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Table 1 Definitions of the procedures’ variables

From: Dynamic constrained coalition formation among electric vehicles

Variable

Description

Initial value

i

ID of the agent who is running the procedure

(Agent ID)

N i

List of neighbours of agent i

{jA{i}: d j i α}

C i

Agent i’s coalition

{i} (singleton)

C i

Coalition proposed by agent i in phase 1

C i ′′

Coalition accepted by agent i in phase 2

M i inv

List of ‘invitation messages’ received by agent i

M i rpl

List of ‘reply messages’ received by agent i