LAPSE:2023.7250
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LAPSE:2023.7250
Identification of Nontechnical Losses in Distribution Systems Adding Exogenous Data and Artificial Intelligence
Marcelo Bruno Capeletti, Bruno Knevitz Hammerschmitt, Renato Grethe Negri, Fernando Guilherme Kaehler Guarda, Lucio Rene Prade, Nelson Knak Neto, Alzenira da Rosa Abaide
February 24, 2023
Nontechnical losses (NTL) are irregularities in the consumption of electricity and mainly caused by theft and fraud. NTLs can be characterized as outliers in historical data series. The use of computational tools to identify outliers is the subject of research around the world, and in this context, artificial neural networks (ANN) are applicable. ANNs are machine learning models that learn through experience, and their performance is associated with the quality of the training data together with the optimization of the model’s architecture and hyperparameters. This article proposes a complete solution (end-to-end) using the ANN multilayer perceptron (MLP) model with supervised classification learning. For this, data mining concepts are applied to exogenous data, specifically the ambient temperature, and endogenous data from energy companies. The association of these data results in the improvement of the model’s input data that impact the identification of consumer units with NTLs. The test results show the importance of combining exogenous and endogenous data, which obtained a 0.0213 improvement in ROC-AUC and a 6.26% recall (1).
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artificial neural networks, Big Data, data mining, exogenous data, hyperparameter optimization, nontechnical losses, outliers identification, power system distribution
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Capeletti MB, Hammerschmitt BK, Negri RG, Guarda FGK, Prade LR, Knak Neto N, Abaide ADR. Identification of Nontechnical Losses in Distribution Systems Adding Exogenous Data and Artificial Intelligence. (2023). LAPSE:2023.7250
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Capeletti MB: Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [ORCID]
Hammerschmitt BK: Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [ORCID]
Negri RG: Technologic Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Guarda FGK: Santa Maria Technical and Industrial School, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Prade LR: Polytechnic School, University of Vale dos Sinos, São Leopoldo 93022-750, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Knak Neto N: Academic Coordination, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cachoeira do Sul 96503-205, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [ORCID]
Abaide ADR: Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Energies
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15
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23
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8794
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2022
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2022-11-22
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1996-1073
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