[AMPL 25008] doubt writing the code

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Hello. I would like to define the subset S contained in N:={1…n} and that S is not equal to N at the same time and I don´t know how to do it. I’ve thought define the restriction

subject to not_equal_to_N:
   card(S) =! card(N);

so that S is not equal to N.

Can you help me? Thanks !! :slight_smile:

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Are the members of S already known, before the optimization problem is sent to the solver? (In other words, is S part of the problem data?) Then you can use an AMPL check statement to confirm that S is not equal to N:

param n > 0;
set N = 1..n;
set S within N;
   check: card(S) < n;

If after the data is read, S turns out to be the same as N, then the solve command will report an error.

If instead you want the members of S to be determined by the solver, then that is a harder situation. AMPL does not have set-valued variables, so you would have to reformulate the problem — most likely, using n binary (zero-one) AMPL variables. To get more help in this case, you would have to give more details of the problem you are trying to solve.

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