Title
Time-varying shortest path problems with constraints
Abstract
We study a new version of the shortest path problem. Let G = (V, E) be a directed graph. Each are e is an element of E has two numbers attached to it: a transit time b(e, u) and a cost c(e, u), which are functions of the departure time u at the beginning vertex of the are. Moreover, postponement of departure (i.e., waiting) at a vertex may be allowed. The problem is to find the shortest path, i.e., the path with the least possible cost, subject to the constraint that the total traverse time is at most some number T, Three variants of the problem are examined. In the first one, we assume arbitrary waiting times, where waiting at a vertex without any restriction is allowed. In the second variant, we assume zero waiting times, namely, waiting at any vertex is strictly prohibited. Finally, we consider the general case where there is a vertex-dependent upper bound on the waiting time at each vertex. Several algorithms with pseudopolynomial time complexity are proposed to optimally solve the problems. First, we assume that all transit times b(e, u) are positive integers. In the last section, we show how to include zero transit times. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0037(199705)29:3<141::AID-NET2>3.0.CO;2-H
NETWORKS
Keywords
Field
DocType
shortest path problem
Integer,Graph theory,Mathematical optimization,Combinatorics,Shortest path problem,Vertex (geometry),Upper and lower bounds,Directed graph,Time complexity,Mathematics,Computational complexity theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
3
0028-3045
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
38
2.58
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaoqiang Cai153031.22
Ton Kloks21402108.37
C. K. Wong31459513.44