Efficient Algorithms for Optimal Location Queries in Road Networks
Summary: Efficient algorithm for optimal location queries on road networks, using a new nearest location component to minimize the maximum weighted distance. Extends to multiple locations, 3D networks, and alternative objectives; >200x speedups vs SOTA. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Zitong Chen (Sun Yat-Sen University)
- 2. Yubao Liu (Sun Yat-Sen University)
- 3. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
- 4. Jiamin Xiong (Sun Yat-Sen University)
- 5. Ganlin Mai (Sun Yat-Sen University)
- 6. Cheng Long (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{chen_sigmod14,
title = {{Efficient Algorithms for Optimal Location Queries in Road Networks}},
author = {Chen, Zitong and Liu, Yubao and Wong, Raymond Chi-Wing and Xiong, Jiamin and Mai, Ganlin and Long, Cheng},
series = {{SIGMOD} '14},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/2588555.2612172},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2588555.2612172},
year = {2014}
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| 7,600 | Towards Best Region Search for Data Exploration | 2016 | SIGMOD | 5.5867987e-05 |
| 10,173 | A Bouquet of Results on Maximum Range Sum: General Techniques and Hardness Reductions | 2026 | PODS | 5.093636e-05 |
| 11,881 | The Maximum Trajectory Coverage Query in Spatial Databases | 2019 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
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| 3,024 | A Scalable Algorithm for Maximizing Range Sum in Spatial Databases | 2012 | VLDB | 7.8388143e-05 |
| 3,118 | Efficient Method for Maximizing Bichromatic Reverse Nearest Neighbor | 2009 | VLDB | 7.7373846e-05 |
| 3,428 | Progressive Computation of the Min-Dist Optimal-Location Query | 2006 | VLDB | 7.4213355e-05 |
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