Research on forward multi-step prediction of EU carbon prices considering multiple factors new evidence from a hybrid model combining secondary decomposition technique and transformer

Hairong Zheng; Sikai Zhuang; Tingting Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322548

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Research on forward multi-step prediction of EU carbon prices considering multiple factors new evidence from a hybrid model combining secondary decomposition technique and transformer

Hairong Zheng,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Sikai Zhuang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Tingting Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lumoszt@163.com

Affiliations School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, Agricultural Artificial Intelligence Center, College of Future and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7612-1883

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Research on forward multi-step prediction of EU carbon prices considering multiple factors new evidence from a hybrid model combining secondary decomposition technique and transformer

Hairong Zheng,
Sikai Zhuang,
Tingting Zhang

Published: June 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322548

About the Authors

Hairong Zheng

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Sikai Zhuang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Tingting Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lumoszt@163.com

Affiliations School of Economics and Management, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, Agricultural Artificial Intelligence Center, College of Future and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7612-1883

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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