Research Article

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

Table 6

Comparison of power load forecasting result by using different methods on Thursday, Apr. 24, 2008, from New South Wales.

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BPNNAE−83.6894−49.709542.209270.1483−1.141881.117671.0641−6.3979−83.637570.2015−74.266768.5518−10.0773
MAE139.0489107.2347115.6315153.4157181.8889201.3444189.9489186.2829187.2521163.6832160.6981127.2364161.7255
MSE20126.8111597.813753.4123870.7533776.2341545.2337131.9934961.7535301.5227696.5125909.1116227.9427452.27
MAPE1.79271.59531.66551.71181.82211.95741.82051.78601.81781.72681.76711.50041.7795

GABPNNAE−70.5662−61.418114.0903−5.101170.2694−93.4962.9971−5.0262−175.4669.492087.490814.03133.7326
MAE133.1993118.7066120.9694156.3609168.3905175.0163159.27175.0882175.4656142.1779169.1021135.8504149.0696
MSE17861.2114198.3914907.3924782.7528896.0630696.3825765.830889.7131099.7220391.0428608.4118670.922988.39
MAPE1.71781.76511.73971.74431.6879621.70251.52591.67921.69961.49711.85941.60121.6436

WNNAE−94.955211.061186.5661109.4117129.0671−120.256−133.083−6.5916−114.111−121.37114.9819−97.39151.46853
MAE189.6161163.6107182.5346226.7625249.978261.0484274.6263247.5517241.1515223.7553230.5013215.3979219.2263
MSE36049.2326940.1633456.3751459.9362579.2968421.275544.9861478.958389.4250583.3253412.084658349476.49
MAPE2.44562.43432.62492.52962.50132.53952.63422.37072.33682.35642.53362.54072.4141

CSAWNNAE−21.579374.9257−92.6562−121.433−242.688−4.1947112.5843−99.8578108.9015−117.4859.280318.84410.6051
MAE187.2812162.3261159.9964230.9195242.688234.3061254.4321244.3948207.1397244.4175200.3291213.4906212.3467
MSE35548.7426522.1925927.1853405.76034255413.9365290.4760673.0343149.3360030.0840539.8945950.1846910.12
MAPE2.41712.41452.30152.57552.43082.28072.43782.34332.00822.57422.20392.51752.3373

ARIMAAE−215.208165.04237.84738.6388−561.165316.2328−273.57324.7401313.4157212.8736210.3343−0.280411.1686
MAE482.1711333.4499400.0869495.5127561.1652628.2508580.8741607.6131624.4892463.577453.6873432.3235507.6683
MSE234075.7112032162067.4257238.9322221.9396897.3341886.4369861.6394541.8216189.5206839.9190582.5268746.7
MAPE6.21814.96145.75645.53915.61396.11195.57045.83026.06414.88364.98895.09895.5872

ENNAE−134.3503−116.972426.1762−9.5096134.8336−177.9787121.4220−9.2200−334.710517.6777166.417426.09207.1333
MAE254.0135226.2179230.6157298.0677321.2936333.8439304.7279334.1142334.7105272.1785321.8414259.5614284.6262
MSE64935.489351544.764354128.888789996.8881105084.4741111677.825294240.0696112436.8781113110.335674693.6074103626.746368117.786383742.8823
MAPE3.27603.36393.31673.32533.22053.24762.91973.20423.24222.86613.53913.05953.1381

RBFNNAE−73.9591−57.30061.4359−115.7463−11.4324−103.9494−69.353680.0282145.0666−90.0793−80.4687−4.8787−31.7198
MAE122.8559107.0627125.1804199.8651161.9459204.8784190.0733161.0021145.0666178.5049152.1063180.7679160.7758
MSE15669.787411588.607415777.135440494.514326595.799443189.161837331.357626588.785221332.380931894.730023497.282433025.193927248.7280
MAPE1.77061.59961.47162.06271.57451.97081.80991.65281.54752.08902.02502.40291.8314

EMD-CSAWNNAE−5.8199−40.17893.2302−53.90290.315756.8411−1.4835−2.3791−58.6926−55.7161−59.2555.1392−9.7616
MAE92.5740283.0463483.72504106.387120.3944124.3859128.0547123.5589124.0705116.6259111.4998102.3642109.1557
MSE8608.7746911.9417025.68211341.5314539.9715513.3616423.8215278.0615453.4913635.1612451.611050312183.36
MAPE1.19381.23551.20451.18661.20371.20961.22721.18361.20161.22931.22651.20711.2025