EUNITE.Reg: EUNITE Competition – Regressors for Load Forecasting
Description
Daily holiday and weekday indicators used as regressors in the EUNITE load forecasting competition.
Data Type: Categorical indicators. Category: Benchmark. Observations: 730 (1997–1998).
This dataset provides binary holiday flags and weekday identifiers to support the prediction of daily maximum electrical loads.
It complements the datasets EUNITE.Loads and EUNITE.Temp.
A test set with corresponding regressors for January 1999 is available.
Usage
data(EUNITE.Reg)
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 730 rows and 3 columns:
Holiday
Binary indicator (1 = holiday, 0 = regular day).
Weekday
Integer encoding (1 = Sunday, ..., 7 = Saturday).
split
Split into train and test
Details
Regressors complement the load profiles by providing daily-level covariates (e.g., holidays and weekdays),
which are known to improve forecast accuracy when used with temperature.
References
Chen, B.-J., Chang, M.-W., & Lin, C.-J. (2004). Load forecasting using support vector machines: a study on EUNITE competition 2001. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 19(4), 1821-1830.