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@ARTICLE{Cramer:917556,
author = {Cramer, Eike and Witthaut, Dirk and Mitsos, Alexander and
Dahmen, Manuel},
title = {{M}ultivariate {P}robabilistic {F}orecasting of {I}ntraday
{E}lectricity {P}rices using {N}ormalizing {F}lows},
publisher = {arXiv},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-00758},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Electricity is traded on various markets with different
time horizons and regulations. Short-term intraday trading
becomes increasingly important due to the higher penetration
of renewables. In Germany, the intraday electricity price
typically fluctuates around the day-ahead price of the EPEX
spot markets in a distinct hourly pattern. This work
proposes a probabilistic modeling approach that models the
intraday price difference to the day-ahead contracts. The
model captures the emerging hourly pattern by considering
the four 15min intervals in each day-ahead price interval as
a four-dimensional joint probability distribution. The
resulting nontrivial, multivariate price difference
distribution is learned using a normalizing flow, i.e., a
deep generative model that combines conditional multivariate
density estimation and probabilistic regression.
Furthermore, this work discusses the influence of different
external impact factors based on literature insights and
impact analysis using explainable artificial intelligence
(XAI). The normalizing flow is compared to an informed
selection of historical data and probabilistic forecasts
using a Gaussian copula and a Gaussian regression model.
Among the different models, the normalizing flow identifies
the trends with the highest accuracy and has the narrowest
prediction intervals. Both the XAI analysis and the
empirical experiments highlight that the immediate history
of the price difference realization and the increments of
the day-ahead price have the most substantial impact on the
price difference.},
keywords = {Machine Learning (cs.LG) (Other) / FOS: Computer and
information sciences (Other)},
cin = {IEK-10},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-10-20170217},
pnm = {1121 - Digitalization and Systems Technology for
Flexibility Solutions (POF4-112) / HDS LEE - Helmholtz
School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy (HDS LEE)
(HDS-LEE-20190612)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1121 / G:(DE-Juel1)HDS-LEE-20190612},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)25},
doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2205.13826},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/917556},
}