Cascaded artificial neural networks for short-term load forecasting

An application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to short-term load forecasting is presented in this paper. An algorithm using cascaded learning together with historical load and weather data is proposed to forecast half-hourly power system load for the next 24 hours. This cascaded neural network algorithm (CANNs) includes peak, minimum and daily energy prediction as additional input data for the final forecast stage. These additional input data are predicted using the first (ANNs) model. The networks are trained and tested on the electric power system of Kuwait. The absolute average forecasting error is reduced from 3.367% to 2.707% by applying CANNs as compared to the conventional ANNs. Simulation results indicate that the developed forecasting approach is effective and point to the potential of the methodology for economic applications     

Short-term load forecasting based on artificial neural networks parallel implementation

This paper presents the development and application of advanced neural networks to face successfully the problem of the short-term electric load forecasting. Several approaches including Gaussian encoding backpropagation (BP), window random activation, radial basis function networks, real-time recurrent neural networks and their innovative variations are proposed, compared and discussed in this paper. The performance of each presented structure is evaluated by means of an extensive simulation study, using actual hourly load data from the power system of the island of Crete, in Greece. The forecasting error statistical results, corresponding to the minimum and maximum load time-series, indicate that the load forecasting models proposed here provide significantly more accurate forecasts, compared to conventional autoregressive and BP forecasting models. Finally, a parallel processing approach for 24 h ahead forecasting is proposed and applied. According to this procedure, the requested load for each specific hour is forecasted, not only using the load time-series for this specific hour from the previous days, but also using the forecasted load data of the closer previous time steps for the same day. Thus, acceptable accuracy load predictions are obtained without the need of weather data that increase the system complexity, storage requirement and cost.     

Unit commitment using load forecasting based on artificial neural networks

This paper consists of two parts. While the first part shows the application of artificial neural networks to load forecasting using new input-output models, the second part utilizes the results from the first part in unit commitment. Based on the forecasts provided, unit commitment schedules are obtained for both hourly and daily load variations. Issues related to both problems are discussed along with an illustration of the two-step method using data obtained from a local utility. While a generation schedule such as this is not only invaluable to power system planners and operators, it is shown that this two-step process paves the way for an artificial intelligence (AI) type of method for the unit commitment problem based on the same inputs as the load forecasting method. For the chosen inputs, the simulations here show an average error of 4.3% and 3.1% in the case of the daily (twenty-four hours ahead) and hourly (one hour ahead) load forecast, respectively.     

Application of fuzzy neural networks and artificial intelligence for load forecasting

An integrated evolving fuzzy neural network and simulated annealing (AIFNN) for load forecasting method is presented in this paper. First we used fuzzy hyper-rectangular composite neural networks (FHRCNNs) for the initial load forecasting. Then we used evolutionary programming (EP) and simulated annealing (SA) to find the optimal solution of the parameters of FHRCNNs (including parameters such as synaptic weights, biases, membership functions, sensitivity factor in membership functions and adjustable synaptic weights). We knew that the EP has a good capability for searching for globe optimal value, but a poor capability for searching for the local optimal value. And, the SA only had a good capability for searching for a local optimal value. Therefore, we combined both methods to obtain both advantages, and so improve the shortcoming of the traditional ANN training where the weights and biases are always trapped into a local optimum. Finally, we use the AIFNN to see if we could improve the solution quality, and if we actually could reduce the error of load forecasting. The proposed AIFNN load forecasting scheme was tested using data obtained from a sample study including 1 year, 1 month and 24 h time periods. The result demonstrated the accuracy of the proposed load forecasting scheme.     

Short-term load forecasting using neural networks

An artificial neural network (ANN) model for short-term load forecasting (STLF) is presented. The proposed model is capable of forecasting the next 24-hour load profile at one time, as opposed to the usual ‘next one hour’ ANN models. The inputs to the ANN are load profiles of the two previous days and daily maximum and minimum temperature forecasts. The network is trained to learn the next day's load profile. Testing of the model with one year of data from the Greek interconnected power system resulted in a 2.66% average absolute forecast error.     

Recurrent neural networks for short-term load forecasting

Forecasting the short-term load entails the construction of a model, and, using the information available, estimating the parameters of the model to optimize the prediction performance. It follows that the more closely the chosen model approximates the actual physical generating process, the higher the expected performance of the forecasting system. In this paper it is postulated that the load can be modeled as the output of some dynamic system, influenced by a number of weather, time and other environmental variables. Recurrent neural networks, being members of a class of connectionist models exhibiting inherent dynamic behavior, can thus be used to construct empirical models for this dynamic system. Because of the nonlinear dynamic nature of these models, the behavior of the load prediction system can be captured in a compact and robust representation. This is illustrated by the performance of recurrent models on the short-term forecasting of the nation-wide load for the South African utility, ESKOM. A comparison with feedforward neural networks is also given     

基于人工神经网络的模型择优预测方法及应用

针对组合预测中各模型权重难以合理确定的问题,根据"择优取用"原则将组合预测问题转化为一种模式识别问题,并采用非线性映射能力很强的改进BP人工神经网络方法进行该问题的求解。实例表明,这种择优预测方法不仅有效避免了传统组合预测模型权重的繁琐计算,而且能集各模型所长,概念清晰,计算简便。该法作为变权重组合预测方法的一个特例,在灾害风险预测等中有较高的实用价值。     

Electricity price forecasting using artificial neural networks

Electricity price forecasting in deregulated open power markets using neural networks is presented. Forecasting electricity price is a challenging task for on-line trading and e-commerce. Bidding competition is one of the main transaction approaches after deregulation. Forecasting the hourly market-clearing prices (MCP) in daily power markets is the most essential task and basis for any decision making in order to maximize the benefits. Artificial neural networks are found to be most suitable tool as they can map the complex interdependencies between electricity price, historical load and other factors. The neural network approach is used to predict the market behaviors based on the historical prices, quantities and other information to forecast the future prices and quantities. The basic idea is to use history and other estimated factors in the future to “fit” and “extrapolate” the prices and quantities. A neural network method to forecast the market-clearing prices (MCPs) for day-ahead energy markets is developed. The structure of the neural network is a three-layer back propagation (BP) network. The price forecasting results using the neural network model shows that the electricity price in the deregulated markets is dependent strongly on the trend in load demand and clearing price.     

Daily electric load forecasting using artificial neural network

A multilayered-type neural network is attractive for daily electric load forecasting because the neural network can acquire a nonlinear relationship among the electric load data and their factors (weather, temperature, etc.) automatically. This paper discusses first some essential issues to be considered in neural network applications. One is difficulty of obtaining sufficient effective training data, another is the influence of abnormal learning data, and one more is the inevitable outerpolation. For these issues, the following three methods are developed in order to forecast more accurately: (1) a structure of the neural networks for insufficient training data; (2) detection and diminishing the influence of abnormal data; (3) employment of interpolation network and outerpolation network with additional data for outerpolation. Furthermore, to increase the sensitivity between electric loads and factors, (4) removal of base load is developed. Those methods work effectively to decrease the average absolute errors of peak-load forecasting and 24-hour load forecasting to 1.78 percent and 2.73 percent, respectively.     

Short-term load forecasting using an artificial neural network

An artificial neural network (ANN) method is applied to forecast the short-term load for a large power system. The load has two distinct patterns: weekday and weekend-day patterns. The weekend-day pattern includes Saturday, Sunday, and Monday loads. A nonlinear load model is proposed and several structures of an ANN for short-term load forecasting were tested. Inputs to the ANN are past loads and the output of the ANN is the load forecast for a given day. The network with one or two hidden layers was tested with various combinations of neurons, and results are compared in terms of forecasting error. The neural network, when grouped into different load patterns, gives a good load forecast     

Electric load forecasting using an artificial neural network

An artificial neural network (ANN) approach is presented for electric load forecasting. The ANN is used to learn the relationship among past, current and future temperatures and loads. In order to provide the forecasted load, the ANN interpolates among the load and temperature data in a training data set. The average absolute errors of the 1 h and 24 h-ahead forecasts in tests on actual utility data are shown to be 1.40% and 2.06%, respectively. This compares with an average error of 4.22% for 24 h ahead forecasts with a currently used forecasting technique applied to the same data     

人工神经网络在电力系统负荷预测中的应用

论述了人工神经网络预测电力系统负荷的方法和步骤,并以BP神经网络在石嘴山地区短期负荷预测中的应用为例,探讨负荷预测的重要性。     

Peak load forecasting using Bayesian regularization,Resilient and adaptive backpropagation learning based artificial neural networks

Up to 7 days ahead electrical peak load forecasting has been done using feed forward neural network based on Steepest descent, Bayesian regularization, Resilient and adaptive backpropagation learning methods, by incorporating the effect of eleven weather parameters and past peak load information. To avoid trapping of network into a state of local minima, the optimization of user-defined parameters viz., learning rate and error goal has been performed. The sliding window concept has been incorporated for selection of training data set. It was then reduced as per relevant selection according to the day type and season for which the forecast is made. To reduce the dimensionality of input matrix, the Principal Component Analysis method of factor extraction or correlation analysis technique has been used and their performance has been compared. The resultant data set was used for training of three-layered neural network. In order to increase the learning speed, the weights and biases were initialized according to Nguyen and Widrow method. To avoid over fitting, early stopping of training was done at the minimum validation error.     

Weather sensitive short-term load forecasting using nonfullyconnected artificial neural network

The authors present an artificial neural network (ANN) model for forecasting weather-sensitive loads. The proposed model is capable of forecasting the hourly loads for an entire week. The model is not fully connected; hence, it has a shorter training time than the fully connected ANN. The proposed model can differentiate between the weekday loads and the weekend loads. The results indicate that this model can achieve greater forecasting accuracy than the traditional statistical model. This ANN model has been implemented on real load data. The average percentage peak error for the test cases was 1.12%     

Power system dynamic load modeling using artificial neural networks

The dynamic characteristics of power system loads are critical to obtaining quality operating point-prediction and stability calculations. The composition of components at a load bus makes the aggregated behavior too complicated to be expressed by a simple form. Armed with the theorems recently developed on the approximation capability of artificial neural networks, the authors devise a load model to describe the complex dynamic behavior of loads. Real field data are used to train and test this model. The results verify that this model can emulate load dynamics well and should therefore be suitable as a representation of load for stability analysis     

基于快速人工神经网络的短期负荷预测

根据负荷的不确定性和非线性的特点 ,采用了ANN和AFS理论进行STLF ,分两个步骤 :在ANN中引入了平滑因子和遗忘因子 ,来加快收敛速度并解决ANN的遗忘问题 ;在AFS中对基本负荷预测值进行修正 ,引进不平均的隶属函数来体现负荷变化对温度的敏感性。实践表明该模型具有速度快、预测精度高等优点     

基于快速人工神经网络的短期负荷预测

根据负荷的不确定性和非线性的特点,采用了ANN和AFS理论进行STLF,分两个步骤：在ANN中引入了平滑因子和遗忘因子,来加快收敛速度并解决ANN的遗忘问题;在AFS中对基本负荷预测值进行修正,引进不平均的隶属函数来体现负荷变化对温度的敏感性。实践表明该模型具有速度快、预测精度高等优点。     

基于多神经网络融合的短期负荷预测方法

为了利用不同深度神经网络的优势,提高深度学习算法对短期负荷的预测能力,提出一种基于多神经网络融合的短期负荷预测方法。以电力系统历史有功负荷、季节、日期类型和气象数据为输入特征,并行架构的深度神经网络和注意力机制网络为核心网络;以并行架构中的卷积神经网络通道提取静态特征,门控循环单元网络通道挖掘动态时序特征,采用注意力机制网络融合提取的特征并动态调整网络对不同特征的依赖程度;使用Maxout网络增强网络整体的非线性映射能力,通过全连接网络输出预测结果。与支持向量机、长短期记忆网络的算例结果对比表明,所提方法具有更高的预测平稳性和准确性。     

基于人工鱼群算法神经网络的电力系统短期负荷预测

人工鱼群算法是一种新型的寻优策略,文中将人工鱼群算法用于RBF神经网络的训练过程,建立了相应的优化模型.依据人工鱼群算法的神经网络,提出一种短期负荷预测的新方法,实践表明:该方法具有预测精度高、误差小的优点,是值得广泛推广的好方法.     

Day-ahead price forecasting in restructured power systems using artificial neural networks

Over the past 15 years most electricity supply companies around the world have been restructured from monopoly utilities to deregulated competitive electricity markets. Market participants in the restructured electricity markets find short-term electricity price forecasting (STPF) crucial in formulating their risk management strategies. They need to know future electricity prices as their profitability depends on them. This research project classifies and compares different techniques of electricity price forecasting in the literature and selects artificial neural networks (ANN) as a suitable method for price forecasting. To perform this task, market knowledge should be used to optimize the selection of input data for an electricity price forecasting tool. Then sensitivity analysis is used in this research to aid in the selection of the optimum inputs of the ANN and fuzzy c-mean (FCM) algorithm is used for daily load pattern clustering. Finally, ANN with a modified Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) learning algorithm are implemented for forecasting prices in Pennsylvania–New Jersey–Maryland (PJM) market. The forecasting results were compared with the previous works and showed that the results are reasonable and accurate.