MSRFormer: Road Network Representation Learning using Multi-scale Feature Fusion of Heterogeneous Spatial Interactions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05685v2
• Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:46:27 GMT
• Title: MSRFormer: Road Network Representation Learning using Multi-scale Feature Fusion of Heterogeneous Spatial Interactions
• Authors: Jian Yang, Jiahui Wu, Li Fang, Hongchao Fan, Bianying Zhang, Huijie Zhao, Guangyi Yang, Rui Xin, Xiong You,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents MSRFormer, a novel road network representation learning framework.<n>It uses spatial flow convolution to extract small-scale features from large trajectory datasets.<n>It identifies scale-dependent spatial interaction regions to capture the spatial structure of road networks.
• Score: 18.883574280859147
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Transforming road network data into vector representations using deep learning has proven effective for road network analysis. However, urban road networks' heterogeneous and hierarchical nature poses challenges for accurate representation learning. Graph neural networks, which aggregate features from neighboring nodes, often struggle due to their homogeneity assumption and focus on a single structural scale. To address these issues, this paper presents MSRFormer, a novel road network representation learning framework that integrates multi-scale spatial interactions by addressing their flow heterogeneity and long-distance dependencies. It uses spatial flow convolution to extract small-scale features from large trajectory datasets, and identifies scale-dependent spatial interaction regions to capture the spatial structure of road networks and flow heterogeneity. By employing a graph transformer, MSRFormer effectively captures complex spatial dependencies across multiple scales. The spatial interaction features are fused using residual connections, which are fed to a contrastive learning algorithm to derive the final road network representation. Validation on two real-world datasets demonstrates that MSRFormer outperforms baseline methods in two road network analysis tasks. The performance gains of MSRFormer suggest the traffic-related task benefits more from incorporating trajectory data, also resulting in greater improvements in complex road network structures with up to 16% improvements compared to the most competitive baseline method. This research provides a practical framework for developing task-agnostic road network representation models and highlights distinct association patterns of the interplay between scale effects and flow heterogeneity of spatial interactions.

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