Goal Directed Shortest Path Queries Using Precomputed Cluster Distances
Author(s) -
Jens Maue,
Peter Sanders,
Domagoj Matijević
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
lecture notes in computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 400
eISSN - 1611-3349
pISSN - 0302-9743
ISBN - 3-540-34597-3
DOI - 10.1007/11764298_29
Subject(s) - computer science , shortest path problem , path (computing) , cluster (spacecraft) , dijkstra's algorithm , theoretical computer science , algorithm , programming language , graph
We demonstrate how Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest path queries can be accelerated by using precomputed shortest path distances. Our approach allows a completely flexible tradeoff between query time and space consumption for precomputed distances. In particular, sublinear space is sufficient to give the search a strong “sense of direction”. We evaluate our approach experimentally using large, real-world road networks.
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