The Shortest Path Construction Method between Nodes in a Stochastic Network

Stochastic Shortest Path Games

We consider dynamic, two-player, zero-sum games where the \minimizing" player seeks to drive an underlying nite-state dynamic system to a special terminal state along a least expected cost path. The \maximizer" seeks to interfere with the minimizer's progress so as to maximize the expected total cost. We consider, for the rst time, undiscounted nite-state problems, with compact action spaces, a...

A New Algorithm for the Discrete Shortest Path Problem in a Network Based on Ideal Fuzzy Sets

A shortest path problem is a practical issue in networks for real-world situations. This paper addresses the fuzzy shortest path (FSP) problem to obtain the best fuzzy path among fuzzy paths sets. For this purpose, a new efficient algorithm is introduced based on a new definition of ideal fuzzy sets (IFSs) in order to determine the fuzzy shortest path. Moreover, this algorithm is developed for ...

Ultrafast Shortest-Path Queries via Transit Nodes

Shortest-path network interdiction

We study the problem of interdicting the arcs in a network in order to maximize the shortest s–t path length. “Interdiction” is an attack on an arc that destroys the arc or increases its effective length; there is a limited interdiction budget. We formulate this bilevel, max–min problem as a mixed-integer program (MIP), which can be solved directly, but we develop more efficient decomposition a...

Variations on the Stochastic Shortest Path Problem

In this invited contribution, we revisit the stochastic shortest path problem, and show how recent results allow one to improve over the classical solutions: we present algorithms to synthesize strategies with multiple guarantees on the distribution of the length of paths reaching a given target, rather than simply minimizing its expected value. The concepts and algorithms that we propose here ...