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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Speeding Up Reachability Queries in Public Transport Networks Using Graph Partitioning
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Bezaye Tesfaye
  • Nikolaus Augsten
  • Mateusz Pawlik
  • Michael Hanspeter Böhlen
  • Christian S Jensen
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Information Systems Frontiers
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1387-3326
Volume 24
Number 1
Page Range 11 - 29
Date 2022
Abstract Text Computing path queries such as the shortest path in public transport networks is challenging because the path costs between nodes change over time. A reachability query from a node at a given start time on such a network retrieves all points of interest (POIs) that are reachable within a given cost budget. Reachability queries are essential building blocks in many applications, for example, group recommendations, ranking spatial queries, or geomarketing. We propose an efficient solution for reachability queries in public transport networks. Currently, there are two options to solve reachability queries. (1) Execute a modified version of Dijkstra’s algorithm that supports time-dependent edge traversal costs; this solution is slow since it must expand edge by edge and does not use an index. (2) Issue a separate path query for each single POI, i.e., a single reachability query requires answering many path queries. None of these solutions scales to large networks with many POIs. We propose a novel and lightweight reachability index. The key idea is to partition the network into cells. Then, in contrast to other approaches, we expand the network cell by cell. Empirical evaluations on synthetic and real-world networks confirm the efficiency and the effectiveness of our index-based reachability query solution.
Official URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10796-021-10164-2
Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s10796-021-10164-2
Other Identification Number merlin-id:23077
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Keywords Reachability queries, Public transport networks, Temporal graphs, Spatial network databases