Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market

Throughout history, governments and investors have relied on predictions of prices for a broad spectrum of commodities. Using time-series data covering 08/23/2013–04/15/2021, this study investigates the challenging problem of predicting scrap steel prices, which are issued daily for the northeast Ch...

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Main Authors: Bingzi Jin, Xiaojie Xu
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Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2024-12-01
Series:International Journal of Empirical Economics
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Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2810943024500112
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description Throughout history, governments and investors have relied on predictions of prices for a broad spectrum of commodities. Using time-series data covering 08/23/2013–04/15/2021, this study investigates the challenging problem of predicting scrap steel prices, which are issued daily for the northeast China market. Previous research has not sufficiently taken into account estimates for this significant commodity price measurement. In this instance, Gaussian process regression methods are created using Bayesian optimisation approaches and cross-validation processes, and the resulting price forecasts are constructed. This empirical prediction methodology provides reasonably accurate price estimates for the out-of-sample period from 09/17/2019 to 04/15/2021, with a root mean square error of 9.6951, mean absolute error of 5.4218, and correlation coefficient of 99.9122%. Governments and investors can arrive at informed decisions regarding regional scrap steel markets by using pricing research models.
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spelling doaj-art-995f28c0587e4d54add532bca7971b272025-01-13T08:01:41ZengWorld Scientific PublishingInternational Journal of Empirical Economics2810-94302810-94492024-12-01030410.1142/S2810943024500112Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese MarketBingzi Jin0Xiaojie Xu1Advanced Micro Devices (China) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, P. R. ChinaNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USAThroughout history, governments and investors have relied on predictions of prices for a broad spectrum of commodities. Using time-series data covering 08/23/2013–04/15/2021, this study investigates the challenging problem of predicting scrap steel prices, which are issued daily for the northeast China market. Previous research has not sufficiently taken into account estimates for this significant commodity price measurement. In this instance, Gaussian process regression methods are created using Bayesian optimisation approaches and cross-validation processes, and the resulting price forecasts are constructed. This empirical prediction methodology provides reasonably accurate price estimates for the out-of-sample period from 09/17/2019 to 04/15/2021, with a root mean square error of 9.6951, mean absolute error of 5.4218, and correlation coefficient of 99.9122%. Governments and investors can arrive at informed decisions regarding regional scrap steel markets by using pricing research models.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2810943024500112Regional scrap steel pricetime-series forecastGaussian process regressionBayesian optimizationcross validation
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Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
International Journal of Empirical Economics
Regional scrap steel price
time-series forecast
Gaussian process regression
Bayesian optimization
cross validation
title Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
title_full Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
title_fullStr Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
title_full_unstemmed Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
title_short Machine Learning-Based Scrap Steel Price Forecasting for the Northeast Chinese Market
title_sort machine learning based scrap steel price forecasting for the northeast chinese market
topic Regional scrap steel price
time-series forecast
Gaussian process regression
Bayesian optimization
cross validation
url https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2810943024500112
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