Prediction of Energy Production Level in Large PV Plants through AUTO-Encoder Based Neural-Network (AUTO-NN) with Restricted Boltzmann Feature Extraction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Related Works
3. Proposed Model
3.1. Dataset Description
3.2. Preprocessing of Training Data
3.3. Feature Extraction Using Restricted Boltzmann Machine
3.4. Similarity Finding
Algorithm 1: AUTO-encoder-based Neural Network (AUTO-NN) Algorithm |
In: Rx(t), x = 1,2,…n Out: Out_x(t), out = 1,2,…K and (K + 1)_t of every Out_x(t), For lay = 0 to lay-1 do Ki(hi) = Direct(hi) + ki For every lay do Initiate {u,v{h<-discrimate (low) and discrimate (low)} Find the weight (wei)<-0 Disc(sample),{low, high} For wei (k); k = 1,2…N(iteration) K > s = {{a1,b1},{a2,b2,}…{an,bn}} K becomes shrouded layer (sh) Sh = {1,2,…HH}.g where g = x(t) Compute fx(t) Update fx(t) as concealed unit I(t) = fx(t) < concealed units then Foundation = testing else foundation = concealed units end if end for |
3.5. Similarity Updating
4. Comparative Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | RBNN | ANN | DBN | AUTO-NN |
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RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) | 64.00 | 62.20 | 60.52 | 58.72 |
nRMSE (Normalized Root Mean Square Error) | 67.48 | 66.58 | 64.74 | 62.72 |
MAE (Mean Absolute Error) | 57.26 | 56.20 | 51.16 | 48.66 |
MaxAE (Maximum Absolute Error) | 53.48 | 51.66 | 50.54 | 48.04 |
MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) | 57.96 | 54.12 | 48.96 | 46.76 |
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Ramesh, G.; Logeshwaran, J.; Kiruthiga, T.; Lloret, J. Prediction of Energy Production Level in Large PV Plants through AUTO-Encoder Based Neural-Network (AUTO-NN) with Restricted Boltzmann Feature Extraction. Future Internet 2023, 15, 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020046
Ramesh G, Logeshwaran J, Kiruthiga T, Lloret J. Prediction of Energy Production Level in Large PV Plants through AUTO-Encoder Based Neural-Network (AUTO-NN) with Restricted Boltzmann Feature Extraction. Future Internet. 2023; 15(2):46. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020046
Chicago/Turabian StyleRamesh, Ganapathy, Jaganathan Logeshwaran, Thangavel Kiruthiga, and Jaime Lloret. 2023. "Prediction of Energy Production Level in Large PV Plants through AUTO-Encoder Based Neural-Network (AUTO-NN) with Restricted Boltzmann Feature Extraction" Future Internet 15, no. 2: 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020046
APA StyleRamesh, G., Logeshwaran, J., Kiruthiga, T., & Lloret, J. (2023). Prediction of Energy Production Level in Large PV Plants through AUTO-Encoder Based Neural-Network (AUTO-NN) with Restricted Boltzmann Feature Extraction. Future Internet, 15(2), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020046