scholarly journals Solving the Cold-Start Problem in Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Tree-Based Methods

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihoon Moon ◽  
Junhong Kim ◽  
Pilsung Kang ◽  
Eenjun Hwang

An energy-management system requires accurate prediction of the electric load for optimal energy management. However, if the amount of electric load data is insufficient, it is challenging to perform an accurate prediction. To address this issue, we propose a novel electric load forecasting scheme using the electric load data of diverse buildings. We first divide the electric energy consumption data into training and test sets. Then, we construct multivariate random forest (MRF)-based forecasting models according to each building except the target building in the training set and a random forest (RF)-based forecasting model using the limited electric load data of the target building in the test set. In the test set, we compare the electric load of the target building with that of other buildings to select the MRF model that is the most similar to the target building. Then, we predict the electric load of the target building using its input variables via the selected MRF model. We combine the MRF and RF models by considering the different electric load patterns on weekdays and holidays. Experimental results demonstrate that combining the two models can achieve satisfactory prediction performance even if the electric data of only one day are available for the target building.

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungwon Jung ◽  
Jihoon Moon ◽  
Sungwoo Park ◽  
Seungmin Rho ◽  
Sung Wook Baik ◽  
...  

For efficient and effective energy management, accurate energy consumption forecasting is required in energy management systems (EMSs). Recently, several artificial intelligence-based techniques have been proposed for accurate electric load forecasting; moreover, perfect energy consumption data are critical for the prediction. However, owing to diverse reasons, such as device malfunctions and signal transmission errors, missing data are frequently observed in the actual data. Previously, many imputation methods have been proposed to compensate for missing values; however, these methods have achieved limited success in imputing electric energy consumption data because the period of data missing is long and the dependency on historical data is high. In this study, we propose a novel missing-value imputation scheme for electricity consumption data. The proposed scheme uses a bagging ensemble of multilayer perceptrons (MLPs), called softmax ensemble network, wherein the ensemble weight of each MLP is determined by a softmax function. This ensemble network learns electric energy consumption data with explanatory variables and imputes missing values in this data. To evaluate the performance of our scheme, we performed diverse experiments on real electric energy consumption data and confirmed that the proposed scheme can deliver superior performance compared to other imputation methods.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2100334
Author(s):  
Li‐Ling Peng ◽  
Guo‐Feng Fan ◽  
Meng Yu ◽  
Yu‐Chen Chang ◽  
Wei‐Chiang Hong

2021 ◽  
pp. 689-700
Author(s):  
Salman Yussof ◽  
Nurul Nazeera Mohd Zulkefle ◽  
Yunus Yusoff ◽  
Asmidar Abu Bakar

2012 ◽  
Vol 157-158 ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Hu Hu ◽  
Xin Tian ◽  
Li Hong Han ◽  
Bin Chen

The present paper introduces a sort of analysis and design of electric energy consumption inspection equipment based on ARM9, which can inspect multiple electric energy indexes and conduct a real time inspection to electric energy consumption. Both a real time collection and a real time transmission of electric energy consumption data are realized and a real time analysis of these data that are transmitted through the network to the host computer can be carried out as well, the features of which are low power consumption, low cost, very applicable, high real time performance, etc. The paper also describes the system’s basic structure, hardware design, software design and system debugging process.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1539
Author(s):  
Yu-Chen Hu ◽  
Yu-Hsiu Lin ◽  
Harinahalli Lokesh Gururaj

The key advantage of smart meters over rotating-disc meters is their ability to transmit electric energy consumption data to power utilities’ remote data centers. Besides enabling the automated collection of consumers’ electric energy consumption data for billing purposes, data gathered by smart meters and analyzed through Artificial Intelligence (AI) make the realization of consumer-centric use cases possible. A smart meter installed in a domestic sector of an electrical grid and used for the realization of consumer-centric use cases is located at the entry point of a household/building’s electrical grid connection and can gather composite/circuit-level electric energy consumption data. However, it is not able to decompose its measured circuit-level electric energy consumption into appliance-level electric energy consumption. In this research, we present an AI model, a neuro-fuzzy classifier integrated with partitional clustering and metaheuristically optimized through parallel-computing-accelerated evolutionary computing, that performs energy decomposition on smart meter data in residential demand-side management, where a publicly available UK-DALE (UK Domestic Appliance-Level Electricity) dataset is used to experimentally test the presented model to classify the On/Off status of monitored electrical appliances. As shown in this research, the presented AI model is effective at providing energy decomposition for domestic consumers. Further, energy decomposition can be provided for industrial as well as commercial consumers.


Author(s):  
Fernanda Mota ◽  
Iverton Santos ◽  
Graçaliz Dimuro ◽  
Vagner Rosa ◽  
Silvia Botelho

The electric energy consumption is one of the main indicators of both the economic development and the quality of life of a society. However, the electric energy consumption data of individual home use is hard to obtain due to several reasons, such as privacy issues. In this sense, the social simulation based on multiagent systems comes as a promising option to deal with this difficulty through the production of synthetic electric energy consumption data. In a multiagent system the intelligent global behavior can be achieved from the behavior of the individual agents and their interactions. This chapter proposes a tool for simulation of electric energy consumers, based on multiagent systems concepts using the NetLogo tool. The tool simulates the residential consumption during working days and presented as a result the synthetic data average monthly consumption of residences, which varies according to income. So, the analysis of the produced simulation results show that economic consumers of the income 1 in the summer season had the lowest consumption among all other consumers and consumers noneconomic income 6 in the winter season had the highest.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11263
Author(s):  
Simran Kaur Hora ◽  
Rachana Poongodan ◽  
Rocío Pérez de Prado ◽  
Marcin Wozniak ◽  
Parameshachari Bidare Divakarachari

The Electric Energy Consumption Prediction (EECP) is a complex and important process in an intelligent energy management system and its importance has been increasing rapidly due to technological developments and human population growth. A reliable and accurate model for EECP is considered a key factor for an appropriate energy management policy. In recent periods, many artificial intelligence-based models have been developed to perform different simulation functions, engineering techniques, and optimal energy forecasting in order to predict future energy demands on the basis of historical data. In this article, a new metaheuristic based on a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network model is proposed for an effective EECP. After collecting data sequences from the Individual Household Electric Power Consumption (IHEPC) dataset and Appliances Load Prediction (AEP) dataset, data refinement is accomplished using min-max and standard transformation methods. Then, the LSTM network with Butterfly Optimization Algorithm (BOA) is developed for EECP. In this article, the BOA is used to select optimal hyperparametric values which precisely describe the EEC patterns and discover the time series dynamics in the energy domain. This extensive experiment conducted on the IHEPC and AEP datasets shows that the proposed model obtains a minimum error rate relative to the existing models.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfeng Zhang ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Song Ding ◽  
Xiaoxiong Zhang

With the advancement of technology and science, the power system is getting more intelligent and flexible, and the way people use electric energy in their daily lives is changing. Monitoring the condition of electrical energy loads, particularly in the early detection of aberrant loads and behaviors, is critical for power grid maintenance and power theft detection. In this paper, we combine the widely used deep learning model Transformer with the clustering approach K-means to estimate power consumption over time and detect anomalies. The Transformer model is used to forecast the following hour’s power usage, and the K-means clustering method is utilized to optimize the prediction results, finally, the anomalies is detected by comparing the predicted value and the test value. On real hourly electric energy consumption data, we test the proposed model, and the results show that our method outperforms the most commonly used LSTM time series model.


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