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A Hybrid Seasonal Mechanism with a Chaotic Cuckoo Search Algorithm with a Support Vector Regression Model for Electric Load Forecasting

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  • Yongquan Dong

    (School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Education Intelligent Technology), Jiangsu Normal University/101, Shanghai Rd., Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China)

  • Zichen Zhang

    (School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Education Intelligent Technology), Jiangsu Normal University/101, Shanghai Rd., Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China)

  • Wei-Chiang Hong

    (School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Education Intelligent Technology), Jiangsu Normal University/101, Shanghai Rd., Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China)

Abstract

Providing accurate electric load forecasting results plays a crucial role in daily energy management of the power supply system. Due to superior forecasting performance, the hybridizing support vector regression (SVR) model with evolutionary algorithms has received attention and deserves to continue being explored widely. The cuckoo search (CS) algorithm has the potential to contribute more satisfactory electric load forecasting results. However, the original CS algorithm suffers from its inherent drawbacks, such as parameters that require accurate setting, loss of population diversity, and easy trapping in local optima (i.e., premature convergence). Therefore, proposing some critical improvement mechanisms and employing an improved CS algorithm to determine suitable parameter combinations for an SVR model is essential. This paper proposes the SVR with chaotic cuckoo search (SVRCCS) model based on using a tent chaotic mapping function to enrich the cuckoo search space and diversify the population to avoid trapping in local optima. In addition, to deal with the cyclic nature of electric loads, a seasonal mechanism is combined with the SVRCCS model, namely giving a seasonal SVR with chaotic cuckoo search (SSVRCCS) model, to produce more accurate forecasting performances. The numerical results, tested by using the datasets from the National Electricity Market (NEM, Queensland, Australia) and the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO, NY, USA), show that the proposed SSVRCCS model outperforms other alternative models.

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  • Yongquan Dong & Zichen Zhang & Wei-Chiang Hong, 2018. "A Hybrid Seasonal Mechanism with a Chaotic Cuckoo Search Algorithm with a Support Vector Regression Model for Electric Load Forecasting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-21, April.
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