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Dijkstra's algorithm is one of the most popular classic path planning algorithms, achieving optimal solutions across a wide range of challenging tasks. However, it only calculates the shortest distance from one vertex to another, which is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-12 Ziren Xiao , Ruxin Xiao , Chang Liu , Honghao Gao , Xiaolong Xu , Shan Luo , Xinheng Wang

We address the problem of finding the shortest path between two points in an unknown real physical environment, where a traveling agent must move around in the environment to explore unknown territory. We introduce the Physical-A* algorithm…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-07-04 A. Ben-Yair , A. Felner , S. Kraus , N. Netanyahu , R. Stern

Given two locations $s$ and $t$ in a road network, a distance query returns the minimum network distance from $s$ to $t$, while a shortest path query computes the actual route that achieves the minimum distance. These two types of queries…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-04-25 Andy Diwen Zhu , Hui Ma , Xiaokui Xiao , Siqiang Luo , Youze Tang , Shuigeng Zhou

We provide a novel methodology for computing the most likely path taken by drifters between arbitrary fixed locations in the ocean. We also provide an estimate of the travel time associated with this path. Lagrangian pathways and travel…

Applications · Statistics 2021-06-16 Michael O'Malley , Adam M. Sykulski , Romuald Laso-Jadart , Mohammed-Amin Madoui

Many real world networks (graphs) are observed to be 'small worlds', i.e., the average path length among nodes is small. On the other hand, it is somewhat unclear what other average path length values networks can produce. In particular, it…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-03-17 László Gulyás , Gábor Horváth , Tamás Cséri , George Kampis

A common technique to speed up shortest path queries in graphs is to use a bidirectional search, i.e., performing a forward search from the start and a backward search from the destination until a common vertex on a shortest path is found.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Thomas Bläsius , Marcus Wilhelm

Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) are a method for improving the scaling and latency of cryptocurrency transactions. For a payment to be made between two peers in a PCN, a feasible low-fee path in the network must be planned. Many PCN path…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Padraig Corcoran , Rhyd Lewis

Understanding how packets are routed in Internet is significantly important to Internet measurement and modeling. The conventional solution for route simulation is based on the assumption of unweighted shortest path. However, it has been…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-30 Mingming Chen , Jichang Zhao , Xiao Liang , Ke Xu

A simple and accurate relationship is demonstrated that links the average shortest path, nodes, and edges in a complex network. This relationship takes advantage of the concept of link density and shows a large improvement in fitting…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-04-24 Reginald D. Smith

Reconfiguring two shortest paths in a graph means modifying one shortest path to the other by changing one vertex at a time so that all the intermediate paths are also shortest paths. This problem has several natural applications, namely:…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Kshitij Gajjar , Agastya Vibhuti Jha , Manish Kumar , Abhiruk Lahiri

We present an algorithm that, given a representation of a road network in lane-level detail, computes a route that minimizes the expected cost to reach a given destination. In doing so, our algorithm allows us to solve for the complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-14 Mitchell Jones , Maximilian Haas-Heger , Jur van den Berg

This paper presents an optimal $\Theta(n \log n)$ algorithm for determining time-minimal rectilinear paths among $n$ transient rectilinear obstacles. An obstacle is transient if it exists in the scene only for a specific time interval,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Anil Maheshwari , Arash Nouri , Jörg-Rüdiger Sack

Efficient solution of the single source shortest path (SSSP) problem on road networks is an important requirement for numerous real-world applications. This paper introduces an algorithm for the SSSP problem using compression method. Owning…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-01-13 Jingwei Sun , Guangzhong Sun

The Single-Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem is well-known for the challenges in developing fast, practical, and work-efficient parallel algorithms. This work introduces a novel shortest path search method. It allows paths with different…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Huashan Yu , Xiaolin Wang , Yingwei Luo

The problem of finding multiple simple shortest paths in a weighted directed graph $G=(V,E)$ has many applications, and is considerably more difficult than the corresponding problem when cycles are allowed in the paths. Even for a single…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-02-24 Udit Agarwal , Vijaya Ramachandran

We present algorithms for multi-modal route planning in road and public transit networks, as well as in combined networks. Therefore, we explore the nearest neighbor and shortest path problem and propose solutions based on Cover-Trees, ALT…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-17 Daniel Tischner

Recent papers have shown optimally-competitive on-line strategies for a robot traveling from a point $s$ to a point $t$ in certain unknown geometric environments. We consider the question: Having gained some partial information about the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Avrim Blum , Prasad Chalasani

Understanding how and how far information, behaviors, or pathogens spread in social networks is an important problem, having implications for both predicting the size of epidemics, as well as for planning effective interventions. There are,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-28 Jukka-Pekka Onnela , Nicholas A. Christakis

Shortest path computation is one of the most fundamental operations for managing and analyzing large social networks. Though existing techniques are quite effective for finding the shortest path on large but sparse road networks, social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-05-03 Ruoming Jin , Ning Ruan , Bo You , Haixun Wang

Optimizing passengers routes is crucial to design efficient transportation networks. Recent results show that optimal transport provides an efficient alternative to standard optimization methods. However, it is not yet clear if this…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-05-19 Alessandro Lonardi , Mario Putti , Caterina De Bacco