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We study the SHORTEST PATH problem with positive disjunctive constraints from the perspective of parameterized complexity. For positive disjunctive constraints, there are certain pair of edges such that any feasible solution must contain at…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Susobhan Bandopadhyay , Suman Banerjee , Diptapriyo Majumdar , Fahad Panolan

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

All Colors Shortest Path problem defined on an undirected graph aims at finding a shortest, possibly non-simple, path where every color occurs at least once, assuming that each vertex in the graph is associated with a color known in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Yunus Can Bilge , Doğukan Çağatay , Begüm Genç , Mecit Sarı , Hüseyin Akcan , Cem Evrendilek

In this paper we consider shortest path problems in a directed graph where the transitions between nodes are subject to uncertainty. We use a minimax formulation, where the objective is to guarantee that a special destination state is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-08 Dimitri Bertsekas

Finding a shortest path in a graph is one of the most classic problems in algorithmic and graph theory. While we dispose of quite efficient algorithms for this ordinary problem (like the Dijkstra or Bellman-Ford algorithms), some slight…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Abderrahim Bendahi , Adrien Fradin

We consider a constrained shortest path problem with two resources. These two resources can be converted into each other in a particular manner. Our practical application is the energy optimal routing of hybrid vehicles. Due to the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-01-12 Christian Schwan , Martin Strehler

This article considers two variants of a shortest path problem for a car-like robot visiting a set of waypoints. The sequence of waypoints to be visited is specified in the first variant while the robot is allowed to visit the waypoints in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Sivakumar Rathinam , Satyanarayana Gupta Manyam , Yuntao Zhang

The Elementary Shortest-Path Problem(ESPP) seeks a minimum cost path from s to t that visits each vertex at most once. The presence of negative-cost cycles renders the problem NP-hard. We present a probabilistic method for finding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Jingyi Chen , Xinyuan Zhang , Xinwu Qian

The shortest path problem is related to many dynamic processes on networks, ranging from routing in communication networks to signaling in molecular interaction networks. When the network is fully known, the shortest path problem can be…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-02-05 Zhihao Qiu , Sámuel G. Balogh , Xinhan Liu , Piet Van Mieghem , Maksim Kitsak

In this article, we consider the problem of trajectory planning and control for on-road driving of an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) in presence of static or moving obstacles. We propose a systematic approach to partition the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Florent Altché , Arnaud de La Fortelle

Color-constrained subgraph problems are those where we are given an edge-colored (directed or undirected) graph and the task is to find a specific type of subgraph, like a spanning tree, an arborescence, a single-source shortest path tree,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-24 P. S. Ardra , Jasine Babu , Kritika Kashyap , R. Krithika , Sreejith K. Pallathumadam , Deepak Rajendraprasad

Automatic road graph extraction from aerial and satellite images is a long-standing challenge. Existing algorithms are either based on pixel-level segmentation followed by vectorization, or on iterative graph construction using next move…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Gaetan Bahl , Mehdi Bahri , Florent Lafarge

Finding shortest paths in a graph is relevant for numerous problems in computer vision and graphics, including image segmentation, shape matching, or the computation of geodesic distances on discrete surfaces. Traditionally, the concept of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-09 Viktoria Ehm , Daniel Cremers , Florian Bernard

The Constraint Shortest Path (CSP) problem is as follows. An $n$-vertex graph is given, each edge/arc assigned two weights. Let us call them "cost" and "length" for definiteness. Finding a min-cost upper-bounded length path between a given…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Adil Erzin , Roman Plotnikov , Ilya Ladygin

We present a learning-based approach to computing solutions for certain NP-hard problems. Our approach combines deep learning techniques with useful algorithmic elements from classic heuristics. The central component is a graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Zhuwen Li , Qifeng Chen , Vladlen Koltun

Coordinating agents through hazardous environments, such as aid-delivering drones navigating conflict zones or field robots traversing deployment areas filled with obstacles, poses fundamental planning challenges. We introduce and analyze…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Andrzej Kaczmarczyk , Šimon Schierreich , Nicholas Axel Tanujaya , Haifeng Xu

We present a novel algorithm that fuses the existing convex-programming based approach with heuristic information to find optimality guarantees and near-optimal paths for the Shortest Path Problem in the Graph of Convex Sets (SPP-GCS). Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Kaarthik Sundar , Sivakumar Rathinam

Fast moving but power hungry unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can recharge on slow-moving unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to survey large areas in an effective and efficient manner. In order to solve this computationally challenging problem…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-09 Subramanian Ramasamy , Md Safwan Mondal , Pranav A. Bhounsule

Effective communication is key to successful, decentralized, multi-robot path planning. Yet, it is far from obvious what information is crucial to the task at hand, and how and when it must be shared among robots. To side-step these issues…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Qingbiao Li , Fernando Gama , Alejandro Ribeiro , Amanda Prorok

The application of learning based methods to vehicle routing problems has emerged as a pivotal area of research in combinatorial optimization. These problems are characterized by vast solution spaces and intricate constraints, making…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Zhenwei Wang , Ruibin Bai , Tiehua Zhang