R/constraints.R

In prioritizr: Systematic Conservation Prioritization in R

#' @include internal.R
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#' Conservation problem constraints
#'
#' A constraint can be added to a conservation planning problem
#' to ensure that solutions exhibit a specific characteristic.
#'
#' @details
#' Constraints are used to impose rules to ensure that solutions exhibit
#' (or do not exhibit) a particular characteristic.
#' For instance, they can be used to lock in or lock out certain planning units
#' from the solution, such
#' as protected areas or degraded land (respectively).
#' Additionally, similar to the [penalties] functions,
#' some of the constraint functions can be used to increase connectivity in a
#' solution. The key difference between a penalty and a constraint, however,
#' is that constraints work by forbidding solutions that do not exhibit
#' a specific characteristic, whereas penalty functions work by than
#' penalizing solutions which do not meet a specific characteristic.
#'
#' The following functions can be used to add constraints to a
#' conservation planning [problem()].
#'
#' \describe{
#'
#' \item{[add_locked_in_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to ensure
#' that certain planning units are selected in the solution.
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_locked_out_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to ensure that certain planning units are not selected in
#' the solution.
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_neighbor_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to
#' ensure that all selected planning units have at least a certain number
#' of neighbors. These constraints may be especially useful for
#' reducing spatial fragmentation in large-scale planning problems
#' or when using open source solvers.
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_contiguity_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to a
#' ensure that all selected planning units are spatially connected to each
#' other and form a single contiguous unit.
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_feature_contiguity_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to
#' ensure that each feature is represented in a contiguous unit of
#' dispersible habitat. These constraints are a more advanced version of
#' those implemented in the [add_contiguity_constraints()]
#' function, because they ensure that each feature is represented in a
#' contiguous unit and not that the entire solution should form a
#' contiguous unit.
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_linear_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to ensure that all selected planning units meet certain
#' criteria. For example, they can be used to add
#' multiple budgets, or limit the number of
#'  planning units selected in different administrative areas within a study
#' region (e.g., different countries).
#' }
#'
#' \item{[add_mandatory_allocation_constraints()]}{
#' Add constraints to ensure that every planning unit is allocated to a
#' management zone in the solution. Note that this function can only be used
#' with problems that contain multiple zones.
#' }
#'
#' }
#'
#' @family overviews
#'
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' # load data
#' sim_pu_raster <- get_sim_pu_raster()
#' sim_features <- get_sim_features()
#' sim_locked_in_raster <- get_sim_locked_in_raster()
#' sim_locked_out_raster <- get_sim_locked_in_raster()
#'
#' # create minimal problem with only targets and no additional constraints
#' p1 <-
#'   problem(sim_pu_raster, sim_features) %>%
#'   add_min_set_objective() %>%
#'   add_relative_targets(0.2) %>%
#'   add_binary_decisions() %>%
#'   add_default_solver(verbose = FALSE)
#'
#' # create problem with locked in constraints
#' p2 <- p1 %>% add_locked_in_constraints(sim_locked_in_raster)
#'
#' # create problem with locked in constraints
#' p3 <- p1 %>% add_locked_out_constraints(sim_locked_out_raster)
#'
#' # create problem with neighbor constraints
#' p4 <- p1 %>% add_neighbor_constraints(2)
#'
#' # create problem with contiguity constraints
#' p5 <- p1 %>% add_contiguity_constraints()
#'
#' # create problem with feature contiguity constraints
#' p6 <- p1 %>% add_feature_contiguity_constraints()
#'
#' # solve problems
#' s <- terra::rast(lapply(list(p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6), solve))
#' names(s) <- c(
#'   "minimal problem", "locked in", "locked out",
#'   "neighbor", "contiguity", "feature contiguity"
#' )
#'
#' # plot solutions
#' plot(s, axes = FALSE, nr = 2)
#' }
#' @name constraints
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