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During the last years, many speed-up techniques for Dijkstra’s algorithm have been developed. As a result, computing a shortest path in a static road network is a matter of microseconds. However, only few of those techniques work in time-dependent networks. Unfortunately, such networks appear frequentely in reality: Roads are predictably congestured by traffic jams, and efficient timetable information systems rely on time-dependent networks. Hence, a fast technique for routing in such networks is needed. In this work, we present an exact time-dependent speed-up technique based on our recent SHARC-algorithm. As a result, we are able to efficiently compute shortest paths in time-dependent continental-sized transportation networks, both of roads and of railways.
Partially supported by the Future and Emerging Technologies Unit of EC (IST priority – 6th FP), under contract no. FP6-021235-2 (project ARRIVAL).
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Delling, D. (2008). Time-Dependent SHARC-Routing. In: Halperin, D., Mehlhorn, K. (eds) Algorithms - ESA 2008. ESA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5193. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87744-8_28
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