Beyond Simple Graphs: Neural Multi-Objective Routing on Multigraphs

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Main Authors: Rydin, Filip, Lischka, Attila, Wu, Jiaming, Chehreghani, Morteza Haghir, Kulcsár, Balázs
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Published: 2025
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author Rydin, Filip
Lischka, Attila
Wu, Jiaming
Chehreghani, Morteza Haghir
Kulcsár, Balázs
author_facet Rydin, Filip
Lischka, Attila
Wu, Jiaming
Chehreghani, Morteza Haghir
Kulcsár, Balázs
contents Learning-based methods for routing have gained significant attention in recent years, both in single-objective and multi-objective contexts. Yet, existing methods are unsuitable for routing on multigraphs, which feature multiple edges with distinct attributes between node pairs, despite their strong relevance in real-world scenarios. In this paper, we propose two graph neural network-based methods to address multi-objective routing on multigraphs. Our first approach operates directly on the multigraph by autoregressively selecting edges until a tour is completed. The second model, which is more scalable, first simplifies the multigraph via a learned pruning strategy and then performs autoregressive routing on the resulting simple graph. We evaluate both models empirically, across a wide range of problems and graph distributions, and demonstrate their competitive performance compared to strong heuristics and neural baselines.
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spellingShingle Beyond Simple Graphs: Neural Multi-Objective Routing on Multigraphs
Rydin, Filip
Lischka, Attila
Wu, Jiaming
Chehreghani, Morteza Haghir
Kulcsár, Balázs
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Learning-based methods for routing have gained significant attention in recent years, both in single-objective and multi-objective contexts. Yet, existing methods are unsuitable for routing on multigraphs, which feature multiple edges with distinct attributes between node pairs, despite their strong relevance in real-world scenarios. In this paper, we propose two graph neural network-based methods to address multi-objective routing on multigraphs. Our first approach operates directly on the multigraph by autoregressively selecting edges until a tour is completed. The second model, which is more scalable, first simplifies the multigraph via a learned pruning strategy and then performs autoregressive routing on the resulting simple graph. We evaluate both models empirically, across a wide range of problems and graph distributions, and demonstrate their competitive performance compared to strong heuristics and neural baselines.
title Beyond Simple Graphs: Neural Multi-Objective Routing on Multigraphs
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22095