AUTHOR=Jiang Feng , Zhang Wenya , Peng Zijun TITLE=Multivariate Adaptive Step Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm Optimized Generalized Regression Neural Network for Short-Term Power Load Forecasting JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.873939 DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2022.873939 ISSN=2296-665X ABSTRACT=

Short-term load forecasting plays a significant role in the management of power plants. In this paper, we propose a multivariate adaptive step fruit fly optimization algorithm (MAFOA) to optimize the smoothing parameter of the generalized regression neural network (GRNN) in the short-term power load forecasting. In addition, due to the substantial impact of some external factors including temperature, weather types, and date types on the short-term power load, we take these factors into account and propose an efficient interval partition technique to handle the unstructured data. To verify the performance of MAFOA-GRNN, the power load data are used for empirical analysis in Wuhan City, China. The empirical results demonstrate that the forecasting accuracy of the MAFOA applied to the GRNN outperforms the benchmark methods.