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docs/Project.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [deps]
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
+Revise = "295af30f-e4ad-537b-8983-00126c2a3abe"
 UnitCommitment = "64606440-39ea-11e9-0f29-3303a1d3d877"

docs/src/api.md

@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ UnitCommitment.write
 
 ```@docs
 UnitCommitment.slice
-UnitCommitment.randomize!
+UnitCommitment.randomize!(::UnitCommitment.UnitCommitmentInstance)
-generate_initial_conditions!
+UnitCommitment.generate_initial_conditions!
 ```
 
 ## Formulations
 
 ```@docs
+UnitCommitment.Formulation
+UnitCommitment.ShiftFactorsFormulation
 UnitCommitment.ArrCon2000
 UnitCommitment.CarArr2006
 UnitCommitment.DamKucRajAta2016
@@ -36,13 +38,11 @@ UnitCommitment.WanHob2016
 ## Solution Methods
 
 ```@docs
-UnitCommitment.XavQiuWanThi2019
 UnitCommitment.XavQiuWanThi2019.Method
 ```
 
 ## Randomization Methods
 
 ```@docs
-UnitCommitment.XavQiuAhm2021
 UnitCommitment.XavQiuAhm2021.Randomization
 ```

src/instance/read.jl

@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ const INSTANCES_URL = "https://axavier.org/UnitCommitment.jl/0.3/instances"
 """
     read_benchmark(name::AbstractString)::UnitCommitmentInstance
 
-Read one of the benchmark unit commitment instances included in the package.
+Read one of the benchmark instances included in the package. See
-See "Instances" section of the documentation for the entire list of benchmark
+[Instances](instances.md) for the entire list of benchmark instances available.
-instances available.
 
-Example
+# Example
--------
+```julia
-
+instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("matpower/case3375wp/2017-02-01")
-    import UnitCommitment
+```
-    instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("matpower/case3375wp/2017-02-01")
 """
 function read_benchmark(
     name::AbstractString;
@@ -48,13 +46,13 @@ end
 """
     read(path::AbstractString)::UnitCommitmentInstance
 
-Read a unit commitment instance from a file. The file may be gzipped.
+Read instance from a file. The file may be gzipped.
 
-Example
+# Example
--------
 
-    import UnitCommitment
+```julia
-    instance = UnitCommitment.read("/path/to/input.json.gz")
+instance = UnitCommitment.read("/path/to/input.json.gz")
+```
 """
 function read(path::AbstractString)::UnitCommitmentInstance
     if endswith(path, ".gz")

src/model/build.jl

@@ -9,22 +9,59 @@ import JuMP: value, fix, set_name
     function build_model(;
         instance::UnitCommitmentInstance,
         optimizer = nothing,
+        formulation = Formulation(),
         variable_names::Bool = false,
     )::JuMP.Model
 
 Build the JuMP model corresponding to the given unit commitment instance.
 
 Arguments
-=========
+---------
+
 - `instance`:
     the instance.
 - `optimizer`:
     the optimizer factory that should be attached to this model (e.g. Cbc.Optimizer).
     If not provided, no optimizer will be attached.
+- `formulation`:
+    the MIP formulation to use. By default, uses a formulation that combines
+    modeling components from different publications that provides good
+    performance across a wide variety of instances. An alternative formulation
+    may also be provided.
 - `variable_names`: 
-    If true, set variable and constraint names. Important if the model is going
+    if true, set variable and constraint names. Important if the model is going
     to be exported to an MPS file. For large models, this can take significant
     time, so it's disabled by default.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+```julia
+# Read benchmark instance
+instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("matpower/case118/2017-02-01")
+
+# Construct model (using state-of-the-art defaults)
+model = UnitCommitment.build_model(
+    instance = instance,
+    optimizer = Cbc.Optimizer,
+)
+
+# Construct model (using customized formulation)
+model = UnitCommitment.build_model(
+    instance = instance,
+    optimizer = Cbc.Optimizer,
+    formulation = Formulation(
+        pwl_costs = KnuOstWat2018.PwlCosts(),
+        ramping = MorLatRam2013.Ramping(),
+        startup_costs = MorLatRam2013.StartupCosts(),
+        transmission = ShiftFactorsFormulation(
+            isf_cutoff = 0.005,
+            lodf_cutoff = 0.001,
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+```
+
 """
 function build_model(;
     instance::UnitCommitmentInstance,

src/model/formulations/base/structs.jl

@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ abstract type StartupCostsFormulation end
 abstract type StatusVarsFormulation end
 abstract type ProductionVarsFormulation end
 
+"""
+    struct Formulation
+        prod_vars::ProductionVarsFormulation
+        pwl_costs::PiecewiseLinearCostsFormulation
+        ramping::RampingFormulation
+        startup_costs::StartupCostsFormulation
+        status_vars::StatusVarsFormulation
+        transmission::TransmissionFormulation
+    end
+
+Struct provided to `build_model` that holds various formulation components.
+
+# Fields
+
+- `prod_vars`: Formulation for the production decision variables
+- `pwl_costs`: Formulation for the piecewise linear costs
+- `ramping`: Formulation for ramping constraints
+- `startup_costs`: Formulation for time-dependent start-up costs
+- `status_vars`: Formulation for the status variables (e.g. `is_on`, `is_off`)
+- `transmission`: Formulation for transmission and N-1 security constraints
+"""
 struct Formulation
     prod_vars::ProductionVarsFormulation
     pwl_costs::PiecewiseLinearCostsFormulation
@@ -38,10 +59,10 @@ end
 
 """
     struct ShiftFactorsFormulation <: TransmissionFormulation
-        isf_cutoff::Float64
+        isf_cutoff::Float64 = 0.005
-        lodf_cutoff::Float64
+        lodf_cutoff::Float64 = 0.001
-        precomputed_isf::Union{Nothing,Matrix{Float64}}
+        precomputed_isf=nothing
-        precomputed_lodf::Union{Nothing,Matrix{Float64}}
+        precomputed_lodf=nothing
     end
 
 Transmission formulation based on Injection Shift Factors (ISF) and Line
@@ -49,15 +70,15 @@ Outage Distribution Factors (LODF). Constraints are enforced in a lazy way.
 
 Arguments
 ---------
-- `precomputed_isf::Union{Matrix{Float64},Nothing} = nothing`:
+- `precomputed_isf`:
     the injection shift factors matrix. If not provided, it will be computed.
-- `precomputed_lodf::Union{Matrix{Float64},Nothing} = nothing`: 
+- `precomputed_lodf`: 
     the line outage distribution factors matrix. If not provided, it will be
     computed.
-- `isf_cutoff::Float64 = 0.005`: 
+- `isf_cutoff`: 
     the cutoff that should be applied to the ISF matrix. Entries with magnitude
     smaller than this value will be set to zero.
-- `lodf_cutoff::Float64 = 0.001`: 
+- `lodf_cutoff`: 
     the cutoff that should be applied to the LODF matrix. Entries with magnitude
     smaller than this value will be set to zero.
 """

src/solution/methods/XavQiuWanThi2019/structs.jl

@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020, UChicago Argonne, LLC. All rights reserved.
 # Released under the modified BSD license. See COPYING.md for more details.
 
-"""
-Lazy constraint solution method described in:
-
-    Xavier, A. S., Qiu, F., Wang, F., & Thimmapuram, P. R. (2019). Transmission
-    constraint filtering in large-scale security-constrained unit commitment. 
-    IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 34(3), 2457-2460.
-    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2892620
-"""
 module XavQiuWanThi2019
 import ..SolutionMethod
 """
@@ -21,6 +13,13 @@ import ..SolutionMethod
         max_violations_per_period::Int
     end
 
+Lazy constraint solution method described in:
+
+    Xavier, A. S., Qiu, F., Wang, F., & Thimmapuram, P. R. (2019). Transmission
+    constraint filtering in large-scale security-constrained unit commitment. 
+    IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 34(3), 2457-2460.
+    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2892620
+
 Fields
 ------
 

src/solution/optimize.jl

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # Released under the modified BSD license. See COPYING.md for more details.
 
 """
-    function optimize!(model::JuMP.Model)::Nothing
+    optimize!(model::JuMP.Model)::Nothing
 
-Solve the given unit commitment model. Unlike JuMP.optimize!, this uses more
+Solve the given unit commitment model. Unlike `JuMP.optimize!`, this uses more
 advanced methods to accelerate the solution process and to enforce transmission
 and N-1 security constraints.
 """

src/solution/solution.jl

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020, UChicago Argonne, LLC. All rights reserved.
 # Released under the modified BSD license. See COPYING.md for more details.
 
+"""
+    solution(model::JuMP.Model)::OrderedDict
+
+Extracts the optimal solution from the UC.jl model. The model must be solved beforehand.
+
+# Example
+
+```julia
+UnitCommitment.optimize!(model)
+solution = UnitCommitment.solution(model)
+```
+"""
 function solution(model::JuMP.Model)::OrderedDict
     instance, T = model[:instance], model[:instance].time
     function timeseries(vars, collection)

src/solution/write.jl

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020, UChicago Argonne, LLC. All rights reserved.
 # Released under the modified BSD license. See COPYING.md for more details.
 
+"""
+    write(filename::AbstractString, solution::AbstractDict)::Nothing
+
+Write the given solution to a JSON file.
+
+# Example
+
+```julia
+solution = UnitCommitment.solution(model)
+UnitCommitment.write("/tmp/output.json", solution)
+```
+"""
 function write(filename::AbstractString, solution::AbstractDict)::Nothing
     open(filename, "w") do file
         return JSON.print(file, solution, 2)

src/transform/randomize/XavQiuAhm2021.jl

@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021, UChicago Argonne, LLC. All rights reserved.
 # Released under the modified BSD license. See COPYING.md for more details.
 
-"""
-Methods described in:
-
-    Xavier, Álinson S., Feng Qiu, and Shabbir Ahmed. "Learning to solve
-    large-scale security-constrained unit commitment problems." INFORMS
-    Journal on Computing 33.2 (2021): 739-756. DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2020.0976
-"""
 module XavQiuAhm2021
 
 using Distributions
@@ -55,6 +48,13 @@ load profile, as follows:
 The default parameters were obtained based on an analysis of publicly available
 bid and hourly data from PJM, corresponding to the month of January, 2017. For
 more details, see Section 4.2 of the paper.
+
+# References
+
+- **Xavier, Álinson S., Feng Qiu, and Shabbir Ahmed.** *"Learning to solve
+  large-scale security-constrained unit commitment problems."* INFORMS Journal
+  on Computing 33.2 (2021): 739-756. DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2020.0976
+
 """
 Base.@kwdef struct Randomization
     cost = Uniform(0.95, 1.05)
@@ -212,4 +212,31 @@ function randomize!(
     return
 end
 
+"""
+    function randomize!(
+        instance::UnitCommitmentInstance;
+        method = UnitCommitment.XavQiuAhm2021.Randomization();
+        rng = MersenneTwister(),
+    )::Nothing
+
+Randomizes instance parameters according to the provided randomization method.
+
+# Example
+
+```julia
+instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("matpower/case118/2017-02-01")
+UnitCommitment.randomize!(instance)
+model = UnitCommitment.build_model(; instance)
+```
+
+"""
+function randomize!(
+    instance::UnitCommitment.UnitCommitmentInstance;
+    method = XavQiuAhm2021.Randomization(),
+    rng = MersenneTwister(),
+)::Nothing
+    randomize!(instance, method; rng)
+    return
+end
+
 export randomize!

src/transform/slice.jl

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ conditions are also not modified.
 Example
 -------
 
-    # Build a 2-hour UC instance
+```julia
-    instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("test/case14")
+# Build a 2-hour UC instance
-    modified = UnitCommitment.slice(instance, 1:2)
+instance = UnitCommitment.read_benchmark("matpower/case118/2017-02-01")
-
+modified = UnitCommitment.slice(instance, 1:2)
+```
 """
 function slice(
     instance::UnitCommitmentInstance,

test/transform/randomize/XavQiuAhm2021_test.jl

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ test_approx(x, y) = @test isapprox(x, y, atol = 1e-3)
 
         randomize!(
             instance,
-            XavQiuAhm2021.Randomization(randomize_load_profile = false),
+            method = XavQiuAhm2021.Randomization(
+                randomize_load_profile = false,
+            ),
             rng = MersenneTwister(42),
         )