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Safe Path Planning Strategy for Bike Net

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Biking has gained much popularity recently due to its unique characteristics. It is simultaneously a sport, a leisure activity, and a means of transportation. It has low negative environmental impact and it conserves energy. It can be a solo or a group activity and it applies to all ages. Path planning is essential for all tour activities, including biking. However, most path planning services focus on the shortest path finding when other qualities of service also deserve attention. Among them, safety is always the first priority for any type of activity. There are tools which help people plan for biking tour paths. However, safety is not a major concern in these. This work proposes an innovative and practical safe path planning strategy which addresses the issue with the concept of safety factors and a safety recurrence relation. A dynamic programming solution is provided accordingly. The idea is illustrated using real site data to demonstrate the result of the strategy.

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This work is sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under Grant Number NSC 100-2632-E-216-001-MY3-2.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Wen Ouyang, Chang-Wu Yu, Kun-Ming Yu, Ko-Jui Lin & Huai-Tse Chang

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Ouyang, W., Yu, CW., Yu, KM. et al. Safe Path Planning Strategy for Bike Net. Wireless Pers Commun 78, 1995–2007 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-2058-7

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