Model.addGenConstrMax()

addGenConstrMax ( resvar, vars, constant=None, name="" )

Add a new general constraint of type GRB.GENCONSTR_MAX to a model.

A MAX constraint $r = \max\{x_1,\ldots,x_n,c\}$ states that the resultant variable $r$ should be equal to the maximum of the operand variables $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ and the constant $c$.

You can also add a MAX constraint using the max_ function.

Arguments:

resvar (Var): The variable whose value will be equal to the maximum of the other variables.

vars (list of Var, or tupledict of Var values): The variables over which the MAX will be taken.

constant (float, optional): The constant to include among the arguments of the MAX operation.

name (string, optional): Name for the new general constraint. Note that name will be stored as an ASCII string. Thus, a name like 'A${\rightarrow}$B' will produce an error, because '${\rightarrow}$' can not be represented as an ASCII character. Note also that names that contain spaces are strongly discouraged, because they can't be written to LP format files.

Example usage:

  # x5 = max(x1, x3, x4, 2.0)
  model.addGenConstrMax(x5, [x1, x3, x4], 2.0, "maxconstr")

  # overloaded forms
  model.addConstr(x5 == max_([x1, x3, x4], constant=2.0), name="maxconstr")
  model.addConstr(x5 == max_(x1, x3, x4, constant=2.0), name="maxconstr")