Tightest Admissible Shortest Path

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Hauptverfasser: Weiss, Eyal, Felner, Ariel, Kaminka, Gal A.
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
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author Weiss, Eyal
Felner, Ariel
Kaminka, Gal A.
author_facet Weiss, Eyal
Felner, Ariel
Kaminka, Gal A.
contents The shortest path problem in graphs is fundamental to AI. Nearly all variants of the problem and relevant algorithms that solve them ignore edge-weight computation time and its common relation to weight uncertainty. This implies that taking these factors into consideration can potentially lead to a performance boost in relevant applications. Recently, a generalized framework for weighted directed graphs was suggested, where edge-weight can be computed (estimated) multiple times, at increasing accuracy and run-time expense. We build on this framework to introduce the problem of finding the tightest admissible shortest path (TASP); a path with the tightest suboptimality bound on the optimal cost. This is a generalization of the shortest path problem to bounded uncertainty, where edge-weight uncertainty can be traded for computational cost. We present a complete algorithm for solving TASP, with guarantees on solution quality. Empirical evaluation supports the effectiveness of this approach.
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spellingShingle Tightest Admissible Shortest Path
Weiss, Eyal
Felner, Ariel
Kaminka, Gal A.
Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Discrete Mathematics
The shortest path problem in graphs is fundamental to AI. Nearly all variants of the problem and relevant algorithms that solve them ignore edge-weight computation time and its common relation to weight uncertainty. This implies that taking these factors into consideration can potentially lead to a performance boost in relevant applications. Recently, a generalized framework for weighted directed graphs was suggested, where edge-weight can be computed (estimated) multiple times, at increasing accuracy and run-time expense. We build on this framework to introduce the problem of finding the tightest admissible shortest path (TASP); a path with the tightest suboptimality bound on the optimal cost. This is a generalization of the shortest path problem to bounded uncertainty, where edge-weight uncertainty can be traded for computational cost. We present a complete algorithm for solving TASP, with guarantees on solution quality. Empirical evaluation supports the effectiveness of this approach.
title Tightest Admissible Shortest Path
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Discrete Mathematics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08453