Big Data in Electric Power Engineering
摘要
The Benford’s Law is used to predict leading digit frequencies in a given dataset, including electricity consumption. As a result, Benfords Law is used to recognize anomalies in electricity consumption patterns and criminal behavior. Benford’s Law analyses data from smart meters to consider a consumption pattern and predict demand. Despite its benefits, the application is problematic due to, among other aspects, the limitation of small sample sizes and the likelihood of testing data tampering. Additionally, to this, such a high level of expertise is required to interpret results, making the application even more difficult.