SIAM Journal on Optimization • Vol 34 • No 1
Shortest Paths in Graphs of Convex Sets
February 2024 • Tobia Marcucci, Jack Umenberger, Pablo A. Parrilo, Russ Tedrake
Given a graph, the shortest-path problem requires finding a sequence of edges\nwith minimum cumulative length that connects a source vertex to a target\nvertex. We consider a variant of this classical problem in which the position\nof each vertex in the graph is a continuous decision variable constrained in a\nconvex set, and the length of an edge is a convex function of the position of\nits endpoints. Problems of this form arise naturally in many areas, from motion\nplanning of autonomous vehicles to optimal cont…