Research Article

A Simple Method of Residential Electricity Load Forecasting by Improved Bayesian Neural Networks

Table 10

Results on analyzing impacts of related input factors.

Inputs impacts (number of input vectors)3 Hidden neurons8 Hidden neurons15 Hidden neurons
Training set (60%)Training set (60%)Training set (60%)
MSERMAPEMSERMAPEMSERMAPE
(%)(%)(%)

1BNN_16 (16)9.02e-28.82e-111.248.71e-28.86e-110.648.48e-28.85e-110.35
2No Load (8)2.77e-15.84e-118.062.63e-15.86e-117.842.32e-16.25e-117.87
3Less T (14)9.07e-28.82e-111.299.02e-28.82e-110.518.13e-28.95e-110.41
4Less RH (14)9.11e-28.78e-111.128.23e-28.85e-110.638.35e-28.89e-110.48
5No T (13)9.21e-28.74e-111.189.10e-28.74e-110.669.07e-28.79e-110.41
6No RH (13)9.26e-28.76e-111.148.81e-28.83e-110.678.43e-28.83e-110.38
7No time (15)8.96e-28.85e-111.119.05e-28.79e-111.108.39e-28.91e-110.78
8No day-type (15)9.64e-28.79e-111.429.15e-28.86e-110.769.04e-28.89e-110.35
9Only Load (8)9.63e-28.70e-111.299.38e-28.76e-111.059.22e-28.83e-110.94
10Only T and Load (9)8.78e-28.88e-111.198.44e-28.90e-110.898.85e-28.83e-110.80
11Time, T and Load (10)9.14e-28.66e-111.178.65e-28.91e-110.868.11e-28.91e-110.52
12day-type, T and Load (10)9.33e-28.77e-111.538.70e-28.81e-111.148.21e-28.90e-110.93
13T, RH and Load (10)9.31e-28.71e-111.238.39e-28.91e-110.908.63e-28.86e-110.65