pgr_bdAstarCost - Proposed

Name

pgr_bdAstarCost — Returns the shortest path using A* algorithm.

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Availability: 2.5.0

Warning

Experimental functions

  • They are not officially of the current release.
  • They likely will not be officially be part of the next release:
    • The functions might not make use of ANY-INTEGER and ANY-NUMERICAL
    • Name might change.
    • Signature might change.
    • Functionality might change.
    • pgTap tests might be missing.
    • Might need c/c++ coding.
    • May lack documentation.
    • Documentation if any might need to be rewritten.
    • Documentation examples might need to be automatically generated.
    • Might need a lot of feedback from the comunity.
    • Might depend on a proposed function of pgRouting
    • Might depend on a deprecated function of pgRouting

Signature Summary

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid)
pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid [, directed , heuristic, factor, epsilon])
pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vids [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vid [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vids [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])

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

Using these signatures, will load once the graph and perform several one to one pgr_bdAstarCost

  • The result is the union of the results of the one to one pgr_bdAstarCost.
  • The extra start_vid and/or end_vid in the result is used to distinguish to which path it belongs.

Signatures

Minimal Signature

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid)
RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)
This usage finds the shortest path from the start_vid to the end_vid
  • on a directed graph
  • with heuristic’s value 5
  • with factor’s value 1
  • with epsilon’s value 1
Example:Using the defaults
SELECT * FROM pgr_bdAstarCost(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost, x1,y1,x2,y2
    FROM edge_table',
    2, 3
);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |       10
(1 row)

pgr_bdAstarCost One to One

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vid [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)
This usage finds the shortest path from the start_vid to each end_vid in end_vids allowing the user to choose
  • if the graph is directed or undirected
  • heuristic,
  • and/or factor
  • and/or epsilon.

Note

In the One to One signature, because of the deprecated signature existence, it is compulsory to indicate if the graph is directed or undirected.

Example:Directed using Heuristic 2
SELECT * FROM pgr_bdAstarCost(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost, x1,y1,x2,y2
    FROM edge_table',
    2, 3,
    true, heuristic := 2
);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |        6
(1 row)

pgr_bdAstarCost One to many

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vid, end_vids [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)
This usage finds the shortest path from the start_vid to each end_vid in end_vids allowing the user to choose
  • if the graph is directed or undirected
  • and/or heuristic,
  • and/or factor
  • and/or epsilon.
Example:Directed using Heuristic 3 and a factor of 3.5
SELECT * FROM pgr_bdAstarCost(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost, x1,y1,x2,y2
    FROM edge_table',
    2, ARRAY[3, 11],
    heuristic := 3, factor := 3.5
);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |    66.25
         2 |      11 |     27.5
(2 rows)

pgr_bdAstarCost Many to One

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vid [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)
This usage finds the shortest path from each start_vid in start_vids to the end_vid allowing the user to choose
  • if the graph is directed or undirected
  • and/or heuristic,
  • and/or factor
  • and/or epsilon.
Example:Undirected graph with Heuristic 4
SELECT * FROM pgr_bdAstarCost(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost, x1,y1,x2,y2
    FROM edge_table',
    ARRAY[2, 7], 3,
    false, heuristic := 4
);
 start_vid | end_vid |     agg_cost
-----------+---------+------------------
         2 |       3 |                1
         7 |       3 | 7.65028153987288
(2 rows)

pgr_bdAstarCost Many to Many

pgr_bdAstarCost(edges_sql, start_vids, end_vids [, directed, heuristic, factor, epsilon])
RETURNS SET OF (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)
This usage finds the shortest path from each start_vid in start_vids to each end_vid in end_vids allowing the user to choose
  • if the graph is directed or undirected
  • and/or heuristic,
  • and/or factor
  • and/or epsilon.
Example:Directed graph with a factor of 0.5
SELECT * FROM pgr_bdAstarCost(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost, x1,y1,x2,y2
    FROM edge_table',
    ARRAY[2, 7], ARRAY[3, 11],
    factor := 0.5
);
 start_vid | end_vid | agg_cost
-----------+---------+----------
         2 |       3 |      7.5
         2 |      11 |        4
         7 |       3 |     11.5
         7 |      11 |      6.5
(4 rows)

Description of the Signatures

Description of the edges_sql query for astar like functions

edges_sql:an SQL query, which should return a set of rows with the following columns:
Column Type Default Description
id ANY-INTEGER   Identifier of the edge.
source ANY-INTEGER   Identifier of the first end point vertex of the edge.
target ANY-INTEGER   Identifier of the second end point vertex of the edge.
cost ANY-NUMERICAL  

Weight of the edge (source, target)

  • When negative: edge (source, target) does not exist, therefore it’s not part of the graph.
reverse_cost ANY-NUMERICAL -1

Weight of the edge (target, source),

  • When negative: edge (target, source) does not exist, therefore it’s not part of the graph.
x1 ANY-NUMERICAL   X coordinate of source vertex.
y1 ANY-NUMERICAL   Y coordinate of source vertex.
x2 ANY-NUMERICAL   X coordinate of target vertex.
y2 ANY-NUMERICAL   Y coordinate of target vertex.

Where:

ANY-INTEGER:SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT
ANY-NUMERICAL:SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, REAL, FLOAT

Description of the parameters of the signatures

Parameter Type Description
edges_sql TEXT Edges SQL query as described above.
start_vid ANY-INTEGER Starting vertex identifier.
start_vids ARRAY[ANY-INTEGER] Starting vertices identifierers.
end_vid ANY-INTEGER Ending vertex identifier.
end_vids ARRAY[ANY-INTEGER] Ending vertices identifiers.
directed BOOLEAN
  • Optional.
    • When false the graph is considered as Undirected.
    • Default is true which considers the graph as Directed.
heuristic INTEGER

(optional). Heuristic number. Current valid values 0~5. Default 5

  • 0: h(v) = 0 (Use this value to compare with pgr_dijkstra)
  • 1: h(v) abs(max(dx, dy))
  • 2: h(v) abs(min(dx, dy))
  • 3: h(v) = dx * dx + dy * dy
  • 4: h(v) = sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy)
  • 5: h(v) = abs(dx) + abs(dy)
factor FLOAT (optional). For units manipulation. \(factor > 0\). Default 1. see Factor
epsilon FLOAT (optional). For less restricted results. \(epsilon >= 1\). Default 1.

Description of the return values for a Cost function

Returns set of (start_vid, end_vid, agg_cost)

Column Type Description
start_vid BIGINT Identifier of the starting vertex. Used when multiple starting vetrices are in the query.
end_vid BIGINT Identifier of the ending vertex. Used when multiple ending vertices are in the query.
agg_cost FLOAT Aggregate cost from start_vid to end_vid.