Energy planning models (EPMs) play an indispensable role in policy formulation and energy
sector development. The forecasting of energy demand and supply is at the heart of an EPM …

Energy is vital for sustainable development of any nation–be it social, economic or
environment. In the past decade energy consumption has increased exponentially globally …

Accurate electricity consumption forecast has primary importance in the energy planning of
the developing countries. During the last decade several new techniques are being used for …

Forecasting of energy demand in emerging markets is one of the most important policy tools
used by the decision makers all over the world. In Turkey, most of the early studies used …

This study deals with the modeling of the energy consumption in Turkey in order to forecast
future projections based on socio-economic and demographic variables (gross domestic …

In the early 2000s, the Republic of Turkey has initiated an ambitious reform program in her
electricity market, which requires privatization, liberalization as well as a radical …

Developing countries such as Turkey, with their fast growing population and economy, are
facing an increasing demand for energy. Turkey does not possess a sufficient quantity of …

In predicting energy consumption, classic econometric and statistical models are used to
forecast energy consumption. These models may have limitations in an increasingly fast …

This paper proposes a new hybrid method (HAP) for estimating energy demand of Turkey
using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). Proposed …

This study presents an integrated genetic algorithm (GA) and artificial neural network (ANN)
to estimate and predict electricity demand using stochastic procedures. The economic …