# Utilities to Build Expressions¶

pyomo.core.util.prod(terms)[source]

A utility function to compute the product of a list of terms.

Parameters: terms (list) – A list of terms that are multiplied together. The value of the product, which may be a Pyomo expression object.
pyomo.core.util.quicksum(args, start=0, linear=None)[source]

A utility function to compute a sum of Pyomo expressions.

The behavior of quicksum() is similar to the builtin sum() function, but this function generates a more compact Pyomo expression.

Parameters: args – A generator for terms in the sum. start – A value that is initializes the sum. If this value is not a numeric constant, then the += operator is used to add terms to this object. Defaults to zero. linear – If start is not a numeric constant, then this option is ignored. Otherwise, this value indicates whether the terms in the sum are linear. If the value is False, then the terms are treated as nonlinear, and if True, then the terms are treated as linear. Default is None, which indicates that the first term in the args is used to determine this value. The value of the sum, which may be a Pyomo expression object.
pyomo.core.util.sum_product(*args, **kwds)[source]

A utility function to compute a generalized dot product.

This function accepts one or more components that provide terms that are multiplied together. These products are added together to form a sum.

Parameters: Keyword Arguments: *args – Variable length argument list of generators that create terms in the summation. **kwds – Arbitrary keyword arguments. index – A set that is used to index the components used to create the terms denom – A component or tuple of components that are used to create the denominator of the terms start – The initial value used in the sum The value of the sum.
pyomo.core.util.summation = <function sum_product>

An alias for sum_product

pyomo.core.util.dot_product = <function sum_product>

An alias for sum_product