Short-Term Household Load Forecasting Based on Attention Mechanism and CNN-ICPSO-LSTM

Accurate load forecasting forms a crucial foundation for implementing household demand response plans andoptimizing load scheduling. When dealing with short-term load data characterized by substantial fluctuations,a single prediction model is hard to capture temporal features effectively, resulting in diminished predictionaccuracy. In this study, a hybrid deep learning framework that integrates attention mechanism, convolution neuralnetwork (CNN), improved chaotic particle swarm optimization (ICPSO), and long short-term memory (LSTM), isproposed for short-term household load forecasting. Firstly, the CNN model is employed to extract features fromthe original data, enhancing the quality of data features. Subsequently, the moving average method is used for datapreprocessing, followed by the application of the LSTM network to predict the processed data. Moreover, the ICPSOalgorithm is introduced to optimize the parameters of LSTM, aimed at boosting the model’s running speed andaccuracy. Finally, the attention mechanism is employed to optimize the output value of LSTM, effectively addressinginformation loss in LSTM induced by lengthy sequences and further elevating prediction accuracy. According tothe numerical analysis, the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed hybrid model have been verified. It canexplore data features adeptly, achieving superior prediction accuracy compared to other forecasting methods forthe household load exhibiting significant fluctuations across different seasons.

A Levenberg–Marquardt Based Neural Network for Short-Term Load Forecasting

Short-term load forecasting (STLF) is part and parcel of theefficient working of power grid stations. Accurate forecasts help to detect thefault and enhance grid reliability for organizing sufficient energy transactions.STLF ranges from an hour ahead prediction to a day ahead prediction. Variouselectric load forecasting methods have been used in literature for electricitygeneration planning to meet future load demand. A perfect balance regardinggeneration and utilization is still lacking to avoid extra generation and misusageof electric load. Therefore, this paper utilizes Levenberg–Marquardt(LM) based Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique to forecast theshort-term electricity load for smart grids in a much better, more precise,and more accurate manner. For proper load forecasting, we take the mostcritical weather parameters along with historical load data in the form of timeseries grouped into seasons, i.e., winter and summer. Further, the presentedmodel deals with each season’s load data by splitting it into weekdays andweekends. The historical load data of three years have been used to forecastweek-ahead and day-ahead load demand after every thirty minutes makingload forecast for a very short period. The proposed model is optimized usingthe Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation algorithm to achieve results withcomparable statistics. Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE), Root MeanSquared Error (RMSE), R2, and R are used to evaluate the model. Comparedwith other recent machine learning-based mechanisms, our model presentsthe best experimental results with MAPE and R2 scores of 1.3 and 0.99,respectively. The results prove that the proposed LM-based ANN modelperforms much better in accuracy and has the lowest error rates as comparedto existing work.

Research on Short-Term Load Forecasting of Distribution Stations Based on the Clustering Improvement Fuzzy Time Series Algorithm

An improved fuzzy time series algorithmbased on clustering is designed in this paper.The algorithm is successfully applied to short-term load forecasting in the distribution stations.Firstly,the K-means clustering method is used to cluster the data,and the midpoint of two adjacent clustering centers is taken as the dividing point of domain division.On this basis,the data is fuzzed to form a fuzzy time series.Secondly,a high-order fuzzy relation with multiple antecedents is established according to the main measurement indexes of power load,which is used to predict the short-term trend change of load in the distribution stations.Matlab/Simulink simulation results show that the load forecasting errors of the typical fuzzy time series on the time scale of one day and one week are[−50,20]and[−50,30],while the load forecasting errors of the improved fuzzy time series on the time scale of one day and one week are[−20,15]and[−20,25].It shows that the fuzzy time series algorithm improved by clustering improves the prediction accuracy and can effectively predict the short-term load trend of distribution stations.

Short-Term Power Load Forecasting with Hybrid TPA-BiLSTM Prediction Model Based on CSSA

Since the existing prediction methods have encountered difficulties in processing themultiple influencing factors in short-term power load forecasting,we propose a bidirectional long short-term memory(BiLSTM)neural network model based on the temporal pattern attention(TPA)mechanism.Firstly,based on the grey relational analysis,datasets similar to forecast day are obtained.Secondly,thebidirectional LSTM layermodels the data of thehistorical load,temperature,humidity,and date-type and extracts complex relationships between data from the hidden row vectors obtained by the BiLSTM network,so that the influencing factors(with different characteristics)can select relevant information from different time steps to reduce the prediction error of the model.Simultaneously,the complex and nonlinear dependencies between time steps and sequences are extracted by the TPA mechanism,so the attention weight vector is constructed for the hidden layer output of BiLSTM and the relevant variables at different time steps are weighted to influence the input.Finally,the chaotic sparrow search algorithm(CSSA)is used to optimize the hyperparameter selection of the model.The short-term power load forecasting on different data sets shows that the average absolute errors of short-termpower load forecasting based on our method are 0.876 and 4.238,respectively,which is lower than other forecastingmethods,demonstrating the accuracy and stability of our model.

Forecasting model of residential load based on general regression neural network and PSO-Bayes least squares support vector machine

Firstly,general regression neural network(GRNN) was used for variable selection of key influencing factors of residential load(RL) forecasting.Secondly,the key influencing factors chosen by GRNN were used as the input and output terminals of urban and rural RL for simulating and learning.In addition,the suitable parameters of final model were obtained through applying the evidence theory to combine the optimization results which were calculated with the PSO method and the Bayes theory.Then,the model of PSO-Bayes least squares support vector machine(PSO-Bayes-LS-SVM) was established.A case study was then provided for the learning and testing.The empirical analysis results show that the mean square errors of urban and rural RL forecast are 0.02% and 0.04%,respectively.At last,taking a specific province RL in China as an example,the forecast results of RL from 2011 to 2015 were obtained.

Short-term Residential Load Forecasting Based on K-shape Clustering and Domain Adversarial Transfer Network

In recent years,the expansion of the power grid has led to a continuous increase in the number of consumers within the distribution network.However,due to the scarcity of historical data for these new consumers,it has become a complex challenge to accurately forecast their electricity demands through traditional forecasting methods.This paper proposes an innovative short-term residential load forecasting method that harnesses advanced clustering,deep learning,and transfer learning technologies to address this issue.To begin,this paper leverages the domain adversarial transfer network.It employs limited data as target domain data and more abundant data as source domain data,thus enabling the utilization of source do-main insights for the forecasting task of the target domain.Moreover,a K-shape clustering method is proposed,which effectively identifies source domain data that align optimally with the target domain,and enhances the forecasting accuracy.Subsequently,a composite architecture is devised,amalgamating attention mechanism,long short-term memory network,and seq2seq network.This composite structure is integrated into the domain adversarial transfer network,bolstering the performance of feature extractor and refining the forecasting capabilities.An illustrative analysis is conducted using the residential load dataset of the Independent System Operator to validate the proposed method empirically.In the case study,the relative mean square error of the proposed method is within 30 MW,and the mean absolute percentage error is within 2%.A signifi-cant improvement in accuracy,compared with other comparative experimental results,underscores the reliability of the proposed method.The findings unequivocally demonstrate that the proposed method advocated in this paper yields superior forecasting results compared with prevailing mainstream forecast-ing methods.

Load-forecasting method for IES based on LSTM and dynamic similar days with multi-features

To fully exploit the rich characteristic variation laws of an integrated energy system(IES)and further improve the short-term load-forecasting accuracy,a load-forecasting method is proposed for an IES based on LSTM and dynamic similar days with multi-features.Feature expansion was performed to construct a comprehensive load day covering the load and meteorological information with coarse and fine time granularity,far and near time periods.The Gaussian mixture model(GMM)was used to divide the scene of the comprehensive load day,and gray correlation analysis was used to match the scene with the coarse time granularity characteristics of the day to be forecasted.Five typical days with the highest correlation with the day to be predicted in the scene were selected to construct a“dynamic similar day”by weighting.The key features of adjacent days and dynamic similar days were used to forecast multi-loads with fine time granularity using LSTM.Comparing the static features as input and the selection method of similar days based on non-extended single features,the effectiveness of the proposed prediction method was verified.

Theory Study and Application of the BP-ANN Method for Power Grid Short-Term Load Forecasting

Aiming at the low accuracy problem of power system short-term load forecasting by traditional methods, a back-propagation artificial neural network （BP-ANN） based method for short-term load forecasting is presented in this paper. The forecast points are related to prophase adjacent data as well as the periodical long-term historical load data. Then the short-term load forecasting model of Shanxi Power Grid （China） based on BP-ANN method and correlation analysis is established. The simulation model matches well with practical power system load, indicating the BP-ANN method is simple and with higher precision and practicality.

Short-term load forecasting based on fuzzy neural network

The fuzzy neural network is applied to the short-term load forecasting. The fuzzy rules and fuzzy membership functions of the network are obtained through fuzzy neural network learming. Three inference algorithms, i.e. themultiplicative inference, the maximum inference and the minimum inference, are used for comparison. The learningalgorithms corresponding to the inference methods are derived from back-propagation algorithm. To validate the fuzzyneural network model, the network is used to Predict short-term load by compaing the network output against the realload data from a local power system supplying electricity to a large steel manufacturer. The experimental results aresatisfactory.

Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Radial Basis Function Neural Network

An accurate short-term forecasting method for load of electric power system can help the electric power system’s operator to reduce the risk of unreliability of electricity supply. This paper proposed a radial basis function (RBF) neural network method to forecast the short-term load of electric power system. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, the method is tested on the practical load data information of the Tai power system. The good agreements between the realistic values and forecasting values are obtained;the numerical results show that the proposed forecasting method is accurate and reliable.

Deep Learning Network for Energy Storage Scheduling in Power Market Environment Short-Term Load Forecasting Model

In the electricity market,fluctuations in real-time prices are unstable,and changes in short-term load are determined by many factors.By studying the timing of charging and discharging,as well as the economic benefits of energy storage in the process of participating in the power market,this paper takes energy storage scheduling as merely one factor affecting short-term power load,which affects short-term load time series along with time-of-use price,holidays,and temperature.A deep learning network is used to predict the short-term load,a convolutional neural network(CNN)is used to extract the features,and a long short-term memory(LSTM)network is used to learn the temporal characteristics of the load value,which can effectively improve prediction accuracy.Taking the load data of a certain region as an example,the CNN-LSTM prediction model is compared with the single LSTM prediction model.The experimental results show that the CNN-LSTM deep learning network with the participation of energy storage in dispatching can have high prediction accuracy for short-term power load forecasting.

Comparison of Electric Load Forecasting between Using SOM and MLP Neural Network

Electric load forecasting has been a major area of research in the last decade since the production of accurate short-term forecasts for electricity loads has proven to be a key to success for many of the decision makers in the energy sector, from power generation to operation of the system. The objective of this research is to analyze the capacity of the MLP （multilayer perceptron neural network） versus SOM （self-organizing map neural network） for short-term load forecasting. The MLP is one of the most commonly used networks. It can be used for classification problems, model construction, series forecasting and discrete control. On the other hand, the SOM is a type of artificial neural network that is trained using unsupervised data to produce a low-dimensional, discretized representation of an input space of training samples in a cell map. Historical data of real global load demand were used for the research. Both neural models provide good prediction results, but the results obtained with the SOM maps are markedly better Also the main advantage of SOM maps is that they reach good results as a network unsupervised. It is much easier to train and interpret the results.

Short-Term Electricity Price Forecasting Using a Combination of Neural Networks and Fuzzy Inference

This paper presents an artificial neural network, ANN, based approach for estimating short-term wholesale electricity prices using past price and demand data. The objective is to utilize the piecewise continuous na-ture of electricity prices on the time domain by clustering the input data into time ranges where the variation trends are maintained. Due to the imprecise nature of cluster boundaries a fuzzy inference technique is em-ployed to handle data that lies at the intersections. As a necessary step in forecasting prices the anticipated electricity demand at the target time is estimated first using a separate ANN. The Australian New-South Wales electricity market data was used to test the system. The developed system shows considerable im-provement in performance compared with approaches that regard price data as a single continuous time se-ries, achieving MAPE of less than 2% for hours with steady prices and 8% for the clusters covering time pe-riods with price spikes.

Chaotic Load Series Forecasting Based on MPMR

Minimax probability machine regression （MPMR） was proposed for chaotic load time series global prediction. In MPMR, regression function maximizes the minimum probability that future predication will be within an ε to the true regression function. After exploring the principle of MPMR, and verifying the chaotic property of the load series from a certain power system, one-day-ahead predictions for 24 time points next day wcre done with MPMR. Thc results demonstrate that MPMP has satisfactory prediction efficiency. Kernel function shape parameter and regression tube value may influence the MPMR-based system performance. In the experiments, cross validation was used to choose the two parameters.

Short-term Forecasting of Individual Residential Load Based on Deep Learning and K-means Clustering

In order to currently motivate a wide range of various interactions between power network operators and electricity customers,residential load forecasting plays an increasingly important role in demand side response(DSR).Due to high volatility and uncertainty of residential load,it is significantly challenging to forecast it precisely.Thus,this paper presents a short-term individual residential load forecasting method based on a combination of deep learning and k-means clustering,which is capable of effectively extracting the similarity of residential load and performing residential load forecasting accurately at the individual level.It first makes full use of k-means clustering to extract similarity among residential load and then employs deep learning to extract complicated patterns of residential load.The presented method is tested and validated on a real-life Irish residential load dataset,and the experimental results suggest that it can achieve a much higher prediction accuracy,in comparison with a published benchmark method.

Electrical demand aggregation effects on the performance of deep learning-based short-term load forecasting of a residential building

Modern power grids face the challenge of increasing renewable energy penetration that is stochastic in nature and calls for accurate demand predictions to provide the optimized power supply.Hence,increasing the self-consumption of renewable energy through demand response in households,local communities,and micro-grids is essential and calls for high demand prediction performance at lower levels of demand aggregations to achieve optimal performance.Although many of the recent studies have investigated both macro and micro scale short-term load forecasting(STLF),a comprehensive investigation on the effects of electrical demand aggregation size on STLF is minimal,especially with large sample sizes,where it is essential for optimal sizing of residential micro-grids,demand response markets,and virtual power plants.Hence,this study comprehensively investigates STLF of five aggregation levels(3,10,30,100,and 479)based on a dataset of 479 residential dwellings in Osaka,Japan,with a sample size of(159,47,15,4,and 1)per level,respectively,and investigates the underlying challenges in lower aggregation forecasting.Five deep learning(DL)methods are utilized for STLF and fine-tuned with extensive methodological sensitivity analysis and a variation of early stopping,where a detailed comparative analysis is developed.The test results reveal that a MAPE of(2.47-3.31%)close to country levels can be achieved on the highest aggregation,and below 10%can be sustained at 30 aggregated dwellings.Furthermore,the deep neural network(DNN)achieved the highest performance,followed by the Bi-directional Gated recurrent unit with fully connected layers(Bi-GRU-FCL),which had close to 15%faster training time and 40%fewer learnable parameters.

Short-term load forecasting model based on gated recurrent unit and multi-head attention

Short-term load forecasting(STLF)plays a crucial role in the smart grid.However,it is challenging to capture the long-time dependence and the nonlinear relationship due to the comprehensive fluctuations of the electrical load.In this paper,an STLF model based on gated recurrent unit and multi-head attention(GRU-MA)is proposed to address the aforementioned problems.The proposed model accommodates the time series and nonlinear relationship of load data through gated recurrent unit(GRU)and exploits multi-head attention(MA)to learn the decisive features and long-term dependencies.Additionally,the proposed model is compared with the support vector regression(SVR)model,the recurrent neural network and multi-head attention(RNN-MA)model,the long short-term memory and multi-head attention(LSTM-MA)model,the GRU model,and the temporal convolutional network(TCN)model using the public dataset of the Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2014(GEFCOM2014).The results demonstrate that the GRU-MA model has the best prediction accuracy.

Optimized Adaptive Fuzzy Forecasting System with Application

In this paper, a fuzzy forecasting system is designed and implemented by which an original forecasting model can be obtained by data learning. The model parameters can then be adaptively optimized through gradient information of real-time data. Thus, the system is of extinguished adaptive feature and self-learning capability. Afterwards, experimental research efforts are put forward to carry out electric power load forecasting. Experimental results demonstrate the satisfactory performances of the intelligent forecasting system.

低碳住宅建筑日用电负荷多指标自适应预测

考虑负荷数据具有差异性、周期性、波动性、多变性,极易受到周期性负荷、节假日效应与气象因素3个指标对负荷的影响,设计低碳住宅建筑日用电负荷多指标自适应预测模型。利用模糊C-均值聚类算法,聚类处理周期性负荷、节假日效应、气象因素3个指标的历史数据;通过结合长短期记忆与门控循环单元,组建多层双向递归神经网络模型;利用灰狼算法优化网络模型参数,建立成熟的日用电负荷多指标自适应预测模型;在成熟的模型内输入3个指标的特征数据,输出日用电负荷预测结果。实验证明:该模型可有效聚类历史数据,获取多指标特征数据;该模型可精准自适应预测低碳住宅建筑日用电负荷;应用该模型后,可提升负荷率与碳减排效益。

Short-Term Load Forecasting Based on Big Data Technologies

With the construction of smart grid,lots of renewable energy resources such as wind and solar are deployed in power system.It might make the power system load varied complex than before which will bring difficulties in short-term load forecasting area.To overcome this issue,this paper proposes a new short-term load forecasting framework based on big data technologies.First,a cluster analysis is performed to classify daily load patterns for individual loads using smart meter data.Next,an association analysis is used to determine critical influential factors.This is followed by the application of a decision tree to establish classification rules.Then,appropriate forecasting models are chosen for different load patterns.Finally,the forecasted total system load is obtained through an aggregation of an individual load’s forecasting results.Case studies using real load data show that the proposed new framework can guarantee the accuracy of short-term load forecasting within required limits.