Conditional constraint formulation

Asked Jul 01 '19 at 18:36

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How can I create constraints to make sure $x=1$ if $k\geq 0$ and $x=0$ if $k<0$, where $x\in \{0,1\}$ and $k\in \mathbb{R}$?

Here is my attempt: \begin{equation}\label{cons:1} \begin{aligned} k\leq Mx \end{aligned} \end{equation}

Considering $M$ as the big-M, the above constraint makes sure $x=1$ if $k>0$. Surely, it is missing all other components.

edited Jul 01 '19 at 19:54

Kevin Dalmeijer

asked Jul 01 '19 at 18:36

tcokyasar

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Have you checked some of the questions posted on the site? Such as here or here? – EhsanK Jul 01 '19 at 18:49
maybe you edit your original question so that it contains this more concise statement. And as @EhsanK says, there may be an answer here already (namely, that strict inequalities require an epsilon to model). – Marco Lübbecke Jul 01 '19 at 18:55
@EhsanK, I have just checked those posts. – tcokyasar Jul 01 '19 at 19:14
@MarcoLübbecke, do you mean I can introduce $k+\epsilon \leq Mx$ to make sure $x=1$ if $k\geq 0$ ? Then, what is the next constraint to ensure $x=0$ when $k<0$? – tcokyasar Jul 01 '19 at 19:17
I feel the next constraint is $k\geq -M(1-x)$. Please correct me if I am wrong. – tcokyasar Jul 01 '19 at 19:22

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