Finding Useful Detours in Geographical Databases

Tetsuo SHIBUYA  Hiroshi IMAI  Shigeki NISHIMURA  Hiroshi SHIMOURA  Kenji TENMOKU 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems  Vol.E82-D  No.1  pp.282-290
Publication Date: 1999/01/20
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Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Algorithm and Computational Complexity
Keyword: 
geographical databases,  car navigation,  shortest paths,  detour query, 

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Summary: 
In geographical databases for navigation, users raise various types of queries concerning route guidance. The most fundamental query is a shortest-route query, but, as dynamical traffic information newly becomes available and the static geographical database of roads itself has grown up further, more flexible queries are required to realize a user-friendly interface meeting the current settings. One important query among them is a detour query which provides information about detours, say listing several candidates for useful detours. This paper first reviews algorithms for the shortest and k shortest paths, and discusses their extensions to detour queries. Algorithms for finding a realistic detour are given. The efficiency and property of the algorithms are examined through experiments on an actual road network.