Probabilistic forecasting of solar power: An ensemble learning approach

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-458

  Mohammed, Azhar Ahmed ^a   Yaqub, Waheeb ^a   Aung, Zeyar ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ensemble learning; Pinball loss function; Probabilistic forecasting; Solar power

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENSEMBLE APPROACHES; ENSEMBLE LEARNING; ENSEMBLE LEARNING APPROACH; LOSS FUNCTIONS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84944454212     PISSN: 21903018     EISSN: 21903026     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19857-6_38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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