420368

An Enhanced Model for Dijkstra Algorithm: Case Study Nearest Hospital in Greater Cairo-Egypt

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Geographic Information Systems

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for people to locate nearby healthcare facilities quickly, especially in densely populated countries like Egypt, where transportation networks are complex. The Dijkstra algorithm, commonly used to solve shortest path problems, traditionally focuses on a single destination. An enhancement for existing Dijkstra algorithm is required able to select the nearest location from multi-destinations. This study introduces an enhanced version of the Dijkstra algorithm - Enhanced Dijkstra Shortest Path Algorithm (EDSPA) - that accommodates multiple destination nodes by utilizing an endpoint list. This improvement significantly reduces execution time, enabling quicker identification of the nearest hospital and ensuring timely treatment for patients, particularly within the critical "golden hour." The proposed algorithm is adaptable to various geographic area zones with approximately the same execution time. This study provide the efficiency of the proposed algorithm by implementing the enhanced and existing Dijkstra algorithms using the same data sets and comparing the results.

DOI

10.21608/kjis.2025.372461.1026

Keywords

shortest path, Dijkstra’s algorithm, nearest hospital, QGIS, Enhanced Dijkstra Algorithm

Authors

First Name

Hytham

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Information System Department, Faculty of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Email

hytham.mahmoud@fcis.bsu.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-6088-8975

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Mekawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden

Email

moel@dsv.su.se

City

Stockholm

Orcid

-

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Nasr

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Information System, Faculty of Computers and Information, Helwan University, Egypt

Email

drmona_nasr@fci.helwan.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Belal

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Helwan University, Egypt.

Email

dr.mohamedbelal@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

54409

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2025-04-02

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Print ISSN

2537-0677

Online ISSN

2535-1478

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https://kjis.journals.ekb.eg/article_420368.html

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http://journals.ekb.eg?_action=service&article_code=420368

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420,368

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Original Article

Type Code

462

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Kafrelsheikh Journal of Information Sciences

Publication Link

https://kjis.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

An Enhanced Model for Dijkstra Algorithm: Case Study Nearest Hospital in Greater Cairo-Egypt

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Article

Created At

09 Apr 2025