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Improving the Cache-Efficiency of Shortest Path Search

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Flood-filling algorithms as used for coloring images and shadow casting show that improved locality greatly increases the cache performance and, in turn, reduces the running time of an algorithm. In this paper we look at Dijkstra’s method to compute the shortest paths for example to generate pattern databases. As cache-improving contributions, we propose edge-cost factorization and flood-filling the memory layout of the graph. We conduct experiments in commercial game maps and compare the new priority queues with advanced heap implementations as well as and with alternative bucket implementations.

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  • Shortest Path Search
  • General Priority Queues
  • Flood Fill Algorithm
  • Pairing Heap
  • Radix Heap

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    Stefan Edelkamp

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Edelkamp, S. (2017). Improving the Cache-Efficiency of Shortest Path Search. In: Kern-Isberner, G., Fürnkranz, J., Thimm, M. (eds) KI 2017: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. KI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10505. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67190-1_8

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