Research Article

A Hybrid Forecasting Model Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and the Cuckoo Search Algorithm: A Case Study for Power Load

Table 3

Comparison of power load forecasting evaluation by using different methods between weekdays and weekends.

ModelDateEvaluation criterion
MAPE (%)RMSEMAEGRA

BPNNWeekdays1.30164.97118.030.8654
Weekends1.23148.35101.400.8600

GABPNNWeekdays1.17154.94106.050.8781
Weekends1.05137.2188.330.8779

WNNWeekdays1.28162.09114.330.8688
Weekends1.27162.83108.650.8581

CSAWNNWeekdays1.23157.05109.050.8737
Weekends1.13138.8694.960.8689

EMD-CSAWNNWeekdays0.82101.5672.770.9087
Weekends0.6887.0055.190.9148

ARIMAWeekdays1.48184.23128.980.8539
Weekends1.34169.06109.090.8548