Univariate and multivariate forecasting of hourly solar radiation with artificial intelligence techniques

Solar Energy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Sfetsos, A ^a   Coonick, A H ^b  

^a Imp Coll of Sci Technol and Med ^*  (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY SETS; METEOROLOGY; RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADAPTIVE NEURO FUZZY INFERENCE; LINEAR METHODS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0034140815     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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