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AI-Optimised Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

The rapid growth of electric vehicles creates a network-design problem with competing stakeholders: charging network operators, EV drivers, electricity grid operators, and city planners. This project applies atomic congestion games and game-theoretic equilibrium analysis to find charging station placements and pricing strategies that form stable, efficient equilibria.

Research addresses joint placement and pricing decisions, strategic infrastructure design in competitive markets, and the welfare implications of different regulatory frameworks. Applications target smart city planning in the UK and Europe.

Related Publications

  1. Robust Information Design for Multi-Agent Systems with Complementarities: Smallest-Equilibrium Threshold Policies

    Farhadi, Farzaneh, Chli, Maria · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026 · Preprint

  2. Sustainable Urban Mobility: Co-Designing a Responsible AI Recommender System

    Alina Patelli, Anikó Ekárt, Maria Chli, Lavinia-Eugenia Ferariu, John Hamilton, Mercy Kanyi, Richard Lee, Peter Lewis, Joanna Lumsden, Stephen Owen · 2025 · Journal Article

  3. Optimal and Efficient Auctions for the Gradual Procurement of Strategic Service Provider Agents

    Farzaneh Farhadi, Maria Chli, Nicholas R. Jennings · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 2023 · Journal Article

  4. Optimal Auction Design for the Gradual Procurement of Strategic Service Provider Agents

    Farzaneh Farhadi, Maria Chli, Nicholas R. Jennings · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2021 · Preprint

  5. Using the Max-Sum Algorithm for Supply Chain Emergence in Dynamic Multiunit Environments

    Maria Chli, Michael Winsper · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems · 2015 · Journal Article

  6. An Efficient Knowledge Transfer Solution to a Novel SMDP Formalization of a Broker’s Decision Problem

    Rodrigue T. Kuate, Maria Chli, Hai Wang · Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems · 2015 · Journal Article

  7. An intelligent broker agent for energy trading: an MDP approach

    Rodrigue T. Kuate, Minghua He, Maria Chli, Hai Wang · Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) · 2013 · Journal Article

  8. Using the max-sum algorithm for supply chain formation in dynamic multi-unit environments

    Michael Winsper, Maria Chli · Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) · 2012 · Journal Article

  9. Decentralised Supply Chain Formation: A Belief Propagation-based Approach

    Michael Winsper, Maria Chli · Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications · 2010 · Book Chapter

  10. The Emergence of Knowledge Exchange: An Agent-Based Model of a Software Market

    Maria Chli, Philippe De Wilde · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics – Part A Systems and Humans · 2008 · Journal Article

  11. The emergence of knowledge exchange: an agent-based model of a software market

    Maria Chli, Philippe De Wilde · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2006 · Journal Article

  12. Stability of multi-agent systems

    Maria Chli, Philippe De Wilde, J.B.M. Goossenaerts, Valery Abramov, Nick Szirbik, Luís Correia, P. Mariar, Richardson Ribeiro · 2004 · Journal Article

  13. Stability of multi-agent systems : systems, man and cybernetics

    Maria Chli, Philippe De Wilde, J.B.M. Goossenaerts, Vladimir Abramov, Nick Szirbik, Luís Correia, P. Mariar, Richardson Ribeiro · TU/e Research Portal · 2003 · Journal Article