A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Architectures for Short-Term Energy Consumption Forecasting Using Time-Based Weather Data
摘要
Forecasting energy consumption is very important in modern energy management, essential for grid stability, cost optimization, and resource planning. Machine learning is widely used but, the selection of the correct forecasting model remains challenge. This paper presents a comparison of three deep learning models for energy forecasting: Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and Temporal Convolutional Network (TCN). Each model is then trained and tested on a real-world energy consumption dataset with time-based features. The performance is then measured using Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Mean Squared Error (MSE). The highest performing model is also used to generate a 30-day forecast, showing its practical applicability for future energy planning.