Hi,
I want to use something similar to Heaviside function to create a unit pulse. Unit pulse is required because I want to define some objective function and constraint which are piece-wise linear. For example from x=0 to 10, y=x , x>=10 , y=20-x. I am unable to find out a function which could help me to write such formulation without having to write multiple if-else statement.
Does your x variable have an upper bound? Is the rest of your optimization model linear?
Ideally I don't want to have any upper bound on x. Lower bound is x>0. Also my whole optimization has non linear constraints and objective function but I can simple approximated version with linear constraints
If y - x is in [-M_1,M_1] and y - (20 - x) is in [-M_2,M_2] for suitably chosen constants M_1 and M_2, you can linearize the relationship between x and y by introducing a binary variable z and the following constraints:
-M_1 * z <= y - x <= M_1 * z
-M_2 * (1 - z) <= y - (20 - x) <= M_2 * (1 - z)
If z = 0, the first pair of constraints force y = x. If z = 1, the second pair of constraints force y = 20 - x.
Depending on your objective and other constraints, you might be able to avoid the bounds and binary variables. For example, if you want to maximize y, you can just impose y <= x and y <= 20 - x.
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