A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig

Abstract Accurate power load forecasting possesses important decision-making value for optimizing unit scheduling and grid operation, in which real-time load monitoring data collected by sensor networks is the core foundation for constructing forecasting models. However, due to physical factors such...

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Main Authors: Hui Wang, Fafa Zhang, Yujing Cai, Yuan Chen
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05481-4
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description Abstract Accurate power load forecasting possesses important decision-making value for optimizing unit scheduling and grid operation, in which real-time load monitoring data collected by sensor networks is the core foundation for constructing forecasting models. However, due to physical factors such as sensor node failure, communication interruption, signal interference, etc., the power load data may be missing. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze historical power load data using the data imputation method and propose a time-coding method based on tsDataWig to solve the problem. The tabular data are preprocessed and encoded using a continuous time strategy. Then, the dataset is masked using three different data missing mechanisms. A power load data imputation framework is constructed by filling in the missing data through the tsDataWig method. The experimental results show that the data imputation method proposed in this paper has significant advantages and its prediction errors are all lower than those of other methods, which confirms the effectiveness of the method in predicting the missing values of the power load data. The problem of data missing loophole caused by incomplete sensor network data can be effectively solved.
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spelling doaj-art-9fb4b5da79ca49c6bbec7745cf112cce2025-08-20T03:03:33ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-011511910.1038/s41598-025-05481-4A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawigHui Wang0Fafa Zhang1Yujing Cai2Yuan Chen3School of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui UniversitySchool of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui UniversitySchool of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui UniversitySchool of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui UniversityAbstract Accurate power load forecasting possesses important decision-making value for optimizing unit scheduling and grid operation, in which real-time load monitoring data collected by sensor networks is the core foundation for constructing forecasting models. However, due to physical factors such as sensor node failure, communication interruption, signal interference, etc., the power load data may be missing. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze historical power load data using the data imputation method and propose a time-coding method based on tsDataWig to solve the problem. The tabular data are preprocessed and encoded using a continuous time strategy. Then, the dataset is masked using three different data missing mechanisms. A power load data imputation framework is constructed by filling in the missing data through the tsDataWig method. The experimental results show that the data imputation method proposed in this paper has significant advantages and its prediction errors are all lower than those of other methods, which confirms the effectiveness of the method in predicting the missing values of the power load data. The problem of data missing loophole caused by incomplete sensor network data can be effectively solved.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05481-4Power load predictionTime seriesData imputationTsDataWig
spellingShingle Hui Wang
Fafa Zhang
Yujing Cai
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A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
Scientific Reports
Power load prediction
Time series
Data imputation
TsDataWig
title A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
title_full A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
title_fullStr A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
title_full_unstemmed A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
title_short A novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsDatawig
title_sort novel imputation approach for power load time series data based on tsdatawig
topic Power load prediction
Time series
Data imputation
TsDataWig
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05481-4
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