Research Article

A Grey Self-Memory Coupling Prediction Model for Energy Consumption Prediction

Table 2

Comparison of four different models for total energy consumption in China (unit: 10,000 tce).

YearsActual valuesGM modelGM + three-point modelNGM modelNGM + self-memory model
Simulative values (%)Simulative values (%)Simulative values (%)Simulative values (%)

1999140568.82140568.820.00145078.393.21140568.820.00
2000145530.86154097.545.89153607.375.55121587.3916.45
2001150405.80166155.7610.47166470.2810.68142213.095.45145441.983.30
2002159430.99179157.5412.37179496.6712.59162614.722.00160778.730.85
2003183791.82193176.715.11193542.385.31182794.710.54197959.807.71
2004213455.99208292.902.42208687.182.23202755.475.01209398.511.90
2005235996.65224591.934.83225017.064.65222499.395.72229729.692.66
2006258676.30242166.376.38242624.776.21242028.816.44253872.411.86
2007280507.94261116.026.91261610.296.74261346.086.83276202.441.53
2008291448.29281548.493.40282081.443.21280453.493.77296765.501.82
2009306647.15303579.811.00304154.470.81299353.332.38314095.982.43
2010324939.15327335.100.74327954.720.93318047.842.12327720.810.86
2011348001.66352949.251.42353617.351.61336539.263.29341540.941.86
2012361732.01380567.725.21371361.562.66354829.801.91358909.330.78
MAPE (%)4.954.744.422.30

There are no simulative values from year 1999 to 2000 owing to the retrospective order .