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Table 4 Overview of the implemented functions for an Agent-based modeling in neighborhoods mobility

From: Agent-based modeling (ABM) for urban neighborhood energy systems: literature review and proposal for an all integrative ABM approach

Refs.

Market mechanism

Policies modelled

User behavior

Efficiency

Method

Category: park-and-ride

 Zhou et al. (2019)

Determination of necessary vehicles fleet

 

Actual driving behavior

High vehicle utilization with minimal waiting time for drivers

GIS-Data and empirical driver information from Nagoya, Japan

 Zhou et al. (2021)

Determination of necessary vehicles fleet

 

Actual driving behavior

High vehicle utilization with minimal waiting time for drivers

GIS-Data and empirical driver information from Kozoji Newtown, Japan

Category: microgrid with battery electric vehicle

 Surmann et al. (2020)

Increasing self-consumption in the neighborhood to reduce the charging costs (bidirectional charging) of battery-electric vehicles

Communication, billing, and decision-making do not require a centralized authority

The user decides loading mode: maximum SOC, cost-optimized or performance-optimized

Less electricity is drawn from the external power grid

GIS-Data, empirical driver information

 Xydas et al. (2016)

Demand Response: Relief of the network node through price curve

 

Battery-electric vehicles are Responsive or not responsive to the price signal

 

GIS-Data, empirical driver information

Category: charging station and charging characteristics

 Yagües-Gomà et al. (2014)

Determination of the necessary battery size for the vehicle fleet

  

Two charging modes for the battery-electric vehicle: single charge end of the day or mul-tiple charges when the battery is less than 20% and capped at 80%

Travel input data is obtained from Barcelona’s driving survey, Battery data for LI-Ion

 Lin et al. 2018)

Reduce the cost of the charging infrastructure

 

seven trip reasons: end journey, home, work, shopping, dine, pick/drop, and public recreation

Case 1: standard charging (level 2) and case 2: two location rapid charging (level 3 up to 240 kW)

GIS-Data, empirical driver information, for location spots are defined

 Liu and Bie (2019)

Reduce the cost of the charging infrastructure

  

Analyze the different charging stations AC, DC, and ADC

theory based model with driver profile, GIS-Data