Prediction Error and Forecasting Interval Analysis of Decision Trees with an Application in Renewable Energy Supply Forecasting

Renewable energy has become popular compared with traditional energy like coal. The relative demand for renewable energy compared to traditional energy is an important index to determine the energy supply structure. Forecasting the relative demand index has become quite essential. Data mining method...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhao, Xiaokai Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3567894
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description Renewable energy has become popular compared with traditional energy like coal. The relative demand for renewable energy compared to traditional energy is an important index to determine the energy supply structure. Forecasting the relative demand index has become quite essential. Data mining methods like decision trees are quite effective in such time series forecasting, but theory behind them is rarely discussed in research. In this paper, some theories are explored about decision trees including the behavior of bias, variance, and squared prediction error using trees and the prediction interval analysis. After that, real UK grid data are used in interval forecasting application. In the renewable energy ratio forecasting application, the ratio of renewable energy supply over that of traditional energy can be dynamically forecasted with an interval coverage accuracy higher than 80% and a small width around 22, which is similar to its standard deviation.
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spelling doaj-art-10afcaecc7324f1397fc9ebde0827de52025-08-20T03:55:44ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262020-01-01202010.1155/2020/35678943567894Prediction Error and Forecasting Interval Analysis of Decision Trees with an Application in Renewable Energy Supply ForecastingXin Zhao0Xiaokai Nie1School of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaSchool of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaRenewable energy has become popular compared with traditional energy like coal. The relative demand for renewable energy compared to traditional energy is an important index to determine the energy supply structure. Forecasting the relative demand index has become quite essential. Data mining methods like decision trees are quite effective in such time series forecasting, but theory behind them is rarely discussed in research. In this paper, some theories are explored about decision trees including the behavior of bias, variance, and squared prediction error using trees and the prediction interval analysis. After that, real UK grid data are used in interval forecasting application. In the renewable energy ratio forecasting application, the ratio of renewable energy supply over that of traditional energy can be dynamically forecasted with an interval coverage accuracy higher than 80% and a small width around 22, which is similar to its standard deviation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3567894
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title Prediction Error and Forecasting Interval Analysis of Decision Trees with an Application in Renewable Energy Supply Forecasting
title_full Prediction Error and Forecasting Interval Analysis of Decision Trees with an Application in Renewable Energy Supply Forecasting
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title_short Prediction Error and Forecasting Interval Analysis of Decision Trees with an Application in Renewable Energy Supply Forecasting
title_sort prediction error and forecasting interval analysis of decision trees with an application in renewable energy supply forecasting
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