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We introduce efficient algorithms which achieve nearly optimal regrets for the problem of stochastic online shortest path routing with end-to-end feedback. The setting is a natural application of the combinatorial stochastic bandits…

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Sidewalk delivery robots are a promising solution for last-mile freight distribution. Yet, they operate in dynamic environments characterized by pedestrian flows and potential obstacles, which make travel times highly uncertain and can…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Xing Tong , Michele D. Simoni

We introduce a new approach to solving path-finding problems under uncertainty by representing them as probabilistic models and applying domain-independent inference algorithms to the models. This approach separates problem representation…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-06-09 David Tolpin , Brooks Paige , Jan Willem van de Meent , Frank Wood

Traditional navigation services find the fastest route for a single driver. Though always using the fastest route seems desirable for every individual, selfish behavior can have undesirable effects such as higher energy consumption and…

Identifying shortest paths between nodes in a network is a common graph analysis problem that is important for many applications involving routing of resources. An adversary that can manipulate the graph structure could alter traffic…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Benjamin A. Miller , Zohair Shafi , Wheeler Ruml , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik , Tina Eliassi-Rad , Scott Alfeld

Digital twins and other simulators are increasingly used to support routing decisions in large-scale networks. However, simulator outputs often exhibit systematic bias, while ground-truth measurements are costly and scarce. We study a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Dmytro Matsypura , Yu Pan , Hanzhao Wang

We present an algorithm for finding optimal paths for multiple stochastic agents in a graph to reach their destinations with a user-specified maximum pairwise collision probability. Our algorithm, called STT-CBS, uses Conflict-Based Search…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Oriana Peltzer , Kyle Brown , Mac Schwager , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Martin Sehr

When there are significant service disruptions in public transit systems, passengers usually need guidance to find alternative paths. This paper proposes a path recommendation model to mitigate congestion during public transit disruptions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Baichuan Mo , Haris N. Koutsopoulos , Max Zuo-Jun Shen , Jinhua Zhao

Public transit passengers need guidance during service disruptions. This study proposes an individual-based path (IPR) recommendation model. The model decides which paths to recommend for each passenger with the objective of minimizing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Baichuan Mo , Haris N. Koutsopoulos , Zuo-Jun Max Shen , Jinhua Zhao

Computing paths in graph structures is a fundamental operation in a wide range of applications, from transportation networks to data analysis. The beer path problem, which captures the option of visiting points of interest, such as gas…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Andrea D'Ascenzo , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Sotiris Kanellopoulos , Anna Mpanti , Aris Pagourtzis , Christos Pergaminelis

Due to recurrent (e.g. daily or weekly) patterns and non-recurrent disruptions (e.g. caused by incidents), travel times in road networks are time-dependent and inherently random. This is challenging for travelers planning a future trip,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-01 Rens Kamphuis , Nikki Levering , Michel Mandjes

A weighted point-availability time-dependent network is a list of temporal edges, where each temporal edge has an appearing time value, a travel time value, and a cost value. In this paper we consider the single source Pareto problem in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Filippo Brunelli , Pierluigi Crescenzi , Laurent Viennot

In several important routing contexts it is required to identify a set of routes, each of which optimizes a different criterion. For instance, in the context of vehicle routing, one route would minimize the total distance traveled, while…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-25 Ido Zoref , Ariel Orda

Many discrete optimization problems amount to selecting a feasible set of edges of least weight. We consider in this paper the context of spatial graphs where the positions of the vertices are uncertain and belong to known uncertainty sets.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Marin Bougeret , Jérémy Omer , Michael Poss

This paper considers the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD) under optimal restocking. We develop an exact algorithm that is effective for solving instances with many vehicles and few customers per route. In our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-25 Alexandre Florio , Richard Hartl , Stefan Minner

This paper introduces a robust optimal green light speed advisory system for fixed and actuated traffic signals when a probability distribution is provided. These distributions represent the domain of possible switching times from the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Amr Shafik , Seifeldeen Eteifa , Hesham Rakha

We develop a general framework for designing polynomial-time approximation schemes (PTASs) for various vehicle routing problems in trees. In these problems, the goal is to optimally route a fleet of vehicles, originating at a depot, to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-27 Amariah Becker , Alice Paul

Past research on pedestrian trajectory forecasting mainly focused on deterministic predictions which provide only point estimates of future states. These future estimates can help an autonomous vehicle plan its trajectory and avoid…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Anshul Nayak , Azim Eskandarian , Zachary Doerzaph

Classical deterministic optimal control problems assume full information about the controlled process. The theory of control for general partially-observable processes is powerful, but the methods are computationally expensive and typically…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Dongping Qi , Adam Dhillon , Alexander Vladimirsky

This paper optimizes motion planning when there is a known risk that the road choice suggested by a Satnav (GPS) is not on a shortest path. At every branch node of a network Q, a Satnav (GPS) points to the arc leading to the destination, or…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Steve Alpern