An Ensemble Model of Attention-Enhanced N-BEATS and XGBoost for District Heating Load Forecasting.
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| Title: | An Ensemble Model of Attention-Enhanced N-BEATS and XGBoost for District Heating Load Forecasting. |
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| Authors: | Yu, Shaohua1 (AUTHOR), Yang, Xiaole2 (AUTHOR), Ye, Hengrui2,3 (AUTHOR), Tang, Daogui3,4 (AUTHOR) guerrero@ieee.org, Arasteh, Hamidreza1,4 (AUTHOR) tangdaogui@gmail.com, Guerrero, Josep M.2,4 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Energies (19961073). Aug2025, Vol. 18 Issue 15, p3984. 22p. |
| Subjects: | Heating load, Deep learning, Ensemble learning, Energy consumption, Heating from central stations, Machine learning |
| Abstract: | Accurate heat load forecasting is essential for the efficiency of District Heating Systems (DHS). Still, it is challenged by the need to model long-term temporal dependencies and nonlinear relationships with weather and other factors. This study proposes a hybrid deep learning framework combining an attention-enhanced Neural Basis Expansion Analysis for Time Series (N-BEATS) model and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The N-BEATS component, with a multi-head self-attention mechanism, captures temporal dynamics, while XGBoost models non-linear impacts of external variables. Predictions are integrated using an optimized weighted averaging strategy. Evaluated on a dataset from 103 heating units, the model outperformed 13 baselines, achieving an MSE of 0.4131, MAE of 0.3732, RMSE of 0.6427, and R2 of 0.9664. This corresponds to a reduction of 32.6% in MSE, 32.0% in MAE, and 17.9% in RMSE, and an improvement of 5.1% in R2 over the best baseline. Ablation studies and statistical tests confirmed the effectiveness of the attention mechanism and ensemble strategy. This model provides an efficient solution for DHS load forecasting, facilitating optimized energy dispatch and enhancing system performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Accurate heat load forecasting is essential for the efficiency of District Heating Systems (DHS). Still, it is challenged by the need to model long-term temporal dependencies and nonlinear relationships with weather and other factors. This study proposes a hybrid deep learning framework combining an attention-enhanced Neural Basis Expansion Analysis for Time Series (N-BEATS) model and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The N-BEATS component, with a multi-head self-attention mechanism, captures temporal dynamics, while XGBoost models non-linear impacts of external variables. Predictions are integrated using an optimized weighted averaging strategy. Evaluated on a dataset from 103 heating units, the model outperformed 13 baselines, achieving an MSE of 0.4131, MAE of 0.3732, RMSE of 0.6427, and R2 of 0.9664. This corresponds to a reduction of 32.6% in MSE, 32.0% in MAE, and 17.9% in RMSE, and an improvement of 5.1% in R2 over the best baseline. Ablation studies and statistical tests confirmed the effectiveness of the attention mechanism and ensemble strategy. This model provides an efficient solution for DHS load forecasting, facilitating optimized energy dispatch and enhancing system performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 19961073 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en18153984 |
