Electricity Market Forecasting using Artificial Neural Network Models Optimized by Grid Computing

Abstract This paper reports a grid computing approach to parallel-process a neural network time-series model for forecasting electricity market prices. The grid computing of the neural network model not only processes several times faster than a single iterative process but also provides chances of improving forecasting accuracy. A grid-computing environment implemented in a university computing laboratory improves utilization rate of otherwise underused computing resources. Results of numerical tests using the real market data by more than twenty grid-connected PCs are presented.

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