Synopsis¶

pgr_dijkstraCost

Using Dijkstra algorithm implemented by Boost.Graph, and extract only the aggregate cost of the shortest path(s) found, for the combination of vertices given.

Boost Graph Inside

The pgr_dijkstraCost algorithm, is a good choice to calculate the sum of the costs of the shortest path for a subset of pairs of nodes of the graph. We make use of the Boost’s implementation of dijkstra which runs in \(O(V \log V + E)\) time.

Characteristics¶

The main Characteristics are:

• It does not return a path.
• Returns the sum of the costs of the shortest path for pair combination of nodes in the graph.
• Process is done only on edges with positive costs.
• Values are returned when there is a path.
  • The returned values are in the form of a set of (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost).
  • When the starting vertex and ending vertex are the same, there is no path.
    • The agg_cost int the non included values (v, v) is 0
  • When the starting vertex and ending vertex are the different and there is no path.
    • The agg_cost in the non included values (u, v) is \(\infty\)
• Let be the case the values returned are stored in a table, so the unique index would be the pair: (start_vid, end_vid).
• For undirected graphs, the results are symmetric.
  • The agg_cost of (u, v) is the same as for (v, u).
• Any duplicated value in the start_vids or end_vids is ignored.
• The returned values are ordered:
  • start_vid ascending
  • end_vid ascending
• Running time: \(O(| start\_vids | * (V \log V + E))\)

Signature Summary¶

pgr_dijkstraCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid);
pgr_dijkstraCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid, directed);
pgr_dijkstraCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vid, directed);
pgr_dijkstraCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vids, directed);
pgr_dijkstraCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vids, directed);

    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

Signatures¶

pgr_dijkstraCost(TEXT edges_sql, BIGINT start_vid, BIGINT end_vid)
    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
    'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
    2, 3);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        5
(1 row)

pgr_dijkstraCost(TEXT edges_sql, BIGINT start_vid, BIGINT end_vid,
                     BOOLEAN directed:=true);
    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
    'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
    2, 3, false);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        1
(1 row)

pgr_dijkstraCost(TEXT edges_sql, BIGINT start_vid, array[ANY_INTEGER] end_vids,
        BOOLEAN directed:=true);
    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
    'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
    2, ARRAY[3, 11]);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        5
         2 |      11 |        3
(2 rows)

pgr_dijkstraCost(TEXT edges_sql, array[ANY_INTEGER] start_vids, BIGINT end_vid,
                     BOOLEAN directed:=true);
    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
    'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
    ARRAY[2, 7], 3);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        5
         7 |       3 |        6
(2 rows)

pgr_dijkstraCost(TEXT edges_sql, array[ANY_INTEGER] start_vids, array[ANY_INTEGER] end_vids,
        BOOLEAN directed:=true);
    RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost) or EMPTY SET

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
    'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
    ARRAY[2, 7], ARRAY[3, 11]);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        5
         2 |      11 |        3
         7 |       3 |        6
         7 |      11 |        4
(4 rows)

Description of the Signatures¶

Additional Examples¶

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
        'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
            ARRAY[5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4], ARRAY[3, 5, 3, 4]);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         3 |       4 |        3
         3 |       5 |        2
         4 |       3 |        1
         4 |       5 |        3
         5 |       3 |        4
         5 |       4 |        3
(6 rows)

SELECT * FROM pgr_dijkstraCost(
        'select id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost from edge_table',
            ARRAY[5, 3, 4], ARRAY[5, 3, 4]);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost 
-----------+---------+----------
         3 |       4 |        3
         3 |       5 |        2
         4 |       3 |        1
         4 |       5 |        3
         5 |       3 |        4
         5 |       4 |        3
(6 rows)

History

• New in version 2.2.0

See Also¶

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm
• Sample Data network.

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