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Many studies have demonstrated that combining forecasts improves accuracy relative to individual forecasts. In this paper, the combing forecasts is used to improve on individual forecasts is investigated. A combining approach based on the modified Group Method Data Handling (GMDH) method and genetic algorithm (GA), is called as the GAGMDH model is proposed. Four time series forecasting techniqu...

The EU-sponsored EnerGEO project aims at providing decision makers with a modelling platform to assess the environmental impacts of different sources of renewable energy. One of the pillars of the project is the Wind Energy Pilot, addressing the effects of offshore wind parks on air pollution and energy use. The methods used in the pilot and the underlying environmental databases are integrated...

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When attempting to code faces for modelling or recognition, estimates of dimensions are typically obtained from an ensemble. These tend to be significantly sub-optimal. Each face contains both predictable and non-predictable qualities; only the predictable aspects are useful for defining coding systems for other faces. Additional information, not coded via the ensemble, is still available. We s...

31 Climate models are essential tools for assessing future climate change. In making predictions, it 32 is beneficial to examine simulations from various models that are developed at centers around the 33 world. The simple average over an ensemble of such models is often taken as the optimal 34 prediction, which in studies of current climate is demonstrated as being more accurate than 35 relyin...

U nderstanding and mitigating the effects of disasters requires the integration of research and practice in multiple science, engineering, technology, and social science fields to create a world that’s more resilient in terms of public safety, economic strength, and collective welfare. The January/February 2011 issue of CiSE explored hurricane prediction.1 Hurricanes are one of many natural dis...

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forecasting of macroeconomic variables has specific importance in economic topics. indeed, different models are invented to forecast variables to help economic policy makers in adopting appropriate monetary and fiscal policies. in this paper, the performance of integrated model of input-output (io) and neural network is investigated in forecasting final demand and total production and the resul...