International Business Machines Corporation
Incremental search based multi-modal journey planning

Abstract:

A method and system are provided. The method includes incrementally solving, by a processor-based journey plan incremental searcher, a current journey planning request from a user. The solving step includes performing a current search for at least one journey plan that satisfies the current journey planning request by accessing a database storing journey planning information derived from results to a plurality of previous journey planning requests. The solving step further includes storing, in the database, at least part of the information discovered during the current search for responding to a subsequent journey planning request. The solving step also includes providing the at least one journey plan to the user.