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ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Volume 141, Issue -, Pages 114-123Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2016.07.002
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Clustering; Daily load; Expectation maximization; Spectral clustering; Fuzzy c-Means
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This paper illustrates and compares the ability of several clustering algorithms to correctly associate a given aggregate daily electrical load curve with its corresponding day of the week. In particular, popular clustering algorithms like the Fuzzy c-Means, Spectral Clustering and Expectation Maximization are compared, and it is shown that the best results are obtained if the daily data are compressed with respect to a single feature, namely the so-called Morning Slope. Such a feature-based clustering appears to outperform the clustering results obtained upon using other classic features, and also with respect to using other conventional compression methods, such as the Principal Component Analysis, in all the examined European countries. This result is particularly interesting, as this feature provides a direct physical interpretation that can be used to obtain insights on the structure of the daily load profiles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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