Postgraduate research students

Zixin Feng

Email:  z.feng.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Adress: Urban Big Data Centre, 7 Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ 

Research Title: Future Deployment of EV Charging Infrastructures

Research title: Exploring the Electric Vehicle Driver Behaviours for the Sustainable Future of Charging Infrastructure

Research summary

Zixin's research aims to explore the behaviour patterns of electric vehicles (EV) and find the future deployment of charging infrastructure. She also aims to discover how the new deployment of charging infrastructures can affect the adoption rate of EVs. 

Publications

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Jump to: 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023
Number of items: 8.

2026

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Evaluating RL and Rule-Based Agents for Replicating Electric Vehicle Charging Behaviours. In: 20th Social Simulation Conference (SSC 2025), Delft, the Netherlands, 25 - 29 Aug 2025, pp. 137-146. ISBN 9783032317117 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-31712-4_10)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Replicating the behaviour of electric vehicle drivers using an agent-based reinforcement learning model. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, (doi: 10.1177/23998083261455937) (Early Online Publication)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Exploring the influencing factors of public electric vehicle charger usage in Great Britain. Journal of Transport Geography, 134, 104667. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2026.104667)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Using agent-based models to simulate the electric vehicle driving behaviours in Great Britain. Cities, 172, 106864. (doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106864)

2025

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2025) Exploring the Complex Behaviours of Electric Vehicle Drivers Based on an Agent-based Reinforcement Learning Method. In: 19th Annual Social Simulation Conference (SSC 2024), Cracow, Poland, 16-20 Sep 2024, pp. 113-127. ISBN 9783031917820 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-91782-0_8)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2025) Exploring the Influencing Factors of Public Electric Vehicle Charger Usage in Great Britain. In: CUPUM 2025 The 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management, UCL, London UK, 23-27 June 2025, (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/ABYQH)

2024

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Xian, Xinyan, Gamal, Yahya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2370-6172, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2024) Optimizing the Locations of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Georgia, USA. In: 32nd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL '24), Atlanta, GA, USA, 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2024, pp. 733-736. ISBN 9798400711077 (doi: 10.1145/3678717.3700831)

2023

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2023) Understanding the Complex Behaviours of Electric Vehicle Drivers with Agent-Based Models in Glasgow. In: 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023), Leeds, UK, 14-19 Sept 2023, 29:1-29:6. ISBN 9783959772884 (doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.29)

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Jump to: Articles | Conference Proceedings
Number of items: 8.

Articles

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Replicating the behaviour of electric vehicle drivers using an agent-based reinforcement learning model. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, (doi: 10.1177/23998083261455937) (Early Online Publication)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Exploring the influencing factors of public electric vehicle charger usage in Great Britain. Journal of Transport Geography, 134, 104667. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2026.104667)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Using agent-based models to simulate the electric vehicle driving behaviours in Great Britain. Cities, 172, 106864. (doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106864)

Conference Proceedings

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2026) Evaluating RL and Rule-Based Agents for Replicating Electric Vehicle Charging Behaviours. In: 20th Social Simulation Conference (SSC 2025), Delft, the Netherlands, 25 - 29 Aug 2025, pp. 137-146. ISBN 9783032317117 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-31712-4_10)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2025) Exploring the Complex Behaviours of Electric Vehicle Drivers Based on an Agent-based Reinforcement Learning Method. In: 19th Annual Social Simulation Conference (SSC 2024), Cracow, Poland, 16-20 Sep 2024, pp. 113-127. ISBN 9783031917820 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-91782-0_8)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2025) Exploring the Influencing Factors of Public Electric Vehicle Charger Usage in Great Britain. In: CUPUM 2025 The 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management, UCL, London UK, 23-27 June 2025, (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/ABYQH)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Xian, Xinyan, Gamal, Yahya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2370-6172, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2024) Optimizing the Locations of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Georgia, USA. In: 32nd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL '24), Atlanta, GA, USA, 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2024, pp. 733-736. ISBN 9798400711077 (doi: 10.1145/3678717.3700831)

Feng, Zixin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7539-9917, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457 and Heppenstall, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437 (2023) Understanding the Complex Behaviours of Electric Vehicle Drivers with Agent-Based Models in Glasgow. In: 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023), Leeds, UK, 14-19 Sept 2023, 29:1-29:6. ISBN 9783959772884 (doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.29)

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Research datasets

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2025

Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), , Zhao, Q. and Feng, Z. (2025) ChargePoint charging session data. [Data Collection]

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