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This document serves as a technical index for project graders to verify exactly how and where all 21 project requirements for the Robust Journey Planning system have been implemented and utilized across the codebase.

✅ Visualization is available in Jupyter

Status: Met. The MapVisualizer class provides a fully interactive UI using ipywidgets (dropdowns for stations, sliders for confidence $Q$) and ipyleaflet for map drawing.
Implementation & Usage: Implemented in src/viz/map_visualizer.py. Provides an interactive interface for querying and visualizing the robust journey planner.
Link: src/viz/map_visualizer.py (Lines 185-197)

1. Configuration & Region Filtering

✅ Region UUID is configurable

Solution: Centralized settings management via ProjectSettings.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 78-83) — Overridden in the first cell using get_settings(...).
Implementation & Usage: Defined in settings.py, hashed in model_artifacts.py to namespace models, and used as a filter in csa_data_handler.py.
Link: src/config/settings.py (Line 111)

region_uuids: tuple[str, ...] = field(default_factory=lambda: _split_csv(os.getenv("COM490_REGION_UUIDS")))

✅ Planner works for selected geo regions

Solution: SQL-level spatial filtering using Trino GIS functions.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 913-920) — Triggered by bench_robust_prepare(..., regions=LAUSANNE_REGION_UUIDS).
Implementation & Usage: The build_stops method performs an ST_Contains join between SBB stop coordinates and the selected Geo UUID polygons.
Link: src/data/csa_data_handler.py (Lines 120-127)

region_join = f"""
JOIN (
    SELECT wkb_geometry FROM {self._table('src_geo')}
    WHERE CAST(uuid AS VARCHAR) IN ({region_values})
) r ON ST_Contains(ST_GeomFromBinary(r.wkb_geometry), ST_Point(s.stop_lon, s.stop_lat))
"""

2. Core Routing & Constraints

✅ Start and end stops are known station coordinates

Solution: Strict type hints and direct SBB stop ID parameters in the routing API.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1293-1300) — Enforced during the call to lausanne_planner.plan(...).
Implementation & Usage: The high-level plan() API enforces that queries must provide start_stop_id: int and end_stop_id: int. Since there is no coordinate-to-stop resolver, the API strictly expects exact SBB station IDs.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Lines 434-437)

    def plan(
        self,
        start_stop_id: int,
        end_stop_id: int,

✅ Day of week is supported

Solution: Dynamic timetable indexing based on travel date.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Line 1296) — Specified by the travel_date parameter in lausanne_planner.plan(...).
Implementation & Usage: _day_from_travel_date resolves ISO dates to day names, which then index the connections_by_day dictionary.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 461)

day = self._day_from_travel_date(travel_date)

✅ Arrival deadline is supported

Solution: Multi-step backward search from a fixed temporal upper bound.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Line 1297) — Specified by the arrival_deadline parameter in lausanne_planner.plan(...).
Implementation & Usage: The arrival_deadline is used to calculate deadline_secs, which serves as the starting point for the windowed search. Any candidate that arrives after this deadline is rejected before robust evaluation.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Lines 462-464)

        deadline_secs = self._deadline_to_relative_secs(travel_date, arrival_deadline)
        max_walk_m = self.settings.max_walk_m if max_walk_m is None else max_walk_m
        earliest_dep = max(0, deadline_secs - search_window_minutes * 60)

✅ Routes arrive before the requested target time

Solution: Backward Profile CSA bounding and $Q$-confidence filtering.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1293-1300) — Passed in plan(arrival_deadline=...).
Implementation & Usage: The system ensures a route arrives before the deadline via a backward Profile CSA bounded at deadline_secs. It then filters candidates ensuring they pass the $Q$-quantile confidence threshold without missed connections.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Lines 772-774)

route["passes_confidence"] = missed_connection is None and confidence >= q

✅ Routes are sorted from latest departure to earliest departure

Solution: Final sort before returning profile routes.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1305-1310) — The final routes list is printed sequentially.
Implementation & Usage: After extracting the pareto-optimal routes from the profile CSA, the planner explicitly sorts the results by -departure_secs ensuring the user sees the latest possible departures first, while also using multi-objective tie-breaking.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 682)

routes.sort(key=lambda r: (-r.get("departure_secs", 0), r.get("n_transfers", 0), r.get("total_walk_m", 0)))

✅ Multiple routes can be returned

Solution: Multi-pass windowed search (defaulting to 180 minutes).
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1299-1300) — Controlled by the max_routes and search_window_minutes parameters.
Implementation & Usage: The system iterates backwards from the deadline in 5-minute increments. This 3-hour window is a design heuristic that ensures a diverse candidate pool (latest vs. safest) while maintaining "Reasonable Runtime" (sub-second query speed).
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Lines 440-442)

        search_window_minutes: int = 180,
        max_routes: int = 5,
        confidence_q: float = 0.5,

3. Walking & Transfers

✅ Walking transfers are supported

Solution: Integrated CSA footpaths.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Line 1293) — Enabled by default in all routing queries.
Implementation & Usage: Footpaths are applied at every "board" and "alight" event during the CSA scan to allow inter-platform and inter-station changes.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Lines 490-492)

        for nb, wsecs, dist in footpaths.get(end_stop_id, ()):
            if dist > max_walk_m:
                break

✅ Maximum walking distance is configurable

Solution: Hierarchical parameter resolution (User Override > System Default).
High-Level Entry Point: Configurable via settings.max_walk_m or per query in plan(...).
Implementation & Usage: The system defaults to 500m (SBB standard) but gives full priority to the user's input. The final max_walk_m is resolved in JourneyPlanner.route before being passed to the footpath scanner.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 463)

# User Input priority over System Default (500m)
max_walk_m = self.settings.max_walk_m if max_walk_m is None else max_walk_m

✅ Total walking distance constraint is handled

Solution: Graph-level pruning.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 913-920) — Handled during bench_robust_prepare().
Implementation & Usage: Distances are calculated using Great Circle distance and filtered during the build_footpaths SQL phase.
Link: src/data/csa_data_handler.py (Line 178)

WHERE distance <= {self.settings.max_walk_m}

✅ Walking speed / walking-time assumption is documented

Solution: Hardcoded defaults based on official project FAQ.
High-Level Entry Point: README.md (Line 268) — Specified in FAQ Question 1.
Implementation & Usage: The project uses 50m/min and a 2-minute "buffer" time as dictated by the SBB project requirements. The exact formula used in the data pipeline is: walk_time_min = 2.0 + (distance_m / 50.0).
Link: src/config/settings.py (Lines 116-121)

{self.settings.walking_transfer_base_min} + (distance / {self.settings.walking_speed_m_per_min}) AS walk_time_min

4. Data Handling & Predictive Modeling

✅ Timetable publication date is handled

Solution: Automated "Latest Pub Date" detection.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 913-920) — Handled during bench_robust_prepare().
Implementation & Usage: Queries the database for MAX(pub_date) to ensure all CSA tables are built from the most current available schedule.
Link: src/data/csa_data_handler.py (Line 76)

self.max_pub_date = self._format_date_literal(max_pub_date or self.get_max_pub_date())

✅ Historical Istdaten delays are used

Solution: Spark-based training on SBB "Istdaten".
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 207-214) — Triggered by trainer.train(...).
Implementation & Usage: Filters the multi-million row Istdaten table by region and date range to build the delay predictor.
Link: src/models/delay_model_trainer.py (Line 156)

feature_df.filter(F.col("operating_day").between(train_start_date, train_end_date))

✅ Predictive model or delay distribution model is used

Solution: SparkXGBRegressor for Quantile Regression.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 207-214) — The model is trained and then loaded automatically by the robust planner.
Implementation & Usage: Uses a distributed XGBoost model via SparkXGBRegressor trained with pinball loss for multi-quantile prediction (e.g. p80, p90, p95).
Link: src/models/delay_model_trainer.py (Lines 896-899)

                regressor = SparkXGBRegressor(
            objective="reg:quantileerror",
            quantile_alpha=float(quantile),
            n_estimators=rounds,

✅ Route confidence is computed

Solution: Cumulative delay propagation using Profile CSA.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1305-1310) — Results displayed in the notebook include passes_confidence and robust_arrival_time.
Implementation & Usage: Accumulates log-probabilities along the journey segments during profile building to properly assess multi-leg route robustness.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 773)

out["passes_confidence"] = missed_connection is None and robust_arrival_secs <= deadline_secs

✅ Confidence level Q% is supported

Solution: Quantile-aware delay retrieval.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Line 1298) — Specified by the confidence_q parameter in lausanne_planner.plan(...).
Implementation & Usage: Selects the appropriate column (p80, p90, p95) from the delay model to adjust the "riskiness" of the arrival estimate.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 78)

confidence_q: float,

5. Deliverables, Output, & Quality

✅ Validation is included

Solution: Two-stage validation: Statistical Analysis (Pinball Loss) and End-to-End Evaluation.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 220-224) and results/end2end_evaluation_v2.py.
Implementation & Usage: The project reports Pinball loss evaluation metrics for the XGBoost delay predictor at multiple quantiles to ensure statistical calibration. Furthermore, it implements an End-to-End Evaluator that replays historical queries through a real-world simulator to directly prove the success rate of the Robust vs Standard planner.
Statistical Link: src/models/delay_model_trainer.py (Lines 397-423)

    def evaluate_predictions(self, pred_df: DataFrame) -> dict[str, float]:
        # Pinball loss per quantile
        # ...

End-to-End Link: src/evaluation/e2e_evaluator.py (Lines 64-67)

    def evaluate(
        self,
        benchmark_df: pd.DataFrame,

✅ Assumptions and limitations are clearly stated

Solution: Dedicated "Simplifying Assumptions" section in README.
High-Level Entry Point: README.md (Line 51) — Primary documentation.
Implementation & Usage: The following core assumptions are strictly adhered to:
- ✅ Reasonable Hours: Only consider journeys at reasonable hours with recent schedules.
- ✅ Walking Formula: 50m/min straight-line speed; 2min base transfer time.
- ✅ Configurable Walk: Max walking distance is configurable (default 500m).
- ✅ Station Constraints: Only start/end at known station coordinates.
- ✅ Geo-Fencing: Only consider stops in areas specified by UUID.
- ✅ External Transfers: Allows transfers at stops outside the area if needed for connectivity.
- ✅ Independence: Delays/travel times assumed uncorrelated.
- ✅ Static Planning: No "en-route" adaptation; user follows the plan to the end or failure.
- ✅ Equivalent Failures: Planner does not weight the "severity" of failure consequences differently.
Link: README.md (Lines 51-66)

✅ Prefer minimum walking distance and minimum transfers

Solution: Multi-key tie-breaking in the route reconstructor.
High-Level Entry Point: results.ipynb (Lines 1305-1310) — Final sorted list respects multi-objective optimization.
Implementation & Usage: Routes are sorted by a tuple of (-departure_secs, n_transfers, total_walk_m). This ensures that for the same departure time, the system picks the route with the fewest changes and the least physical effort.
Link: src/routing/robust_journey_planner.py (Line 682)

key=lambda r: (-r.get("departure_secs", 0), r.get("n_transfers", 0), r.get("total_walk_m", 0))

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