New advanced method and cost-based indices applied to probabilistic forecasting of photovoltaic generation

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bracale, Antonio ^a   Carpinelli, Guido ^b   De Falco, Pasquale ^b   Rizzo, Renato ^b   Russo, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; INFERENCE ENGINES;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; SHORT-TERM FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84966351171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19417012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4946798     Document Type: Article

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