PC-ILP: A Fast and Intuitive Method to Place Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Smart Cities

• Published in: Smart cities (Basel) Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 3060 - 3092
• Main Authors: Bose, Mehul, Dutta, Bivas Ranjan, Shrivastava, Nivedita, Sarangi, Smruti R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Approximation; Cities; Clustering; convolutional neural network; Electric vehicle charging; electric vehicle charging station placement; Electric vehicles; Heuristic methods; Integer programming; Linear programming; Optimization; persistent homology; Placement; Queueing; topological data analysis; Topology

The widespread use of electric vehicles necessitates meticulous planning for the placement of charging stations (CSs) in already crowded cities so that they can efficiently meet the charging demand while adhering to various real-world constraints such as the total budget, queuing time, electrical re...