Highlights Electric vehicle sharing system is jointly optimized for both infrastructure planning and fleet operation decisions. A multi-stage stochastic model is developed to consider dynamic uncertain demand. Effective solution methods are developed based on Lagrangian relaxation and stochastic dual dynamic programming. Managerial insights are developed through a series of case studies.
Abstract We propose an innovative framework to deploy a one-way Electric Vehicle (EV) sharing system that serves an urban area. For the first time, long-term infrastructure planning (charging station location and fleet distribution) and real-time fleet operations (relocation and charging decisions) are jointly optimized under time-varying uncertain demand. This substantially advances EV sharing system efficiency and yields a practical management strategy. We propose a multistage stochastic model to address the critical challenge of time-varying uncertain demand. An accelerated solution algorithm is developed to conquer the curse of dimensionality in integer infrastructure planning decisions. Meaningful insights are delivered through hypothetical numerical experiments and a realistic case study with EV sharing service in the New York City.
Joint infrastructure planning and fleet management for one-way electric car sharing under time-varying uncertain demand
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological ; 128 ; 185-206
2019-07-13
22 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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