........ */
   if ( pricerdata->usegreedy )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &sortednodes, nnodes) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &maxstablesetnodes, nnodes) );
      SCIP_CALL( sortNodes(scip, pricerdata->pi, nnodes, sortednodes) );

      SCIPdebugMessage("starting greedy...\n");

      /* insert first node */
      maxstablesetnodes[0] = sortednodes[0];
      nmaxstablesetnodes = 1;
      maxstablesetweightreal = pricerdata->pi[sortednodes[0]];

      for ( i = 1; i < nnodes; i++ )
      {
         /* test if node is independant to nodes in stable set */
         indnode = TRUE;
         for ( j = 0; j < nmaxstablesetnodes; j++ )
         {
            if ( tcliqueIsEdge(graph, sortednodes[i], maxstablesetnodes[j]) )
            {
               indnode = FALSE;
               break;
            }
         }
         /* if node is independant to nodes in stable set, insert it into stable set*/
         if ( indnode )
         {
            maxstablesetnodes[nmaxstablesetnodes] = sortednodes[i];
            nmaxstablesetnodes = nmaxstablesetnodes+1;
            maxstablesetweightreal = maxstablesetweightreal + pricerdata->pi[sortednodes[i]];
         }
      }


      SCIPdebugMessage("value of the greedy-heuristik: %f \n", maxstablesetweightreal);
      setnumber = -1;
      if ( SCIPisFeasGT(scip, maxstablesetweightreal, 1.0) && COLORprobStableSetIsNew(scip, maxstablesetnodes, nmaxstablesetnodes) )
      {
         SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddNewStableSet(scip, maxstablesetnodes, nmaxstablesetnodes, &setnumber) );

         assert(setnumber >= 0);
         pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[pricerdata->nstablesetsfound] = nmaxstablesetnodes;
         for ( i = 0; i < nmaxstablesetnodes; i++ )
         {
            pricerdata->improvingstablesets[pricerdata->nstablesetsfound][i] = maxstablesetnodes[i];
         }
         pricerdata->nstablesetsfound += 1;

         /* create variable for the stable set and add it to SCIP */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateVar(scip, &var, NULL, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, SCIP_VARTYPE_BINARY,
               TRUE, TRUE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, (SCIP_VARDATA*)(size_t)setnumber) ); /*lint !e571*/

         SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddVarForStableSet(scip, setnumber, var) );
         SCIPvarMarkDeletable(var);
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddPricedVar(scip, var, 1.0) );
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarUbLazy(scip, var, 1.0) );

         /* add variable to the constraints in which it appears */
         for ( i = 0; i < nmaxstablesetnodes; i++ )
         {
            /* add variable to node constraints of nodes in the set */
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCoefSetppc(scip, pricerdata->constraints[maxstablesetnodes[i]], var) );
         }
      }

      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &maxstablesetnodes);
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &sortednodes);

      SCIPdebugMessage("%d vars created via greedy\n", pricerdata->nstablesetsfound);
   }


   /* solve with tclique-algorithm */
   /* only use tclique if the greedy found no improving stable set */
   if ( pricerdata->nstablesetsfound == 0 && pricerdata->usetclique )
   {
      SCIPdebugMessage("starting tclique algorithm...\n");
      maxredcost = 0;

      /* get the complementary graph from the current cons */
      cgraph = COLORconsGetComplementaryGraph(scip);
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &maxstablesetnodes, nnodes) );

      /* get dual solutions and set weight of nodes */
      /* clamp solutions to [0,1] for safety; numerical errors may be problematic */
      for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; i++ )
      {
         SCIP_Real dualsol;

         dualsol = SCIPgetDualsolSetppc(scip, pricerdata->constraints[i]);
         pricerdata->pi[i] = MAX( MIN(dualsol, 1.0), 0.0);
      }
      SCIP_CALL( calculateScalingValue(pricerdata, nnodes) );

      /* change the weights for the nodes in the graph to the dual solution value * scalefactor */
      for ( i = 0; i < nnodes; i++ )
      {
         tcliqueChangeWeight(cgraph, i, getScaledDualWeight(pricerdata->pi[i], pricerdata->scalefactor, -MINDELTA)); /*lint !e712 !e747*/
      }
      /* clear the improvingstablesets array */
      pricerdata->actindex = -1;
      for ( i = 0; i < pricerdata->maxvarsround; i++ )
         pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[i] = 0;

      /* compute maximal clique */
      tcliqueMaxClique(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, cgraph, tcliqueNewsolPricer, (TCLIQUE_DATA*)pricerdata, maxstablesetnodes,
         &(nmaxstablesetnodes), &maxstablesetweight, 0,
         getScaledDualWeight(1.0, pricerdata->scalefactor, -MINDELTA), pricerdata->maxtcliquenodes, 0, INT_MAX, -1,
         NULL, &status);
      assert(status == TCLIQUE_OPTIMAL || status == TCLIQUE_USERABORT);

      /* if only the best variable should be priced per round, take the one which is given as return value from
       * tcliqueMaxClique and put it into improvingstablesets array so that it will be inserted into the LP */
      if ( pricerdata->onlybest && pricerdata->maxvarsround == 1 )
      {
         pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[0] = nmaxstablesetnodes;
         for ( i = 0; i < nmaxstablesetnodes; i++ )
            pricerdata->improvingstablesets[0][i] = maxstablesetnodes[i];
      }

      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &maxstablesetnodes);

      /* insert all variables in the array improvingstablesets into the LP */
      for ( i = 0; i < pricerdata->maxvarsround; i++ )
      {
         if ( pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[i] > 0 )
         {
            maxstablesetweightreal = 0;
            for ( j = 0; j < pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[i]; j++ )
               maxstablesetweightreal += pricerdata->pi[pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i][j]];

            if ( maxredcost < maxstablesetweightreal )
               maxredcost = maxstablesetweightreal;

            if ( SCIPisFeasGT(scip, maxstablesetweightreal, 1.0) )
            {
               setnumber = -1;

               /* insert new variable */
               SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddNewStableSet(pricerdata->scip, pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i],
                     pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[i], &setnumber) );

               /* only insert, if there yet is no variable for this stable set */
               if ( setnumber >= 0  )
               {
                  /* create variable for the stable set and add it to SCIP */
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateVar(pricerdata->scip, &var, NULL, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, SCIP_VARTYPE_BINARY,
                        TRUE, TRUE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, (SCIP_VARDATA*)(size_t)setnumber) ); /*lint !e571*/

                  SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddVarForStableSet(pricerdata->scip, setnumber, var) );
                  SCIPvarMarkDeletable(var);
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddPricedVar(pricerdata->scip, var, 1.0) );
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarUbLazy(scip, var, 1.0) );

                  pricerdata->nstablesetsfound += 1;

                  /* add variable to the constraints in which it appears */
                  for ( j = 0; j < pricerdata->nstablesetnodes[i]; j++ )
                  {
                     /* add variable to node constraints of nodes in the set */
                     SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCoefSetppc(pricerdata->scip,
                           pricerdata->constraints[pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i][j]], var) );
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }

      if ( status == TCLIQUE_OPTIMAL && SCIPisFeasGT(scip, maxredcost, 1.0) )
      {
         if ( SCIPgetLPSolstat(scip) == SCIP_LPSOLSTAT_OPTIMAL )
         {
            assert( maxredcost > 0.0 );
            pricerdata->lowerbound = MAX(pricerdata->lowerbound, SCIPgetLPObjval(scip) / maxredcost); /*lint !e666*/
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPupdateLocalLowerbound(scip,pricerdata->lowerbound) );
         }
      }
   }

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}/*lint !e715*/


/** farkas pricing method of variable pricer for infeasible LPs */
static
SCIP_DECL_PRICERFARKAS(pricerFarkasColoring)
{
   TCLIQUE_GRAPH* graph;
   int nnodes;                  /* number of nodes */
   int* maxstablesetnodes;      /* array containig the nodes of the max stable set */
   int nmaxstablesetnodes;      /* number of nodes in stable set */
   int setnumber;               /* number of already found stable sets */
   SCIP_VAR* var;               /* var for the actual stable set */
   SCIP_CONS** constraints;     /* array of added constraints */
   SCIP_Bool* colored;          /* array for marking of yet colored nodes
                                   colored_i = true iff node i is already colored */
   int**              stablesets;
   int*               nstablesetelements;
   int                nstablesets;
   int i;
   int j;
   assert(scip != NULL);

   graph = COLORconsGetCurrentGraph(scip);
   assert(graph != NULL);

   nnodes = COLORprobGetNNodes(scip);
   assert(nnodes > 0);

   /* get the node-constraits */
   constraints = COLORprobGetConstraints(scip);
   assert(constraints != NULL);

   /* get all yet computed stable sets */
   COLORprobGetStableSets(scip, &stablesets, &nstablesetelements, &nstablesets);
   assert(stablesets != NULL && nstablesetelements != NULL);
   assert(nstablesets >= 0);
   assert(nnodes == tcliqueGetNNodes(graph));

   /* allocate memory for arrays */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray( scip, &colored, nnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray( scip, &maxstablesetnodes, nnodes) );
   nmaxstablesetnodes = 0;

   /* fill colored-array with FALSE */
   BMSclearMemoryArray(colored, nnodes);

   /* go through all stable sets and set colored to true for nodes in them */
   for ( i = 0; i < nstablesets; i++ )
   {
      if ( !SCIPisFeasZero(scip, SCIPvarGetUbLocal( COLORprobGetVarForStableSet(scip, i)))
         && (SCIPgetNNodes(scip) == 0 || SCIPvarIsInLP(COLORprobGetVarForStableSet(scip, i))
            || SCIPgetRootNode(scip) == SCIPgetCurrentNode(scip) ) )
      {
         for ( j = 0; j < nstablesetelements[i]; j++ )
         {
            colored[stablesets[i][j]] = TRUE;
         }
      }
   }

   /* create maximal Stable Sets until all Nodes are covered */
   while ( hasUncoloredNode(graph, colored) )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( greedyStableSet(scip, graph, colored, maxstablesetnodes, &nmaxstablesetnodes) );
      SCIPsortDownInt(maxstablesetnodes, nmaxstablesetnodes);
      SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddNewStableSet(scip, maxstablesetnodes, nmaxstablesetnodes, &setnumber) );
      assert(setnumber != -1);

      /* create variable for the stable set and add it to SCIP */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateVar(scip, &var, NULL, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, SCIP_VARTYPE_BINARY,
            TRUE, TRUE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, (SCIP_VARDATA*) (size_t) setnumber) ); /*lint !e571*/
      SCIP_CALL( COLORprobAddVarForStableSet(scip, setnumber, var) );
      SCIPvarMarkDeletable(var);
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddPricedVar(scip, var, 1.0) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarUbLazy(scip, var, 1.0) );

      for ( i = 0; i < nmaxstablesetnodes; i++ )
      {
         /* add variable to node constraints of nodes in the set */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCoefSetppc(scip, constraints[maxstablesetnodes[i]], var) );
         /* mark node as colored */
         colored[maxstablesetnodes[i]] = TRUE;
      }
   }
   /* free memory */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &maxstablesetnodes);
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &colored);

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}/*lint !e715*/

/** method to call, when the maximal number of variables priced in each round is changed */
static
SCIP_DECL_PARAMCHGD(paramChgdMaxvarsround)
{
   SCIP_PARAMDATA* paramdata;
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;
   int i;

   paramdata = SCIPparamGetData(param);
   assert(paramdata != NULL);
   pricerdata = (SCIP_PRICERDATA*) paramdata;

   if( pricerdata->maxvarsround == pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   if ( pricerdata->maxvarsround <= 1 )
      pricerdata->maxvarsround = 2;

   if ( pricerdata->maxvarsround == pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround && pricerdata->nstablesetnodes != NULL )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* free old memory */
   if ( pricerdata -> oldmaxvarsround > 0 )
   {
      /* free memory */
      for ( i = 0; i < pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround; i++ )
      {
         SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i]), pricerdata->improvingstablesetssize);
      }
      SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets), pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround);
      SCIPfreeBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->nstablesetnodes), pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround);
   }

   /* allocate memory of the new size */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->nstablesetnodes), pricerdata->maxvarsround) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets), pricerdata->maxvarsround) );
   pricerdata->improvingstablesetssize = COLORprobGetNNodes(scip);
   for ( i = 0; i < pricerdata->maxvarsround; i++ )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemoryArray(scip, &(pricerdata->improvingstablesets[i]), pricerdata->improvingstablesetssize) ); /*lint !e866*/
   }

   SCIPdebugMessage("maxvarsround changed from %d to %d\n", pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround, pricerdata->maxvarsround);

   pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround = pricerdata->maxvarsround;

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}


/*
 * variable pricer specific interface methods
 */

/** creates the coloring variable pricer and includes it in SCIP */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPincludePricerColoring(
   SCIP*                 scip                /**< SCIP data structure */
   )
{
   SCIP_PRICERDATA* pricerdata;
   SCIP_PRICER* pricer;

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBlockMemory(scip, &pricerdata) );
   pricerdata->scip = scip;

   pricerdata->maxvarsround = 0;
   pricerdata->oldmaxvarsround = 0;


   pricer = NULL;
   /* include variable pricer */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludePricerBasic(scip, &pricer, PRICER_NAME, PRICER_DESC, PRICER_PRIORITY, PRICER_DELAY,
         pricerRedcostColoring, pricerFarkasColoring, pricerdata) );
   assert(pricer != NULL);

   /* include non-fundamental callbacks via setter functions */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPricerCopy(scip, pricer, pricerCopyColoring) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPricerFree(scip, pricer, pricerFreeColoring) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPricerInitsol(scip, pricer, pricerInitsolColoring) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPricerExitsol(scip, pricer, pricerExitsolColoring) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/maxvarsround",
         "maximum number of variables that the coloring variable pricer creates each round",
         &pricerdata->maxvarsround, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXVARSROUND, -1, INT_MAX, paramChgdMaxvarsround, (SCIP_PARAMDATA*)pricerdata) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddBoolParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/usetclique",
         "should the tclique-algorithm be used to solve the pricing-problem to optimality? WARNING: computed (optimal) solutions are not necessarily optimal if this is set to FALSE.",
         &pricerdata->usetclique, TRUE, DEFAULT_USETCLIQUE, NULL, NULL) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddBoolParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/usegreedy",
         "should a greedy method be used to compute improving stable sets before potential use of tclique",
         &pricerdata->usegreedy, FALSE, DEFAULT_USEGREEDY, NULL, NULL) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddBoolParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/onlybest",
         "should the best variables be addded to the problem instead of adding the first found variables?",
         &pricerdata->onlybest, FALSE, DEFAULT_ONLYBEST, NULL, NULL) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/maxroundsroot",
         "maximum number of pricing rounds in the root node (-1: no limit)",
         &pricerdata->maxroundsroot, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXROUNDSROOT, -1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/maxroundsnode",
         "maximum number of pricing rounds in each node (except root node)(-1: no limit)",
         &pricerdata->maxroundsnode, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXROUNDSNODE, -1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddIntParam(scip,
         "pricers/coloring/maxtcliquenodes",
         "maximum number of B&B-nodes used in the tclique-algorithm",
         &pricerdata->maxtcliquenodes, TRUE, DEFAULT_MAXTCLIQUENODES, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}