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Long-Term Load Forecasting Considering Volatility Using Multiplicative Error Model
Long-term load forecasting plays a vital role for utilities and planners in
terms of grid development and expansion planning. An overestimate of long-term
electricity load will result in substantial wasted investment in the
construction of excess power facilities, while an underestimate of future load
will result in insufficient generation and unmet demand. This paper presents
first-of-its-kind approach to use multiplicative error model (MEM) in
forecasting load for long-term horizon. MEM originates from the structure of
autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (ARCH) model where conditional
variance is dynamically parameterized and it multiplicatively interacts with an
innovation term of time-series. Historical load data, accessed from a U.S.
regional transmission operator, and recession data for years 1993-2016 is used
in this study. The superiority of considering volatility is proven by
out-of-sample forecast results as well as directional accuracy during the great
economic recession of 2008. To incorporate future volatility, backtesting of
MEM model is performed. Two performance indicators used to assess the proposed
model are mean absolute percentage error (for both in-sample model fit and
out-of-sample forecasts) and directional accuracy.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures, 3 table
Quantum Chinos Game: winning strategies through quantum fluctuations
We apply several quantization schemes to simple versions of the Chinos game.
Classically, for two players with one coin each, there is a symmetric stable
strategy that allows each player to win half of the times on average. A partial
quantization of the game (semiclassical) allows us to find a winning strategy
for the second player, but it is unstable w.r.t. the classical strategy.
However, in a fully quantum version of the game we find a winning strategy for
the first player that is optimal: the symmetric classical situation is broken
at the quantum level.Comment: REVTEX4.b4 file, 3 table
A massively parallel exponential integrator for advection-diffusion models
This work considers the Real Leja Points Method (ReLPM) for the exponential integration of large-scale sparse systems of ODEs, generated by Finite Element or Finite Difference discretizations of 3-D advection-diffusion models. We present an efficient parallel implementation of ReLPM for polynomial interpolation of the matrix exponential propagators. A scalability analysis of the most important computational kernel inside the code, the parallel sparse matrix\u2013vector product, has been performed, as well as an experimental study of the communication overhead. As a result of this study an optimized parallel sparse matrix\u2013vector product routine has been implemented. The resulting code shows good scaling behavior even when using more than one thousand processors. The numerical results presented on a number of very large test cases gives experimental evidence that ReLPM is a reliable and efficient tool for the simulation of complex hydrodynamic processes on parallel architectures
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Gauge-invariant tree-level photoproduction amplitudes with form factors
We show how the gauge-invariance formulation given by Haberzettl is
implemented in practice for photoproduction amplitudes at the tree level with
form factors describing composite nucleons. We demonstrate that, in contrast to
Ohta's gauge-invariance prescription, this formalism allows electric current
contributions to be multiplied by a form factor, i.e., it does not require that
they be treated like bare currents. While different in detail, this
nevertheless lends support to previous ad hoc approaches which multiply the
Born amplitudes by an overall form factor. Numerical results for kaon
photoproduction off the nucleon are given. They show that the gauge procedure
by Haberzettl leads to much improved values as compared to Ohta's
prescription.Comment: 5 pages, RevTeX, two eps figure
Dynamical coupled-channel approach to hadronic and electromagnetic production of kaon-hyperon on the proton
A dynamical coupled-channel formalism for processes and
is presented which provides a comprehensive investigation of
recent data on the reaction. The non-resonant
interactions within the subspace are derived from effective
Lagrangians, using a unitary transformation method. The calculations of
photoproduction amplitudes are simplified by casting the coupled-channel
equations into a form such that the empirical amplitudes
are input and only the parameters associated with the channel are
determined by performing -fits to all of the available data for and . Good
agreement between our models and those data are obtained. In the fits to channels, most of the parameters are constrained within of
the values given by the Particle Data Group and/or quark model predictions,
while for parameters, ranges compatible with broken
symmetry are imposed. The main reaction mechanisms in photoproduction are singled out and issues related to newly suggested
resonances , , and are studied. Results illustrating
the importance of using a coupled-channel treatment are reported. Meson cloud
effects on the transitions are also discussed.Comment: Accepted Physical Review
Form factors and photoproduction amplitudes
We examine the use of phenomenological form factors in tree level amplitudes
for meson photoproduction. Two common recipes are shown to be fundamentally
incorrect. An alternate form consistent with gauge invariance and crossing
symmetry is proposed.Comment: To be published in PR
Per capita de água frente as condições climáticas Cuiabá-MT, Brasil
O estudo teve por objetivo a determinação da intensidade de interveniência das variáveis climáticas sobre a
quota per capita de água, bem como sua forma de comportamento frente a diferentes condições climáticas na cidade
de Cuiabá, estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. A metodologia empregada fundamentou-se na coleta de uma serie histórica
de dados junto a diversas instituições do estado de Mato Grosso, no tratamento dos dados, proposição de modelos de
regressão com diferentes modelos (lineares, polinomiais, exponenciais de natureza logarÃtmica e aritmética), analise de
trajetórias e analise fatorial. Os resultados indicaram a não associação entre as variáveis originais, no entanto, verificou-se
fraco intercorrelacionamento intrÃnseco entre as variáveis de clima e consumo per capita de água.Peer Reviewe
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Alternative iterative methods for nonexpansive mappings, rates of convergence and applications
Alternative iterative methods for a nonexpansive mapping in a Banach space are
proposed and proved to be convergent to a common solution to a fixed point problem and
a variational inequality. We give rates of asymptotic regularity for such iterations using
proof-theoretic techniques. Some applications of the convergence results are presented
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