Source code for qiskit_optimization.applications.graph_partition
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"""An application class for the graph partitioning."""
from __future__ import annotations
import networkx as nx
import numpy as np
from docplex.mp.model import Model
from qiskit_optimization.algorithms import OptimizationResult
from qiskit_optimization.problems.quadratic_program import QuadraticProgram
from qiskit_optimization.translators import from_docplex_mp
from .graph_optimization_application import GraphOptimizationApplication
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class GraphPartition(GraphOptimizationApplication):
    """Optimization application for the "graph partition" [1] problem based on a NetworkX graph.
    References:
        [1]: "Graph partition", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_partition
    """
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    def to_quadratic_program(self) -> QuadraticProgram:
        """Convert a graph partition instance into a
        :class:`~qiskit_optimization.problems.QuadraticProgram`
        Returns:
            The :class:`~qiskit_optimization.problems.QuadraticProgram` created
            from the graph partition instance.
        """
        mdl = Model(name="Graph partition")
        n = self._graph.number_of_nodes()
        x = {i: mdl.binary_var(name=f"x_{i}") for i in range(n)}
        for w, v in self._graph.edges:
            self._graph.edges[w, v].setdefault("weight", 1)
        objective = mdl.sum(
            self._graph.edges[i, j]["weight"] * (x[i] + x[j] - 2 * x[i] * x[j])
            for i, j in self._graph.edges
        )
        mdl.minimize(objective)
        mdl.add_constraint(mdl.sum([x[i] for i in x]) == n // 2)
        op = from_docplex_mp(mdl)
        return op
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    def interpret(self, result: OptimizationResult | np.ndarray) -> list[list[int]]:
        """Interpret a result as a list of node indices
        Args:
            result : The calculated result of the problem
        Returns:
            A list of node indices divided into two groups.
        """
        x = self._result_to_x(result)
        partition: list[list[int]] = [[], []]
        for i, value in enumerate(x):
            if value == 0:
                partition[0].append(i)
            else:
                partition[1].append(i)
        return partition
    def _draw_result(
        self,
        result: OptimizationResult | np.ndarray,
        pos: dict[int, np.ndarray] | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        """Draw the result with colors
        Args:
            result : The calculated result for the problem
            pos: The positions of nodes
        """
        x = self._result_to_x(result)
        nx.draw(self._graph, node_color=self._node_colors(x), pos=pos, with_labels=True)
    def _node_colors(self, x: np.ndarray) -> list[str]:
        # Return a list of strings for draw.
        # Color a node with red when the corresponding variable is 1.
        # Otherwise color it with blue.
        return ["r" if x[node] else "b" for node in self._graph.nodes]