Annual Electric Load Forecasting by a Least Squares Support Vector Machine with a Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm

The accuracy of annual electric load forecasting plays an important role in the economic and social benefits of electric power systems. The least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) has been proven to offer strong potential in forecasting issues, particularly by employing an appropriate meta-heur...

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Main Authors: Bao Wang, Chenbo Su, Huiru Zhao, Sen Guo, Hongze Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/11/4430