AbstractThe auction approach for the shortest path problem (SPP) as introduced by Bertsekas is tested experimentally. Parallel algorithms using the auction approach are developed and tested. Both the sequential and parallel auction algorithms perform significantly worse than a state-of-the-art Dijkstra-like reference algorithm. Experiments are run on a distributed-memory MIMD class Meiko parallel computer.
Categories and Subject Descriptors: G.2.2 [Discrete Mathematics]: Graph Theory; G.4 [Mathematical Software]
Additional Key Words and Phrases: shortest path, auction, parallel computing, performance results