An Agent-Based Training System for Optimizing the Layout of AFVs' Initial Filling Stations

Tieju Ma (), Jiangjiang Zhao (), Shijian Xiang (), Ya Zhu () and Peipei Liu ()

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2014, vol. 17, issue 4, 6

Abstract: The availability of refuelling locations for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) is an important factor that drivers consider before adopting an AFV; thus, the layout of initial filling stations for AFVs will influence the adoption of AFVs. This paper presents a training system for optimising the layout of initial filling stations for AFVs by linking an agent-based model of the adoption of AFVs with a real city/area's road network, as well as the city/area's social and economic background. In the agent-based model, two types of agents (driver agents and station owner agents) interact with each other in a city/area's road network, stored in a GIS (Geographic Information System). With simulation scenario analyses and a genetic algorithm, the training system presented in this paper can help decision makers determine close-to-optimal layouts for initial AFV filling stations. This paper also presents a case study of the application of the training system that analyses the layout of fast-charging or battery-changing stations for the promotion of electric vehicles adoption in Shanghai.

Keywords: Training System; Optimal Layout; Alternative Fuel Vehicles; Filling Stations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-10-31
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