Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient K-nearest neighbor search in time-dependent spatial networks
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Application No.: US13278060Application Date: 2011-10-20
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Publication No.: US08566030B1Publication Date: 2013-10-22
- Inventor: Ugur Demiryurek , Cyrus Shahabi , Farnoush Banaei-Kashani
- Applicant: Ugur Demiryurek , Cyrus Shahabi , Farnoush Banaei-Kashani
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: University of Southern California
- Current Assignee: University of Southern California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G08G1/00
- IPC: G08G1/00

Abstract:
The class of k Nearest Neighbor (k NN) queries in spatial networks has been studied in the literature. Existing approaches for k NN search in spatial networks assume that the weight of each edge in the spatial network is constant. However, real-world edge-weights are time-dependent and vary significantly in short durations, hence invalidating the existing solutions. The problem of k NN search in time-dependent spatial networks, where the weight of each edge is a function of time, is addressed herein. Two indexing schemes (Tight Network Index and Loose Network Index) are proposed to minimize the number of candidate nearest neighbor objects and reduce the invocation of the expensive fastest-path computation in time-dependent spatial networks. We demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed solution via experimental evaluations with real-world data-sets, including a variety of large spatial networks with real traffic-data.
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