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Biography |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Acronyms |
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1.1 Renewable energy focus |
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1.2 Wind energy: issues and challenges |
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1.3 Machine learning in allied areas of wind energy |
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1.4 Scope and outline of the book 6 References |
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2 Wind energy fundamentals |
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2.2 Wind resource assessment |
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2.3 Wind speed distribution |
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2.3.1 Probability density functions for wind speed |
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2.4 Wind turbine micrositing |
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3 Paradigms in wind forecasting |
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3.1 Introduction to time series |
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3.2 Wind forecasting: overview |
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3.2.1 Techniques based on prediction horizon |
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3.2.2 Techniques based on methods of forecasting |
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3.4 Machine learning-based models |
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3.5 Hybrid wind forecasting methods |
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4 Supervised machine learning models based on support vector regression |
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4.1 Support vector regression |
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4.2 e-support vector regression |
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4.3 Least-square support vector regression |
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4.4 Twin support vector regression |
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4.5 e-twin support vector regression |
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5 Decision tree ensemble-based regression models |
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5.1 Random forest regression |
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5.1.1 Monthly rainfall prediction: a case study |
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5.1.2 Crude oil price prediction: a case study |
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5.2 Gradient boosted machines |
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5.2.1 Monthly rainfall prediction: a case study |
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5.2.2 Crude oil price prediction: a case study 71 References |
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6 Hybrid machine intelligent wind speed forecasting models |
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6.3 Framework of hybrid forecasting |
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6.4 Results and discussion |
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6.5 Empirical mode decomposition-based SVR variants for wind speed prediction |
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7 Ramp prediction in wind farms |
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7.1 Ramp events in scientific and engineering activities |
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7.1.1 Reservoir wall: a case study from Valsad, Gujarat |
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7.1.2 Forest risk management: a case study |
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7.1.3 Strawberry cultivation case study, Monterey, CA |
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7.1.4 Air quality: a case study for Bogota, Colombia |
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7.2 Ramp events in wind farms |
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7.2.1 Ramp event error analysis for fi-SVR and LS-SVR |
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7.2.2 Ramp event error analysis for TSVR and e-TSVR |
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7.2.3 Case study for ramp event analysis |
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7.3 Ramp event analysis for onshore and offshore wind farms |
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7.3.1 Case study for onshore and offshore wind farms |
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7.3.2 Discussion on uncertainties in ramp events |
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8 Supervised learning for forecasting in presence of wind wakes |
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8.2.1 Jensen's and Frandsen's single wake models |
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8.2.2 Proposed model for wind wakes |
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8.2.3 Case study for single-wake model |
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8.2.4 Multiple-wake model |
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8.3 Wake effect in wind forecasting |
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8.4.1 Forecasting results for five-turbine wind farm layout |
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8.4.2 Forecasting results for 15-turbine wind farm |
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A Introduction to R for machine learning regression |
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A.1.1 Data handling via vectors, lists, and data frames |
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A.1.2 Importing data through xlsx and csvfiles 173 A.1.3. Line plots, histograms, and autocorrelation function for wind speed in R |
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A.1.4 Parameter estimation for wind speed probability density functions in R |
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A.2 Linear regression analysis in R |
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177 | (2) |
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A.3 Support vector regression in R |
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A.4 Random forest regression in R |
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A.5 Gradient boosted machines in R |
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