Research Article

A Driving Force Analysis and Forecast for Gas Consumption Demand in China

Table 8

Forecasts of gas consumption (million cubic meters).

ā€‰ModelRBF-QRNNBVAR
Prior = 1
Combined forecastThe year-on-year growth rate

Forecasting results for gas
consumption demand
2012138996.8141110.99140053.89/
2013151325.0152619.47151972.248.81%
2014164503.6165139.69164821.658.46%
2015178532.1178766.36178649.238.39%
2016193414.4193604.36193509.388.32%
2017209136.1209768.12209452.118.24%
2018225677.4227384.34226530.878.15%
2019243009.0246591.89244800.458.06%
2020261853.0267544.72264698.868.13%
AAGR8.24%8.33%8.28%/