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However, the increased integration of EVs, if managed appropriately, can positively impact the performance of the electrical network in terms of power losses, voltage deviations and transformer overloads. This paper presents a two-stage multi-agent-based scheme for the coordinated charging scheduling of EVs. The first stage uses particle swarm optimization (PSO) at the distribution network operator (DNO) level to determine the optimal power allocation among the participating EV aggregator agents to minimize power losses and voltage deviations, whereas the second stage at the EV aggregator agents level employs a genetic algorithm (GA) to align the charging activities to achieve customers\u2019 charging satisfaction in terms of minimum charging cost and waiting time. The proposed method is implemented on the IEEE-33 bus network connected with low-voltage nodes. The coordinated charging plan is executed with the time of use (ToU) and real-time pricing (RTP) schemes, considering EVs\u2019 random arrival and departure with two penetration levels. The simulations show promising results in terms of network performance and overall customer charging satisfaction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23062925","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,9]],"date-time":"2023-03-09T02:01:47Z","timestamp":1678327307000},"page":"2925","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["A Two-Stage Multi-Agent EV Charging Coordination Scheme for Maximizing Grid Performance and Customer Satisfaction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2199-5989","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adil","family":"Amin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4504-1557","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anzar","family":"Mahmood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahsan Raza","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4447-8335","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kamran","family":"Arshad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University, Ajman P.O. 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