Recommendation of geographic distributed charging stations for electric vehicles: A game theoretical approach

Abstract

Electric vehicles (EVs) are vigorously promoted by policy makers in recent years, and expected to penetrate deeply in the near future. It is of great significance to develop efficient charging scheduling algorithms to optimize system operation. In this paper, we investigate the spatial scheduling problem of EVs, which aims to make recommendations of geographic distributed charging stations (CSs) for EVs to minimize the time of travelling and queuing. In order to ensure the fairness of the recommendations, an efficient game-theoretical approach is proposed. Numerical results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in saving time, reducing charging piles' idle rate and EVs' queuing rate.