28 Search Results for "Storandt, Sabine"


Volume

OASIcs, Volume 65

18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)

ATMOS 2018, August 23-24, 2018, Helsinki, Finland

Editors: Ralf Borndörfer and Sabine Storandt

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Pareto Sums of Pareto Sets

Authors: Demian Hespe, Peter Sanders, Sabine Storandt, and Carina Truschel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 274, 31st Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2023)


Abstract
In bi-criteria optimization problems, the goal is typically to compute the set of Pareto-optimal solutions. Many algorithms for these types of problems rely on efficient merging or combining of partial solutions and filtering of dominated solutions in the resulting sets. In this paper, we consider the task of computing the Pareto sum of two given Pareto sets A, B of size n. The Pareto sum contains all non-dominated points of the Minkowski sum M = {a+b|a ∈ A, b ∈ B}. Since the Minkowski sum has a size of n², but the Pareto sum C can be much smaller, the goal is to compute C without having to compute and store all of M. We present several new algorithms for efficient Pareto sum computation, including an output-sensitive one with a running time of 𝒪(n log n + nk) and a space consumption of 𝒪(n+k) for k = |C|. We also describe suitable engineering techniques to improve the practical running times of our algorithms and provide a comparative experimental study. As one showcase application, we consider preprocessing-based methods for bi-criteria route planning in road networks. Pareto sum computation is a frequent task in the preprocessing phase. We show that using our algorithms with an output-sensitive space consumption allows to tackle larger instances and reduces the preprocessing time compared to algorithms that fully store M.

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Demian Hespe, Peter Sanders, Sabine Storandt, and Carina Truschel. Pareto Sums of Pareto Sets. In 31st Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 274, pp. 60:1-60:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)


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@InProceedings{hespe_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2023.60,
  author =	{Hespe, Demian and Sanders, Peter and Storandt, Sabine and Truschel, Carina},
  title =	{{Pareto Sums of Pareto Sets}},
  booktitle =	{31st Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2023)},
  pages =	{60:1--60:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-295-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{274},
  editor =	{G{\o}rtz, Inge Li and Farach-Colton, Martin and Puglisi, Simon J. and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2023.60},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-187132},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2023.60},
  annote =	{Keywords: Minkowski sum, Skyline, Successive Algorithm}
}
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Algorithms for Landmark Hub Labeling

Authors: Sabine Storandt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 248, 33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022)


Abstract
Landmark-based routing and Hub Labeling (HL) are shortest path planning techniques, both of which rely on storing shortest path distances between selected pairs of nodes in a preprocessing phase to accelerate query answering. In Landmark-based routing, stored distances to landmark nodes are used to obtain distance lower bounds that guide A* search from node s to node t. With HL, tight upper bounds for shortest path distances between any s-t-pair can be interfered from their stored node labels, making HL an efficient distance oracle. However, for shortest path retrieval, the oracle has to be called once per edge in said path. Furthermore, HL often suffers from a large space consumption as many node pair distances have to be stored in the labels to allow for correct query answering. In this paper, we propose a novel technique, called Landmark Hub Labeling (LHL), which integrates the landmark concept into HL. We prove better worst-case path retrieval times for LHL in case it is path-consistent (a new labeling property we introduce). Moreover, we design efficient (approximation) algorithms that produce path-consistent LHL with small label size and provide parametrized upper bounds, depending on the highway dimension h or the geodesic transversal number gt of the graph. Finally, we show that the space consumption of LHL is smaller than that of (hierarchical) HL, both in theory and in experiments on real-world road networks.

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Sabine Storandt. Algorithms for Landmark Hub Labeling. In 33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 248, pp. 5:1-5:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{storandt:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.5,
  author =	{Storandt, Sabine},
  title =	{{Algorithms for Landmark Hub Labeling}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-258-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{248},
  editor =	{Bae, Sang Won and Park, Heejin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-172901},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Hub Labeling, Landmark, Geodesic, Hitting Set, Highway Dimension}
}
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Map Matching for Semi-Restricted Trajectories

Authors: Timon Behr, Thomas C. van Dijk, Axel Forsch, Jan-Henrik Haunert, and Sabine Storandt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 208, 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2021) - Part II


Abstract
We consider the problem of matching trajectories to a road map, giving particular consideration to trajectories that do not exclusively follow the underlying network. Such trajectories arise, for example, when a person walks through the inner part of a city, crossing market squares or parking lots. We call such trajectories semi-restricted. Sensible map matching of semi-restricted trajectories requires the ability to differentiate between restricted and unrestricted movement. We develop in this paper an approach that efficiently and reliably computes concise representations of such trajectories that maintain their semantic characteristics. Our approach utilizes OpenStreetMap data to not only extract the network but also areas that allow for free movement (as e.g. parks) as well as obstacles (as e.g. buildings). We discuss in detail how to incorporate this information in the map matching process, and demonstrate the applicability of our method in an experimental evaluation on real pedestrian and bicycle trajectories.

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Timon Behr, Thomas C. van Dijk, Axel Forsch, Jan-Henrik Haunert, and Sabine Storandt. Map Matching for Semi-Restricted Trajectories. In 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2021) - Part II. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 208, pp. 12:1-12:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)


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@InProceedings{behr_et_al:LIPIcs.GIScience.2021.II.12,
  author =	{Behr, Timon and van Dijk, Thomas C. and Forsch, Axel and Haunert, Jan-Henrik and Storandt, Sabine},
  title =	{{Map Matching for Semi-Restricted Trajectories}},
  booktitle =	{11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2021) - Part II},
  pages =	{12:1--12:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-208-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{208},
  editor =	{Janowicz, Krzysztof and Verstegen, Judith A.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2021.II.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-147717},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2021.II.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: map matching, OpenStreetMap, GPS, trajectory, road network}
}
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On the Multi-Kind BahnCard Problem

Authors: Mike Timm and Sabine Storandt

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 85, 20th Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2020)


Abstract
The BahnCard problem is an important problem in the realm of online decision making. In its original form, there is one kind of BahnCard associated with a certain price, which upon purchase reduces the ticket price of train journeys for a certain factor over a certain period of time. The problem consists of deciding on which dates BahnCards should be purchased such that the overall cost, that is, BahnCard prices plus (reduced) ticket prices, is minimized without having knowledge about the number and prices of future journeys. In this paper, we extend the problem such that multiple kinds of BahnCards are available for purchase. We provide an optimal offline algorithm, as well as online strategies with provable competitiveness factors. Furthermore, we describe and implement several heuristic online strategies and compare their competitiveness in realistic scenarios.

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Mike Timm and Sabine Storandt. On the Multi-Kind BahnCard Problem. In 20th Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2020). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 85, pp. 2:1-2:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{timm_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2020.2,
  author =	{Timm, Mike and Storandt, Sabine},
  title =	{{On the Multi-Kind BahnCard Problem}},
  booktitle =	{20th Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2020)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:13},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-170-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{85},
  editor =	{Huisman, Dennis and Zaroliagis, Christos D.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2020.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-131382},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2020.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: offline solution, competitiveness, traveller profiles}
}
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Lower Bounds and Approximation Algorithms for Search Space Sizes in Contraction Hierarchies

Authors: Johannes Blum and Sabine Storandt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 173, 28th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2020)


Abstract
Contraction hierarchies (CH) is a prominent preprocessing-based technique that accelerates the computation of shortest paths in road networks by reducing the search space size of a bidirectional Dijkstra run. To explain the practical success of CH, several theoretical upper bounds for the maximum search space size were derived in previous work. For example, it was shown that in minor-closed graph families search space sizes in 𝒪(√n) can be achieved (with n denoting the number of nodes in the graph), and search space sizes in 𝒪(h log D) in graphs of highway dimension h and diameter D. In this paper, we primarily focus on lower bounds. We prove that the average search space size in a so called weak CH is in Ω(b_α) for α ≥ 2/3 where b_α is the size of a smallest α-balanced node separator. This discovery allows us to describe the first approximation algorithm for the average search space size. Our new lower bound also shows that the 𝒪(√n) bound for minor-closed graph families is tight. Furthermore, we deeper investigate the relationship of CH and the highway dimension and skeleton dimension of the graph, and prove new lower bound and incomparability results. Finally, we discuss how lower bounds for strong CH can be obtained from solving a HittingSet problem defined on a set of carefully chosen subgraphs of the input network.

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Johannes Blum and Sabine Storandt. Lower Bounds and Approximation Algorithms for Search Space Sizes in Contraction Hierarchies. In 28th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 173, pp. 20:1-20:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{blum_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2020.20,
  author =	{Blum, Johannes and Storandt, Sabine},
  title =	{{Lower Bounds and Approximation Algorithms for Search Space Sizes in Contraction Hierarchies}},
  booktitle =	{28th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2020)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-162-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{173},
  editor =	{Grandoni, Fabrizio and Herman, Grzegorz and Sanders, Peter},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2020.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-128861},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2020.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: contraction hierarchies, search space size, balanced separator, tree decomposition}
}
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Simplification of Polyline Bundles

Authors: Joachim Spoerhase, Sabine Storandt, and Johannes Zink

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 162, 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2020)


Abstract
We propose and study a generalization to the well-known problem of polyline simplification. Instead of a single polyline, we are given a set of l polylines possibly sharing some line segments and bend points. Our goal is to minimize the number of bend points in the simplified bundle with respect to some error tolerance δ (measuring Fréchet distance) but under the additional constraint that shared parts have to be simplified consistently. We show that polyline bundle simplification is NP-hard to approximate within a factor n^(1/3 - ε) for any ε > 0 where n is the number of bend points in the polyline bundle. This inapproximability even applies to instances with only l=2 polylines. However, we identify the sensitivity of the solution to the choice of δ as a reason for this strong inapproximability. In particular, we prove that if we allow δ to be exceeded by a factor of 2 in our solution, we can find a simplified polyline bundle with no more than 𝒪(log (l + n)) ⋅ OPT bend points in polytime, providing us with an efficient bi-criteria approximation. As a further result, we show fixed-parameter tractability in the number of shared bend points.

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Joachim Spoerhase, Sabine Storandt, and Johannes Zink. Simplification of Polyline Bundles. In 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 162, pp. 35:1-35:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{spoerhase_et_al:LIPIcs.SWAT.2020.35,
  author =	{Spoerhase, Joachim and Storandt, Sabine and Zink, Johannes},
  title =	{{Simplification of Polyline Bundles}},
  booktitle =	{17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2020)},
  pages =	{35:1--35:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-150-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{162},
  editor =	{Albers, Susanne},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2020.35},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-122821},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2020.35},
  annote =	{Keywords: Polyline Simplification, Bi-criteria Approximation, Hardness of Approximation, Geometric Set Cover}
}
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Complete Volume
OASIcs, Volume 65, ATMOS'18, Complete Volume

Authors: Ralf Borndörfer and Sabine Storandt

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


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OASIcs, Volume 65, ATMOS'18, Complete Volume

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18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@Proceedings{borndorfer_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018,
  title =	{{OASIcs, Volume 65, ATMOS'18, Complete Volume}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97272},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018},
  annote =	{Keywords: Theory of computation, Design and analysis of algorithms, Mathematics of computing, Discrete mathematics, Mathematics of computing, Combinatorics}
}
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Front Matter
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

Authors: Ralf Borndörfer and Sabine Storandt

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

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18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 0:i-0:x, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{borndorfer_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.0,
  author =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  title =	{{Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{0:i--0:x},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.0},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97050},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.0},
  annote =	{Keywords: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}
}
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Reformulations for Integrated Planning of Railway Traffic and Network Maintenance

Authors: Tomas Lidén

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
This paper addresses the capacity planning problem of coordinating train services and network maintenance windows for a railway system. We present model reformulations, for a mixed integer linear optimization model, which give a mathematically stronger model and substantial improvements in solving performance - as demonstrated with computational experiments on a set of synthetic test instances. As a consequence, more instances can be solved to optimality within a given time limit and the optimality gap can be reduced quicker.

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Tomas Lidén. Reformulations for Integrated Planning of Railway Traffic and Network Maintenance. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 1:1-1:10, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{liden:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.1,
  author =	{Lid\'{e}n, Tomas},
  title =	{{Reformulations for Integrated Planning of Railway Traffic and Network Maintenance}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:10},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97065},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Railway scheduling, Maintenance planning, Optimization}
}
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Large Scale Railway Renewal Planning with a Multiobjective Modeling Approach

Authors: Nuno Sousa, Luis Alçada-Almeida, and João Coutinho-Rodrigues

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
A multiobjective modeling approach for managing large scale railway infrastructure asset renewal is presented. An optimized intervention project schedule is obtained considering operational constraints in a three objectives model: evenly spreading investment throughout multiple years, minimizing total cost, minimizing work start postponements on higher priority railway sections. The MILP model was based on a real world case study; the objectives and constraints specified by an infrastructure management company. Results show that investment spreading greatly influences the other objectives and that total cost fluctuations depend on the overall condition of the railway infrastructure. The model can produce exact efficient solutions in reasonable time, even for very large-sized instances (a test network of similar size to the USA railway network, the largest in the world). The modeling approach is therefore a very useful, practical methodology, for generating optimized solutions and analyzing trade-offs among objectives, easing the task of ultimately selecting a solution and produce the works schedule for field implementation.

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Nuno Sousa, Luis Alçada-Almeida, and João Coutinho-Rodrigues. Large Scale Railway Renewal Planning with a Multiobjective Modeling Approach. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 2:1-2:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{sousa_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.2,
  author =	{Sousa, Nuno and Al\c{c}ada-Almeida, Luis and Coutinho-Rodrigues, Jo\~{a}o},
  title =	{{Large Scale Railway Renewal Planning with a Multiobjective Modeling Approach}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:9},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97071},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Rail infrastructure, Renewal maintenance, Multiobjective modeling}
}
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How to Measure the Robustness of Shunting Plans

Authors: Roel van den Broek, Han Hoogeveen, and Marjan van den Akker

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
The general problem of scheduling activities subject to temporal and resource constraints as well as a deadline emerges naturally in numerous application domains such as project management, production planning, and public transport. The schedules often have to be implemented in an uncertain environment, where disturbances cause deviations in the duration, release date or deadline of activities. Since these disruptions are not known in the planning phase, we must have schedules that are robust, i.e., capable of absorbing the disturbances without large deteriorations of the solution quality. Due to the complexity of computing the robustness of a schedule directly, many surrogate robustness measures have been proposed in literature. In this paper, we propose new robustness measures, and compare these and several existing measures with the results of a simulation study to determine which measures can be applied in practice to obtain good approximations of the true robustness of a schedule with deadlines. The experiments are performed on schedules generated for real-world scheduling problems at the shunting yards of the Dutch Railways (NS).

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Roel van den Broek, Han Hoogeveen, and Marjan van den Akker. How to Measure the Robustness of Shunting Plans. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 3:1-3:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{vandenbroek_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.3,
  author =	{van den Broek, Roel and Hoogeveen, Han and van den Akker, Marjan},
  title =	{{How to Measure the Robustness of Shunting Plans}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:13},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97081},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: robustness, resource-constrained project scheduling, partial order schedule, uncertainty, Monte Carlo simulation, train shunting}
}
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Robustness as a Third Dimension for Evaluating Public Transport Plans

Authors: Markus Friedrich, Matthias Müller-Hannemann, Ralf Rückert, Alexander Schiewe, and Anita Schöbel

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
Providing attractive and efficient public transport services is of crucial importance due to higher demands for mobility and the need to reduce air pollution and to save energy. The classical planning process in public transport tries to achieve a reasonable compromise between service quality for passengers and operating costs. Service quality mostly considers quantities like average travel time and number of transfers. Since daily public transport inevitably suffers from delays caused by random disturbances and disruptions, robustness also plays a crucial role. While there are recent attempts to achieve delay-resistant timetables, comparably little work has been done to systematically assess and to compare the robustness of transport plans from a passenger point of view. We here provide a general and flexible framework for evaluating public transport plans (lines, timetables, and vehicle schedules) in various ways. It enables planners to explore several trade-offs between operating costs, service quality (average perceived travel time of passengers), and robustness against delays. For such an assessment we develop several passenger-oriented robustness tests which can be instantiated with parameterized delay scenarios. Important features of our framework include detailed passenger flow models, delay propagation schemes and disposition strategies, rerouting strategies as well as vehicle capacities. To demonstrate possible use cases, our framework has been applied to a variety of public transport plans which have been created for the same given demand for an artificial urban grid network and to instances for long-distance train networks. As one application we study the impact of different strategies to improve the robustness of timetables by insertion of supplement times. We also show that the framework can be used to optimize waiting strategies in delay management.

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Markus Friedrich, Matthias Müller-Hannemann, Ralf Rückert, Alexander Schiewe, and Anita Schöbel. Robustness as a Third Dimension for Evaluating Public Transport Plans. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 4:1-4:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{friedrich_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.4,
  author =	{Friedrich, Markus and M\"{u}ller-Hannemann, Matthias and R\"{u}ckert, Ralf and Schiewe, Alexander and Sch\"{o}bel, Anita},
  title =	{{Robustness as a Third Dimension for Evaluating Public Transport Plans}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:17},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97097},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: robustness, timetabling, vehicle schedules, delays}
}
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Fast Robust Shortest Path Computations

Authors: Christoph Hansknecht, Alexander Richter, and Sebastian Stiller

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
We develop a fast method to compute an optimal robust shortest path in large networks like road networks, a fundamental problem in traffic and logistics under uncertainty. In the robust shortest path problem we are given an s-t-graph D(V,A) and for each arc a nominal length c(a) and a maximal increase d(a) of its length. We consider all scenarios in which for the increased lengths c(a) + bar{d}(a) we have bar{d}(a) <= d(a) and sum_{a in A} (bar{d}(a)/d(a)) <= Gamma. Each path is measured by the length in its worst-case scenario. A classic result [Bertsimas and Sim, 2003] minimizes this path length by solving (|A| + 1)-many shortest path problems. Easily, (|A| + 1) can be replaced by |Theta|, where Theta is the set of all different values d(a) and 0. Still, the approach remains impractical for large graphs. Using the monotonicity of a part of the objective we devise a Divide and Conquer method to evaluate significantly fewer values of Theta. This methods generalizes to binary linear robust problems. Specifically for shortest paths we derive a lower bound to speed-up the Divide and Conquer of Theta. The bound is based on carefully using previous shortest path computations. We combine the approach with non-preprocessing based acceleration techniques for Dijkstra adapted to the robust case. In a computational study we document the value of different accelerations tried in the algorithm engineering process. We also give an approximation scheme for the robust shortest path problem which computes a (1 + epsilon)-approximate solution requiring O(log(d^ / (1 + epsilon))) computations of the nominal problem where d^ := max d(A) / min (d(A)\{0}).

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Christoph Hansknecht, Alexander Richter, and Sebastian Stiller. Fast Robust Shortest Path Computations. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 5:1-5:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{hansknecht_et_al:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.5,
  author =	{Hansknecht, Christoph and Richter, Alexander and Stiller, Sebastian},
  title =	{{Fast Robust Shortest Path Computations}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:21},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97100},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Algorithms, Shortest Paths, Robust Optimization}
}
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Tree Decomposition Methods for the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem

Authors: Irving van Heuven van Staereling

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 65, 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)


Abstract
This paper proposes an algorithm that decomposes the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (PESP) into trees that can efficiently be solved. By identifying at an early stage which partial solutions can lead to a feasible solution, the decomposed components can be integrated back while maintaining feasibility if possible. If not, the modifications required to regain feasibility can be found efficiently. These techniques integrate dynamic programming into standard search methods. The performance of these heuristics are very satisfying, as the problem using publicly available benchmarks can be solved within a reasonable amount of time, in an alternative way than the currently accepted leading-edge techniques. Furthermore, these heuristics do not necessarily rely on linearity of the objective function, which facilitates the research of timetabling under nonlinear circumstances.

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Irving van Heuven van Staereling. Tree Decomposition Methods for the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem. In 18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 65, pp. 6:1-6:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{vanheuvenvanstaereling:OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.6,
  author =	{van Heuven van Staereling, Irving},
  title =	{{Tree Decomposition Methods for the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem}},
  booktitle =	{18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2018)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:13},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-096-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{65},
  editor =	{Bornd\"{o}rfer, Ralf and Storandt, Sabine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-97112},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2018.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Dynamic Programming, Trees, Periodic Event Scheduling Problem}
}
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