Uncertainty management for classification and benchmarking of energy-use preference profiles

TY - GEN

T1 - Uncertainty management for classification and benchmarking of energy-use preference profiles

AU - Franco, Camilo

AU - Nielsen, Kurt

AU - Kerstens, Pieter Jan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - In the present state of information technologies, Big Data and Smart Metering allow very precise readings of human behavior, like e.g. energy consumption from households and firms. Focusing on detailed micro-data profiles representing the users' preferences through time, preferences have to be represented for aggregation into an initial set of informative classes. For such an initial classification, a general frame is required which can be later exploited according to a specific purpose/application, while appropriately handling the uncertainty in human behavior classification. For the former, it is noticed that the aggregation of preferences profiles should maintain its characteristic shape, thus proposing a method for inferring class membership on the basis of proximity between any given profile, and specific (target) examples of the desired profiles. For the latter, a classification based on opposites and neutral categories is suggested. In consequence, identifying the profiles that should be targeted for specific applications, as in market design for demand response. The proposed methodology is applied to the energy sector, using a sample of 1243 firms in Denmark and their hourly energy use throughout 2013, classifying and benchmarking firms according to their green energy efficiency.

AB - In the present state of information technologies, Big Data and Smart Metering allow very precise readings of human behavior, like e.g. energy consumption from households and firms. Focusing on detailed micro-data profiles representing the users' preferences through time, preferences have to be represented for aggregation into an initial set of informative classes. For such an initial classification, a general frame is required which can be later exploited according to a specific purpose/application, while appropriately handling the uncertainty in human behavior classification. For the former, it is noticed that the aggregation of preferences profiles should maintain its characteristic shape, thus proposing a method for inferring class membership on the basis of proximity between any given profile, and specific (target) examples of the desired profiles. For the latter, a classification based on opposites and neutral categories is suggested. In consequence, identifying the profiles that should be targeted for specific applications, as in market design for demand response. The proposed methodology is applied to the energy sector, using a sample of 1243 firms in Denmark and their hourly energy use throughout 2013, classifying and benchmarking firms according to their green energy efficiency.

KW - smart-metering

KW - load curves

KW - fuzzy clustering

KW - preference profiles

KW - peak-valley hours

KW - opposite-neutral typification

KW - ranking and benchmarking

U2 - 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2018.8491532

DO - 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2018.8491532

M3 - Article in proceedings

T3 - IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

SP - 1

EP - 8

BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE)

PB - IEEE

T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Y2 - 8 July 2018 through 13 July 2018

ER -