In Z3 I can call (get-objectives) to have a dump of the resulting weights.
(e.g. here)
It prints something like this:
(objectives
(aaa 1)
(bbb 0)
)
In z3py however Optimize.objectives() prints a dump of the calculation for the objectives, not however the calculated weights, as seen here:
[If(a == 3, 0, 1), If(b == 3, 0, 1)]
Is there a way how I can get the calculated weights? or the weight of a specific objective as in the standard z3?
Here is my example code:
from z3 import *
a, b = Ints('a b')
s = Optimize()
s.add(3 <= a, a <= 10)
s.add(3 <= b, b <= 10)
s.add(a >= 2*b)
s.add_soft(a == 3, weight=1, id="aaa")
s.add_soft(b == 3, weight=1, id="bbb")
print(s.check())
print(s.model())
print(s.objectives())
You can use the model to evaluate the objectives:
m = s.model()
print [m.evaluate(o) for o in s.objectives()]
This yields:
sat
[1, 0]
Related
I have a problem where I want to limit the range of a real variable between the maximum and minimum value of another set of real variables.
s = Solver()
y = Real('y')
Z = RealVector('z', 10)
s.add(And(y >= min(Z), y <= max(Z)))
Is there a way to do this in z3py?
You can use Axel's solution; though that one requires you to create an extra variable and also asserts more constraints than needed. Moreover, it doesn't let you use min and max as simple functions. It might be easier to just program this in a functional way, like this:
# Return minimum of a vector; error if empty
def min(vs):
m = vs[0]
for v in vs[1:]:
m = If(v < m, v, m)
return m
# Return maximum of a vector; error if empty
def max(vs):
m = vs[0]
for v in vs[1:]:
m = If(v > m, v, m)
return m
Another difference is that in the functional style we throw an error if the vector is empty. In the other style, the result will essentially be unconstrained. (i.e., min/max can take any value.) You should consider which semantics is right for your application, in case the vector you're passing might be empty. (At the least, you should change it so it prints out a nicer error message. Currently it'll throw an IndexError: list index out of range error if given an empty vector.)
Now you can say:
s = Solver()
y = Real('y')
Z = RealVector('z', 10)
s.add(And(y >= min(Z), y <= max(Z)))
print (s.check())
print (s.model())
This prints:
sat
[z__7 = -1,
z__0 = -7/2,
z__4 = -5/2,
z__5 = -2,
z__3 = -9/2,
z__2 = -4,
z__8 = -1/2,
y = 0,
z__9 = 0,
z__6 = -3/2,
z__1 = -3]
You could benefit from Hakan Kjellerstrand's collection of useful z3py definitions:
from z3 import *
# Functions written by Hakan Kjellerstrand
# http://hakank.org/z3/
# The following can be used by importing http://www.hakank.org/z3/z3_utils_hakank.py
# v is the maximum value of x
def maximum(sol, v, x):
sol.add(Or([v == x[i] for i in range(len(x))])) # v is an element in x)
for i in range(len(x)):
sol.add(v >= x[i]) # and it's the greatest
# v is the minimum value of x
def minimum(sol, v, x):
sol.add(Or([v == x[i] for i in range(len(x))])) # v is an element in x)
for i in range(len(x)):
sol.add(v <= x[i]) # and it's the smallest
s = Solver()
y = Real('y')
zMin = Real('zMin')
zMax = Real('zMax')
Z = RealVector('z', 10)
maximum(s, zMin, Z)
minimum(s, zMax, Z)
s.add(And(y >= zMin, y <= zMax))
print(s.check())
print(s.model())
Consider a set of constraints F = [a + b > 10, a*a + b + 10 < 50].
When I run it using:
s = Solver()
s.add(F)
s.check()
I get sat solution.
If I run it with:
s = Solver()
s.check(F)
I get an unknown solution. Can someone explain why this is happening?
Let's see:
from z3 import *
a = Int('a')
b = Int('b')
F = [a + b > 10, a*a + b + 10 < 50]
s = Solver()
s.add(F)
print (s.check())
print (s.model())
This prints:
sat
[b = 15, a = -4]
That looks good to me.
Let's try your second variant:
from z3 import *
a = Int('a')
b = Int('b')
F = [a + b > 10, a*a + b + 10 < 50]
s = Solver()
print (s.check(F))
print (s.model())
This prints:
sat
[b = 7, a = 4]
That looks good to me too.
So, I don't know how you're getting the unknown answer. Maybe you have an old version of z3; or you've some other things in your program you're not telling us about.
The important thing to note, however, is that s.add(F); s.check() AND s.check(F) are different operations:
s.add(F); s.check() means: Assert the constraints in F; check that they are satisfiable.
s.check(F) means: Check that all the other constraints are satisfiable, assuming F is. In particular, it does not assert F. (This is important if you do further asserts/checks later on.)
So, in general these two different ways of using check are used for different purposes; and can yield different answers. But in the presence of no other assertions around, you'll get a solution for both, though of course the models might be different.
Aside One reason you can get unknown is in the presence of non-linear constraints. And your a*a+b+10 < 50 is non-linear, since it does have a multiplication of a variable by itself. You can deal with that either by using a bit-vector instead of an Int (if applicable), or using the nonlinear-solver; which can still give you unknown, but might perform better. But just looking at your question as you asked it, z3 is just fine handling it.
To find out what is going on within s.check(F), you can do the following:
from z3 import *
import inspect
a = Int('a')
b = Int('b')
F = [a + b > 10, a*a + b + 10 < 50]
s = Solver()
print (s.check(F))
print (s.model())
source_check = inspect.getsource(s.check)
print(source_check)
The resulting output:
sat
[b = 10, a = 1]
def check(self, *assumptions):
"""Check whether the assertions in the given solver plus the optional assumptions are consistent or not.
>>> x = Int('x')
>>> s = Solver()
>>> s.check()
sat
>>> s.add(x > 0, x < 2)
>>> s.check()
sat
>>> s.model().eval(x)
1
>>> s.add(x < 1)
>>> s.check()
unsat
>>> s.reset()
>>> s.add(2**x == 4)
>>> s.check()
unknown
"""
s = BoolSort(self.ctx)
assumptions = _get_args(assumptions)
num = len(assumptions)
_assumptions = (Ast * num)()
for i in range(num):
_assumptions[i] = s.cast(assumptions[i]).as_ast()
r = Z3_solver_check_assumptions(self.ctx.ref(), self.solver, num, _assumptions)
return CheckSatResult(r)
The semantics of assumptions vs. assertions are discussed here and here. But if have to admit that they are not really clear to me yet.
I am using z3 to write a static checker. I have the following problem:
>>> from z3 import *
>>> s = Solver()
>>> s.add(FreshInt() + FreshInt() > 0)
>>> s.check()
sat
>>> s.model()
[]
As you can see, fresh variables are not shown in the model. I also cannot get their value:
>>> a = FreshInt()
>>> s.add(a > 3)
>>> s.check()
sat
>>> s.model()
[]
>>> s.model()[a]
I've looked in the docs but I cannot find a way to change this behaviour. I could generate unique variables myself, but it would be nice if z3 can take care of that for me. Can someone point me in the right direction? Or is it not possible to change this in z3py?
FreshInt/FreshReal etc. are intended for creating internal variables that are not user-visible. You should instead use Int('name') and Real('name') to create user level variables that will be shown in models.
If you really want to see the value, you can add an observer function and use it like this:
from z3 import *
def observeInt(s, a):
obs = Int('observer')
s.add(obs == a)
# might want to check the following really returns sat!
s.check()
print s.model()[obs]
s = Solver()
a = FreshInt()
s.add(a + FreshInt() > 0)
s.add(a > 12)
print s.check()
observeInt(s, a)
This prints:
sat
13
This is not cheap obviously (as it involves a call to check), but it is safe and so long as it's used in debugging situations to strong-arm z3 as you put it, it should do the trick.
You could circumvent this restriction as follows:
freshIntIdx = 0
def myFreshInt():
global freshIntIdx
freshIntIdx += 1;
return Int('fi' + str(freshIntIdx))
a = myFreshInt()
b = myFreshInt()
s = Solver()
s.add(a + b > 5, a > 0, b > 0, a + b < 10)
print(s.check())
m = s.model()
print("a = %s" % m[a])
print("b = %s" % m[b])
I have a z3 Array:
x = Array('x', IntSort(), IntSort())
A fixed number n:
n = 10
And a filtering condition based on simple arithmetic:
lambda i: Or(i == 0, i > 2)
What I want is to know the total number of elements from index 0 to index n which satisfy this condition (something that, if this were a normal python list, would look like len(filter(lambda i: i == 0 or i > 2, x)).
I can't figure out how to do this in z3. I tried
y == Int('y')
solver.add(y == sum([1 if Or(x[i] == 0, x[i] > 2) else 0 for i in range(0,n)]))
but get the following error:
z3.z3types.Z3Exception: Symbolic expressions cannot be cast to concrete Boolean values.
Is there a way to proceed? Many thanks!
It'd be best to post the exact code you tried. For one thing, the if-then-else should be coded using the If construct and the sum is best expressed using Sum. The following works fine, for instance:
from z3 import *
x = Array ('x', IntSort(), IntSort())
solver = Solver()
n = 10
y = Int('y')
solver.add(y == Sum([If(Or(x[i] == 0, x[i] > 2), 1, 0) for i in range(0,n)]))
print solver.check()
print solver.model()
But this'll be satisfiable for all values of y since there is no constraint on the contents of the array x.
I am trying to understand how the bound variables are indexed in z3.
Here in a snippet in z3py and the corresponding output. ( http://rise4fun.com/Z3Py/plVw1 )
x, y = Ints('x y')
f1 = ForAll(x, And(x == 0, Exists(y, x == y)))
f2 = ForAll(x, Exists(y, And(x == 0, x == y)))
print f1.body()
print f2.body()
Output:
ν0 = 0 ∧ (∃y : ν1 = y)
y : ν1 = 0 ∧ ν1 = y
In f1, why is the same bound variable x has different index.(0 and 1). If I modify the f1 and bring out the Exists, then x has the same index(0).
Reason I want to understand the indexing mechanism:
I have a FOL formula represented in a DSL in scala that I want to send to z3. Now ScalaZ3 has a mkBound api for creating bound variables that takes index and sort as arguments. I am not sure what value should I pass to the index argument. So, I would like to know the following:
If I have two formulas phi1 and phi2 with maximum bound variable indexes n1 and n2, what would be the index of x in ForAll(x, And(phi1, phi2))
Also, is there a way to show all the variables in an indexed form? f1.body() just shows me x in indexed form and not y. (I think the reason is that y is still bound in f1.body())
Z3 encodes bound variables using de Bruijn indices.
The following wikipedia article describes de Bruijn indices in detail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bruijn_index
Remark: in the article above the indices start at 1, in Z3, they start at 0.
Regarding your second question, you can change the Z3 pretty printer.
The Z3 distribution contains the source code of the Python API. The pretty printer is implemented in the file python\z3printer.py.
You just need to replace the method:
def pp_var(self, a, d, xs):
idx = z3.get_var_index(a)
sz = len(xs)
if idx >= sz:
return seq1('Var', (to_format(idx),))
else:
return to_format(xs[sz - idx - 1])
with
def pp_var(self, a, d, xs):
idx = z3.get_var_index(a)
return seq1('Var', (to_format(idx),))
If you want to redefine the HTML pretty printer, you should also replace.
def pp_var(self, a, d, xs):
idx = z3.get_var_index(a)
sz = len(xs)
if idx >= sz:
# 957 is the greek letter nu
return to_format('ν<sub>%s</sub>' % idx, 1)
else:
return to_format(xs[sz - idx - 1])
with
def pp_var(self, a, d, xs):
idx = z3.get_var_index(a)
return to_format('ν<sub>%s</sub>' % idx, 1)