Pattern De-Duplication based on Subsequence Detection

__tests__/util/state.js

@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 /* globals describe, expect, it */
 
 import '../test-utils/mock-window-url'
-import { queryIsValid } from '../../lib/util/state'
+import { isValidSubsequence, queryIsValid } from '../../lib/util/state'
 
 describe('util > state', () => {
+  describe('isValidSubsequence', () => {
+    it('should handle edge cases correctly', () => {
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([0], [0])).toBe(true)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([0], [1])).toBe(false)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([], [])).toBe(true)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([], [9])).toBe(false)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([9], [])).toBe(true)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([9], [9, 9])).toBe(false)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([9, 9, 9], [9, 9])).toBe(true)
+    })
+    it('should handle normal cases correctly', () => {
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [5, 6, 3])).toBe(false)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [2, 3, 4])).toBe(true)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([1, 2, 4, 4, 3], [2, 3, 4])).toBe(false)
+      expect(isValidSubsequence([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 3, 4])).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
   describe('queryIsValid', () => {
     const fakeFromLocation = {
       lat: 12,

lib/actions/apiV2.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { generateModeSettingValues } from '../util/api'
 import {
   getActiveItineraries,
   getActiveItinerary,
+  isValidSubsequence,
   queryIsValid
 } from '../util/state'
 import { ItineraryView } from '../util/ui'
@@ -651,7 +652,33 @@ export const findRoute = (params) =>
 
             const newRoute = clone(route)
             const routePatterns = {}
-            newRoute.patterns.forEach((pattern) => {
+
+            // Sort patterns by length to make algorithm below more efficient
+            const patternsSortedByLength = newRoute.patterns.sort(
+              (a, b) => a.stops.length - b.stops.length
+            )
+
+            // Remove all patterns that are subsets of larger patterns
+            const filteredPatterns = patternsSortedByLength
+              // Start with the largest for performance
+              .reverse()
+              .filter((pattern) => {
+                // Compare to all other patterns TODO: make this beat O(n^2)
+                return !patternsSortedByLength.find((p) => {
+                  // Don't compare against ourself
+                  if (p.id === pattern.id) return false
+
+                  // If our pattern is longer, it's not a subset
+                  if (p.stops.length < pattern.stops.length) return false
+
+                  return isValidSubsequence(
+                    p.stops.map((s) => s.id),
+                    pattern.stops.map((s) => s.id)
+                  )
+                })
+              })
+
+            filteredPatterns.forEach((pattern) => {
               const patternStops = pattern.stops.map((stop) => {
                 const color =
                   stop.routes?.length > 0 &&

lib/util/state.js

@@ -886,3 +886,24 @@ export function getOperatorAndRoute(routeObject, transitOperators, intl) {
     )
   )
 }
+
+/**
+ * Helper method returns true if an array is a subsequence of another.
+ *
+ * More efficient than comparing strings as we don't need to look at the entire
+ * array.
+ */
+export function isValidSubsequence(array, sequence) {
+  // Find starting point
+  let i = 0
+  let j = 0
+  while (array[i] !== sequence[j] && i < array.length) {
+    i = i + 1
+  }
+  // We've found the starting point, now we test to see if the rest of the sequence is matched
+  while (array[i] === sequence[j] && i < array.length && j < sequence.length) {
+    i = i + 1
+    j = j + 1
+  }
+  return j === sequence.length
+}