Efficient and Effective Similar Subtrajectory Search with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Summary: Introduces SimSub, retrieving the most query-similar portion of a trajectory for finer-grained matching. Develops exact and approximate methods, with deep-reinforcement-learning search policies delivering superior effectiveness and efficiency on real data. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Zheng Wang (Nanyang Technological University)
- 2. Cheng Long (Nanyang Technological University)
- 3. Gao Cong (Nanyang Technological University)
- 4. Yiding Liu (Nanyang Technological University)
BibTeX Citation
@article{wang_vldb20,
title = {{Efficient and Effective Similar Subtrajectory Search with Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
author = {Wang, Zheng and Long, Cheng and Cong, Gao and Liu, Yiding},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '20},
volume = {13},
number = {11},
pages = {2312--2325},
doi = {10.14778/3407790.3407827},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3407790.3407827},
year = {2020}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,751 | The RLR-Tree: A Reinforcement Learning Based R-Tree for Spatial Data | 2023 | SIGMOD | 6.5241784e-05 |
| 7,155 | VRE: A Versatile, Robust, and Economical Trajectory Data System | 2022 | VLDB | 5.6869288e-05 |
| 11,442 | Effective and Efficient Route Planning Using Historical Trajectories on Road Networks | 2023 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
| 11,456 | Efficient Non-Learning Similar Subtrajectory Search | 2023 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
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