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We survey recent advances in algorithms for route planning in transportation networks. For road networks, we show that one can compute driving directions in milliseconds or less even at continental scale. A variety of techniques provide…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-21 Hannah Bast , Daniel Delling , Andrew Goldberg , Matthias Müller-Hannemann , Thomas Pajor , Peter Sanders , Dorothea Wagner , Renato F. Werneck

We study a multimodal journey planning scenario consisting of a public transit network and a transfer graph which represents a secondary transportation mode (e.g., walking, cycling, e-scooter). The objective is to compute Pareto-optimal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Moritz Baum , Valentin Buchhold , Jonas Sauer , Dorothea Wagner , Tobias Zündorf

Designing a transit network requires many sequential route extension decisions, but their quality is often visible only after the full network is assembled. This delayed-feedback challenge lies at the heart of the Transit Route Network…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Bibek Poudel , Sai Swaminathan , Weizi Li

In this paper, we have proposed STC-GEF, a novel Spatio-Temporal Cross-platform Graph Embedding Fusion approach for the urban traffic flow prediction. We have designed a spatial embedding module based on graph convolutional networks (GCN)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Mahan Tabatabaie , James Maniscalco , Connor Lynch , Suining He

Efficient multi-robot task allocation (MRTA) is fundamental to various time-sensitive applications such as disaster response, warehouse operations, and construction. This paper tackles a particular class of these problems that we call…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Steve Paul , Wenyuan Li , Brian Smyth , Yuzhou Chen , Yulia Gel , Souma Chowdhury

This study addresses the rebalancing of empty modular transit pods between scheduled service trips in fixed-route bus systems. A two-stage hierarchical optimization framework is proposed. The first stage determines the minimum fleet size…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Tina Radvand , Alireza Talebpour , Yanfeng Ouyang

In this paper, we make a first attempt to incorporate both commuting demand and transit network connectivity in bus route planning (CT-Bus), and formulate it as a constrained optimization problem: planning a new bus route with k edges over…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Sheng Wang , Yuan Sun , Christopher Musco , Zhifeng Bao

Increasing urban concentration raises operational challenges that can benefit from integrated monitoring and decision support. Such complex systems need to leverage the full stack of analytical methods, from state estimation using…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Sebastien Blandin , Laura Wynter , Hasan Poonawala , Sean Laguna , Basile Dura

Designing a city-wide public transport network poses a dual challenge: achieving computational efficiency while ensuring spatial equity for different population groups. We investigate whether AI-based optimization hybrid neuroevolutionary…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-02-18 Aleksandr Morozov , Ruslan Kozliak , Georgii Kontsevik , Sergey Mityagin

Urban rail services are the principal means of public transportation in many cities. To understand the crowding patterns and develop efficient operation strategies in the system, obtaining path choices is important. This paper proposed an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Baichuan Mo , Zhenliang Ma , Haris N. Koutsopoulos , Jinhua Zhao

This paper systematically explores the advancements in adaptive trip route planning and travel time estimation (TTE) through Artificial Intelligence (AI). With the increasing complexity of urban transportation systems, traditional…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Nikil Jayasuriya , Deshan Sumanathilaka

Arc-based traffic assignment models (TAMs) are a popular framework for modeling traffic network congestion generated by self-interested travelers who sequentially select arcs based on their perceived latency on the network. However,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-09 Chih-Yuan Chiu , Chinmay Maheshwari , Pan-Yang Su , Shankar Sastry

Urban rail transit is a fundamental component of public transportation, however, commonly station-based path search algorithms often overlook the impact of transfer times on search results, leading to decreased accuracy. To solve this…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Xiao Fang , Xuyang Song , Jiyuan Ma , Guanhua Liu , Shurong Pang , Wenbo Zhao , Cong Cao , Ling Fan

Travel time estimation is an important component in modern transportation applications. The state of the art techniques for travel time estimation use GPS traces to learn the weights of a road network, often modeled as a directed graph,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-06-18 Sofiane Abbar , Rade Stanojevic , Mohamed Mokbel

Different passenger demand rates in transit stations underscore the importance of adopting operational strategies to provide a demand-responsive service. Aiming at improving passengers' travel time, the present study introduces an advanced…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Mohammadjavad Javadinasr , Amir Bahador Parsa , Abolfazl , Mohammadian

In recent years, RAPTOR based algorithms have been considered the state-of-the-art for path-finding with unlimited transfers without preprocessing. However, this status largely stems from the evolution of routing research, where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Denys Katkalo , Andrii Rohovyi , Toby Walsh

We present a new and more efficient technique for computing the route that maximizes the probability of on-time arrival in stochastic networks, also known as the path-based stochastic on-time arrival (SOTA) problem. Our primary contribution…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-07 Mehrdad Niknami , Samitha Samaranayake

Modern route planners such as Google Maps and Apple Maps serve millions of users worldwide, optmizing routes in large-scale road networks where fast responses are required under diverse cost metrics including travel time, fuel consumption,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Muhammad Farhan , Henning Koehler

Tolling, or congestion pricing, has emerged as an effective tool for preventing gridlock in traffic systems. However, tolls are currently mostly designed on route-based traffic assignment models (TAM), which may be unrealistic and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Chih-Yuan Chiu , Shankar Sastry

We consider transportation networks that are modeled by dynamic graphs, and introduce the possibility for traveling agents to use Backward Time-Travel (BTT) devices at any node to go back in time (to some extent, and with some appropriate…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Quentin Bramas , Jean-Romain Luttringer , Sébastien Tixeuil