Hi,
I came across this problem with table below.
Here Y, M are year and month, and Y2 and M2 are the next month of (Y, M). In each month here are days (totaling 28/29/30/31 depending on month) designated by DY. For each month, I am going to pick one day as the beginning day of the month (DY) and another day as the ending day (DY1) so that DY is rotated. For example, if 5 is picked as the beginning day, 4 would be the ending day, as days follow 5, 6,..., 31, 1, 2, 3, 4 assuming the month has 31 days, and so on. Once the beginning day has been picked for the month (ending day implied), I move to the next month and do the same. At the end, I need to minimize:
sum((MWB(i) - MWE(i+1))**2), where i = 1... # of months.
The example below has 3 months so the total space is 31*30*31. The actual problem involves one year and a much larger space of 31*30*31...*31.
I am considering optmodel but still trying to specify the problem with it. Any help is appreciated!
Y
M
M2
Y2
DY
DY1
MWB
MWE
2022
1
2
2022
1
31
3,060.79
2,847.60
2022
1
2
2022
2
1
2,795.53
2,755.11
2022
1
2
2022
3
2
2,711.12
2,723.58
2022
1
2
2022
4
3
2,585.14
2,357.31
2022
1
2
2022
5
4
2,856.69
2,336.30
2022
1
2
2022
6
5
2,585.89
2,314.10
2022
1
2
2022
7
6
2,708.57
2,537.95
2022
1
2
2022
8
7
2,761.23
2,327.29
2022
1
2
2022
9
8
2,550.63
2,352.52
2022
1
2
2022
10
9
2,970.52
2,354.57
2022
1
2
2022
11
10
2,995.84
2,281.79
2022
1
2
2022
12
11
3,453.13
2,612.58
2022
1
2
2022
13
12
3,000.57
2,619.14
2022
1
2
2022
14
13
2,886.60
2,875.82
2022
1
2
2022
15
14
3,054.25
2,646.22
2022
1
2
2022
16
15
2,983.17
2,611.71
2022
1
2
2022
17
16
2,516.30
2,709.25
2022
1
2
2022
18
17
2,670.58
2,623.86
2022
1
2
2022
19
18
2,784.30
2,254.84
2022
1
2
2022
20
19
2,570.44
2,331.93
2022
1
2
2022
21
20
2,451.75
2,354.15
2022
1
2
2022
22
21
2,423.53
2,283.58
2022
1
2
2022
23
22
2,455.70
2,130.18
2022
1
2
2022
24
23
2,512.75
2,028.61
2022
1
2
2022
25
24
2,493.90
2,104.30
2022
1
2
2022
26
25
2,529.80
2,213.52
2022
1
2
2022
27
26
2,574.74
2,228.63
2022
1
2
2022
28
27
3,012.91
2,277.01
2022
1
2
2022
29
28
3,163.53
2,289.61
2022
1
2
2022
30
29
3,372.30
2,690.60
2022
1
2
2022
31
30
3,150.71
2,840.38
2022
2
3
2022
1
30
4,147.38
2,937.49
2022
2
3
2022
2
1
4,774.03
3,289.59
2022
2
3
2022
3
2
4,144.49
4,371.40
2022
2
3
2022
4
3
4,090.07
3,824.04
2022
2
3
2022
5
4
4,085.97
3,807.31
2022
2
3
2022
6
5
3,766.41
3,786.18
2022
2
3
2022
7
6
3,382.19
3,770.40
2022
2
3
2022
8
7
3,331.66
3,463.21
2022
2
3
2022
9
8
2,985.52
3,040.08
2022
2
3
2022
10
9
3,420.95
2,888.73
2022
2
3
2022
11
10
3,336.96
2,751.84
2022
2
3
2022
12
11
2,849.19
3,120.61
2022
2
3
2022
13
12
2,923.18
2,870.00
2022
2
3
2022
14
13
3,466.61
2,598.92
2022
2
3
2022
15
14
3,581.33
2,630.91
2022
2
3
2022
16
15
3,751.99
3,145.85
2022
2
3
2022
17
16
3,793.83
3,315.29
2022
2
3
2022
18
17
3,927.19
3,409.43
2022
2
3
2022
19
18
3,958.74
3,521.23
2022
2
3
2022
20
19
3,767.45
3,619.12
2022
2
3
2022
21
20
3,569.70
3,727.37
2022
2
3
2022
22
21
3,951.63
3,494.98
2022
2
3
2022
23
22
3,893.76
3,311.69
2022
2
3
2022
24
23
3,710.34
3,664.18
2022
2
3
2022
25
24
3,100.67
3,606.88
2022
2
3
2022
26
25
3,164.81
3,345.92
2022
2
3
2022
27
26
2,974.90
2,768.13
2022
2
3
2022
28
27
3,391.46
2,798.68
2022
2
3
2022
29
28
3,377.84
2,738.24
2022
2
3
2022
30
29
3,499.97
3,046.27
2022
3
4
2022
1
31
3,653.04
3,733.46
2022
3
4
2022
2
1
3,992.26
3,705.17
2022
3
4
2022
3
2
4,419.02
3,384.90
2022
3
4
2022
4
3
4,390.42
3,612.65
2022
3
4
2022
5
4
4,330.79
3,914.40
2022
3
4
2022
6
5
3,968.64
3,965.32
2022
3
4
2022
7
6
3,781.22
3,805.89
2022
3
4
2022
8
7
3,256.24
3,613.85
2022
3
4
2022
9
8
3,123.72
3,506.88
2022
3
4
2022
10
9
3,494.57
2,894.91
2022
3
4
2022
11
10
3,665.44
2,818.28
2022
3
4
2022
12
11
3,946.23
3,105.49
2022
3
4
2022
13
12
3,801.13
3,436.77
2022
3
4
2022
14
13
4,145.82
3,608.90
2022
3
4
2022
15
14
4,193.16
3,579.46
2022
3
4
2022
16
15
3,660.22
3,740.13
2022
3
4
2022
17
16
3,764.65
3,778.65
2022
3
4
2022
18
17
3,819.29
3,409.57
2022
3
4
2022
19
18
3,546.83
3,455.49
2022
3
4
2022
20
19
4,045.83
3,596.81
2022
3
4
2022
21
20
4,197.98
3,244.33
2022
3
4
2022
22
21
3,476.33
3,635.28
2022
3
4
2022
23
22
3,451.32
3,780.78
2022
3
4
2022
24
23
3,513.11
3,002.59
2022
3
4
2022
25
24
3,769.57
3,064.38
2022
3
4
2022
26
25
3,588.74
3,116.02
2022
3
4
2022
27
26
4,063.67
3,503.90
2022
3
4
2022
28
27
4,319.61
3,308.17
2022
3
4
2022
29
28
4,127.35
3,703.07
2022
3
4
2022
30
29
4,143.08
3,796.24
2022
3
4
2022
31
30
4,084.32
3,711.78
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