Research Article

A Novel Hybrid Approach Based on BAT Algorithm with Artificial Neural Network to Forecast Iran’s Oil Consumption

Table 5

Comparison of various models introduced in the introduction and present studya.

SourceMethodTarget (country)Average relative errors (%)

Toksarı [12]Ant colony algorithmTotal energy (Turkey)1.07
Ceylan et al. [11]Harmony searchTotal energy (Turkey)21.74
Harmony searchTotal energy (Turkey)13.41
Harmony searchTotal energy (Turkey)39.32
Assareh et al. [3]Genetic algorithmOil (Iran)2.83
Genetic algorithmOil (Iran)1.72
Particle swarm optimizationOil (Iran)1.4
Particle swarm optimizationOil (Iran)1.36
Behrang et al. [4]Gravitational search algorithmOil (Iran)1.14
Gravitational search algorithmOil (Iran)1.52
Gravitational search algorithmOil (Iran)1.43
Gravitational search algorithmOil (Iran)3.32
Gravitational search algorithmOil (Iran)1.33
Kıran et al. [9]Particle swarm optimizationElectricity (Turkey)3.99
Particle swarm optimizationElectricity (Turkey)4.406
Artificial bee colonyElectricity (Turkey)3.20
Artificial bee colonyElectricity (Turkey)4.47
Present studyHybrid bat algorithm with artificial neural network (BANN)Oil (Iran)0.0037

The average relative errors are separately based on the testing period of each model.