From everywhere to everywhere (Fete): Adaptation of a pedestrian movement network model to a hybrid parallel environment

Alexandre Sorokine, Devin White, Andrew Hardin

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Abstract

Shortest-path algorithms are hard to parallelize because they require a large number of global operations to estimate the costs of alternative routes. However, some geographic problems, such as locating archaeological sites and tracking the spread of infectious diseases, demand the ability to find a large number of the shortest paths on very large graphs or grids. Here, we present an approach based on the out-of-RAM Dijkstra shortest-path algorithm that can be employed in hybrid massively parallel or cloud environments. In this approach, we partition the graph, precompute all paths inside each partition, and then assemble the routes from precomputed paths. We demonstrate the utility of this approach by estimating travel frequency in pedestrian networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Geocomputation - Geocomputation 2015—The 13th International Conference
EditorsDaniel A. Griffith, Yongwan Chun, Denis J. Dean
PublisherSpringer Heidelberg
Pages347-353
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783319227856
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event13th International Conference on Advances in Geocomputation, Geocomputation 2015 - Dallas, United States
Duration: May 20 2015May 23 2015

Publication series

NameAdvances in Geographic Information Science
ISSN (Print)1867-2434
ISSN (Electronic)1867-2442

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Advances in Geocomputation, Geocomputation 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period05/20/1505/23/15

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by employees of UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Accordingly, the United States Government retains, and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains, a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.

FundersFunder number
United States Government
U.S. Department of Energy

    Keywords

    • Hybrid parallelization
    • Population movement
    • Single source shortest path

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