Optimization of an artificial neural network dedicated to the multivariate forecasting of daily global radiation

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 348-359

  Voyant, Cyril ^a,b   Muselli, M ^a   Paoli, Christophe ^a   Nivet, Marie Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b Castelluccio Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Energy prediction; Processing; PV plant; Stationarity; Time series forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TIME SERIES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENERGY PREDICTION; PV PLANTS; STATIONARITY; TIME SERIES FORECASTING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCRETE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES; WINTER;

EID: 78650780734     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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