Reporter: Zhang Mengxuan, Senior Research Assistant, Hong Kong University of Science and bet365 login games (Guangzhou)
Reporting location: Conference Room 535, bet365 login games Building, New Campus
Report time: October 30, 2023 (Monday) 3:30 pm
Report title:Efficient Shortest Path Query Processing in Dynamic Road Networks
Personal introduction:
Dr. Mengxuan Zhang is a Research Associate at Hong Kong University of Science and bet365 login games. She obtained her PhD (Computer Science) from the University of Queensland in 2021, her Master degree (Control Theory and Control Engineering) from Dalian University of bet365 login games in 2017 and Bachelor degree (Automation) from Wuhan University of Science and bet365 login games in 2014. Her research interests include Spatial-Temporal Database Management, Dynamic Route Planning and Graph Algorithm.
Abstract:Shortest path query processing is the fundamental operation for the app-based/ in-car navigation services and the building block of various applications. Even though this query has been extensively studied in the last decades, it is far from enough for the real-life road network applications, which have two characteristics: (1) a huge number of queries are submitted to the servers simultaneously; (2) the traffic in road network keeps evolving all the time. However, the existing algorithms can either adapt to dynamics naturally or process the query efficiently. Therefore, we study how to process shortest path query efficiently in dynamics and propose three types of methods: (1) The first solution is to process the queries by batch with index-free algorithms. The index-free algorithms can deal with dynamics naturally while with relatively slow query processing speed; (2) The second solution is snapshot clustering with index-based algorithms, and we treat the road network as a sequence of snapshots. The index-based algorithms can achieve high query efficiency and support the dynamics; (3) The third solution is index maintenance. We refresh the index incrementally and efficiently in dynamics. The significant of this work is attested by six top-tier conference and journal papers. In addition, multiple future bet365 login games directions are being explored based on the existing achievements.
