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We consider a generalization of the shortest-path problem: given an alphabet Σ, a graph G whose edges are weighted and Σ-labeled, and a regular language L ⊆ Σ *, the L-constrained shortest-path problem consists of finding a shortest path p in G such that the concatenated labels along p form a word of L. This definition allows to model, e. g., many traffic-planning problems. We present extensions of well-known speed-up techniques for the standard shortest-path problem, and conduct an extensive experimental study of their performance with various networks and language constraints. Our results show that depending on the network type, both goal-directed and bidirectional search speed up the search considerably, while combinations of these do not.
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Barrett, C., Bisset, K., Holzer, M., Konjevod, G., Marathe, M., Wagner, D. (2008). Engineering Label-Constrained Shortest-Path Algorithms. In: Fleischer, R., Xu, J. (eds) Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management. AAIM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5034. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68880-8_5
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