Energy planning models (EPMs) play an indispensable role in policy formulation and energy
sector development. The forecasting of energy demand and supply is at the heart of an EPM …

In the European Union, the building sector is one of the largest energy consumer with about
40% of the final energy consumption. Reducing consumption is also a sociological …

Energy is vital for sustainable development of any nation–be it social, economic or
environment. In the past decade energy consumption has increased exponentially globally …

Energy demand forecasting is an important issue for governments, energy sector investors
and other related corporations. Although there are several forecasting techniques, selection …

This study deals with the modeling of the energy consumption in Turkey in order to forecast
future projections based on socio-economic and demographic variables (gross domestic …

In the early 2000s, the Republic of Turkey has initiated an ambitious reform program in her
electricity market, which requires privatization, liberalization as well as a radical …

This study addresses the problem of modeling the electricity demand loads in Greece. The
provided actual load data is deseasonilized and an AutoRegressive Moving Average …

The accelerating use of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution and the rapid destruction
of forests causes a significant increase in greenhouse gases. The increasing threat of global …

This study presents an integrated genetic algorithm (GA) and artificial neural network (ANN)
to estimate and predict electricity demand using stochastic procedures. The economic …

An evolutionary algorithm was applied to study the complex interactions between medium
parameters and their effects on the isolation of denitrifying bacteria, both in number and in …