Batch Dynamic Single-Source Shortest-Path Algorithms: An Experimental Study

  • Authors:
  • Reinhard Bauer;Dorothea Wagner

  • Affiliations:
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

  • Venue:
  • SEA '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A dynamic shortest-path algorithm is called a batch algorithm if it is able to handle graph changes that consist of multiple edge updates at a time. In this paper we focus on fully-dynamic batch algorithms for single-source shortest paths in directed graphs with positive edge weights. We give an extensive experimental study of the existing algorithms for the single-edge and the batch case, including a broad set of test instances. We further present tuned variants of the already existing SWSF-FP -algorithm being up to 15 times faster than SWSF-FP . A surprising outcome of the paper is the astonishing level of data dependency of the algorithms. More detailed descriptions and further experimental results of this work can be found in [1].