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The participation of electric vehicle (EV) aggregators in real-time electricity markets offers promising revenue opportunities through price-responsive energy arbitrage. A central challenge in economic bidding lies in quantifying the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Zhen Zhu , Hongcai Zhang , Yonghua Song

With the rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs), EV aggregators have been playing a increasingly vital role in power systems by not merely providing charging management but also participating in wholesale electricity markets. This work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Shihan Huang , Dongkun Han , John Zhen Fu Pang , Yue Chen

Given the rapid rise of electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide, and the ambitious targets set for the near future, the management of large EV fleets must be seen as a priority. Specifically, we study a scenario where EV charging is managed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Alvaro Perez-Diaz , Enrico Gerding , Frank McGroarty

This paper addresses the problem of optimizing charging/discharging schedules of electric vehicles (EVs) when participate in demand response (DR). As there exist uncertainties in EVs' remaining energy, arrival and departure time, and future…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Guibin. Chen , Xiaoying. Shi

Wireless charging technology provides a solution to the insufficient battery life of electric vehicles (EVs). However, the conflict of interests between wireless charging lanes (WCLs) and EVs is difficult to resolve. In the day-ahead…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-09 Tian Wang , Bo Yang , Cailian Chen

Traditionally, most consumers of electricity pay for their consumptions according to a fixed rate. With the advancement of Smart Grid technologies, large-scale implementation of variable-rate metering becomes more practical. As a result,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Tarun Agarwal , Shuguang Cui

There is growing experimental evidence that $Q$-learning agents may learn to charge supracompetitive prices. We provide the first theoretical explanation for this behavior in infinite repeated games. Firms update their pricing policies…

General Economics · Economics 2025-05-30 Cristian Chica , Yinglong Guo , Gilad Lerman

We propose an algorithm for distributed charging control of electric vehicles (EVs) using online learning and online convex optimization. Many distributed charging control algorithms in the literature implicitly assume fast two-way…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Wann-Jiun Ma , Vijay Gupta , Ufuk Topcu

With the growing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs), maintaining power grid stability has become a significant challenge. To address this issue, EV charging control strategies have been developed to manage the switch between…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Junkai Qian , Yuning Jiang , Xin Liu , Qing Wang , Ting Wang , Yuanming Shi , Wei Chen

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) poses several challenges to power distribution networks and smart grid infrastructure due to the possibility of significantly increasing electricity demands, especially during peak hours.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Amin Shojaeighadikolaei , Zsolt Talata , Morteza Hashemi

With the increasing number of fast-electric vehicle charging stations (fast-EVCSs) and the popularization of information technology, electricity price competition between fast-EVCSs is highly expected, in which the utilization of public…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-02 Sangjun Bae , Balazs Kulcsar , Sebastien Gros

Autonomous pricing algorithms are increasingly influencing competition in digital markets; however, their behavior under realistic demand conditions remains largely unexamined. This paper offers a thorough analysis of four pricing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Aheer Sravon , Md. Ibrahim , Devdyuti Mazumder , Ridwan Al Aziz

We study the online centralized charging scheduling problem (OCCSP). In this problem, a central authority must decide, in real time, when to charge dynamically arriving electric vehicles (EVs), subject to capacity limits, with the objective…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Alireza Ghahtarani , Martin Cousineau , Amir-massoud Farahmand , Jorge E. Mendoza

We propose a real-time nodal pricing mechanism for cost minimization and voltage control in a distribution network with autonomous distributed energy resources and analyze the resulting market using stochastic game theory. Unlike existing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Eli Brock , Jingqi Li , Javad Lavaei , Somayeh Sojoudi

The increasing trend of transportation electrification presents investors the opportunity to provide charging services to Electric Vehicle (EV) owners via the energy purchased from the wholesale electricity market. This will benefit EV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-24 Reza Bayani , Arash Farokhi Soofi , Saeed D. Manshadi

LLM agents in markets present algorithmic collusion risks. While prior work shows LLM agents reach supracompetitive prices through tacit coordination, existing research focuses on hand-crafted prompts. The emerging paradigm of prompt…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Yingtao Tian

Electric storage units constitute a key element in the emerging smart grid system. In this paper, the interactions and energy trading decisions of a number of geographically distributed storage units are studied using a novel framework…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-08 Yunpeng Wang , Walid Saad , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor , Tamer Başar

The unprecedented growth of demand for charging electric vehicles (EVs) calls for novel expansion solutions to today's charging networks. Riding on the wave of the proliferation of sharing economy, Airbnb-like charger sharing markets opens…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-02 Jie Gao , Terrence Wong , Chun Wang , Jia Yuan Yu

The transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) demands intelligent, congestion-aware infrastructure planning to balance user convenience, economic viability, and traffic efficiency. We present a joint optimisation framework for EV Charging…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Niloofar Aminikalibar , Farzaneh Farhadi , Maria Chli

Electric Vehicles (EV) impact urban networks both when driving (e.g., noise and pollution reduction) and charging. For the electrical grid, the flexibility of EV charging makes it a significant actor in "Demand Response" mechanisms.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Benoît Sohet , Yezekael Hayel , Olivier Beaude , Alban Jeandin