Stochastically Balanced Parking and Charging for Fully Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles

Abstract

Motivated by the need to reduce the potential for queuing at charging stations, and by the need to balance load across a number of charging stations, a stochastic algorithm is presented to balance load over a network of stations that also facilitates decentralised plug-and-play type behaviour that allows stations to provide charging services on an adhoc basis. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the efficacy of our algorithm.