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Graph-based algorithms for comparison and prediction of household-level energy use profiles

Charlton, N., Vukadinovic Greetham, D. and Singleton, C. (2013) Graph-based algorithms for comparison and prediction of household-level energy use profiles. In: IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Energy Systems, 14 Nov 2013, Wienna, pp. 119-124.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWIES.2013.6698572

Abstract/Summary

We present an efficient graph-based algorithm for quantifying the similarity of household-level energy use profiles, using a notion of similarity that allows for small time–shifts when comparing profiles. Experimental results on a real smart meter data set demonstrate that in cases of practical interest our technique is far faster than the existing method for computing the same similarity measure. Having a fast algorithm for measuring profile similarity improves the efficiency of tasks such as clustering of customers and cross-validation of forecasting methods using historical data. Furthermore, we apply a generalisation of our algorithm to produce substantially better household-level energy use forecasts from historical smart meter data.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > Centre for the Mathematics of Human Behaviour (CMOHB)
ID Code:33465

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