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Table 8 MAPE and RMSE results by periods, for overall forecasting accuracy

From: Load forecasting for energy communities: a novel LSTM-XGBoost hybrid model based on smart meter data

Evaluated period

MAPE (overall) [%] / RMSE (overall)

SLP

LSTM

LSTM SM

LSTM SM XGB

01.01–30.01.

24.85 / 3.52

19.63 / 3.70

18.25 / 3.27

17.98 / 3.23

31.01.–01.03.

25.64 / 3.87

19.42 / 3.20

25.35 / 3.87

25.04 / 3.83

02.03.–31.03.

24.05 / 3.94

17.82 / 2.79

11.18 / 2.14

11.04 / 2.11

01.04.–30.04.

24.95 / 3.97

25.63 / 3.00

19.40 / 2.83

19.13 / 2.79

01.05.–30.05.

28.03 / 4.71

24.81 / 2.84

23.57 / 2.79

23.61 / 2.79

31.05.–29.06.

27.53 / 4.78

28.50 / 3.33

10.71 / 1.60

10.70 / 1.59

30.06.–29.07.

27.76 / 4.81

16.69 / 1.96

11.00 / 1.41

11.15 / 1.43

30.07.–28.08.

27.01 / 4.87

23.68 / 2.60

20.41 / 2.35

20.39 / 2.35

29.08.–27.09.

28.64 / 4.90

21.61 / 2.68

17.36 / 2.06

17.40 / 2.06

28.09.–27.10.

27.19 / 4.46

16.89 / 2.19

11.29 / 1.73

11.20 / 1.71

28.10.–26.11.

21.50 / 3.21

17.38 / 2.52

15.39 / 2.74

14.99 / 2.67

27.11.–26.12.

26.20 / 3.71

27.63 / 4.13

19.52 / 3.36

19.16 / 3.30

Average

26.11 / 4.23

21.64 / 2.91

16.95 / 2.51

16.81 / 2.49

  1. Best values in respective rows highlighted in bold font and underlined