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2    * SAT4J: a SATisfiability library for Java Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Daniel Le Berre
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18   * 
19   * Based on the pseudo boolean algorithms described in:
20   * A fast pseudo-Boolean constraint solver Chai, D.; Kuehlmann, A.
21   * Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
22   * Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2005 Page(s): 305 - 317
23   * 
24   * and 
25   * Heidi E. Dixon, 2004. Automating Pseudo-Boolean Inference within a DPLL 
26   * Framework. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon.
27   *******************************************************************************/
28  package org.sat4j.pb;
29  
30  import java.math.BigInteger;
31  
32  import org.sat4j.specs.ContradictionException;
33  import org.sat4j.specs.IConstr;
34  import org.sat4j.specs.ISolver;
35  import org.sat4j.specs.IVec;
36  import org.sat4j.specs.IVecInt;
37  
38  /**
39   * A solver able to deal with pseudo boolean constraints.
40   * 
41   * @author daniel
42   * 
43   */
44  public interface IPBSolver extends ISolver {
45  
46  	/**
47  	 * Create a Pseudo-Boolean constraint of the type "at least n of those
48  	 * literals must be satisfied"
49  	 * 
50  	 * @param lits
51  	 *            a set of literals. The vector can be reused since the solver
52  	 *            is not supposed to keep a reference to that vector.
53  	 * @param coeffs
54  	 *            the coefficients of the literals. The vector can be reused
55  	 *            since the solver is not supposed to keep a reference to that
56  	 *            vector.
57  	 * @param moreThan
58  	 *            true if it is a constraint >= degree
59  	 * @param d
60  	 *            the degree of the cardinality constraint
61  	 * @return a reference to the constraint added in the solver, to use in
62  	 *         removeConstr().
63  	 * @throws ContradictionException
64  	 *             iff the vector of literals is empty or if the constraint is
65  	 *             falsified after unit propagation
66  	 * @see #removeConstr(IConstr)
67  	 */
68  	IConstr addPseudoBoolean(IVecInt lits, IVec<BigInteger> coeffs,
69  			boolean moreThan, BigInteger d) throws ContradictionException;
70  
71  	public void setObjectiveFunction(ObjectiveFunction obj);
72  
73  	public ObjectiveFunction getObjectiveFunction();
74  }