Dual-model approach for concurrent forecasting of electricity prices and loads in smart grids: Comparison of sparse encoder NAR and GA-optimized LSTM

Nasir Nauman; Sheeraz Akram; Muhammad Rashid; Arfan Jaffar; Sohail Masood Bhatti; Benish Fida

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330024

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Dual-model approach for concurrent forecasting of electricity prices and loads in smart grids: Comparison of sparse encoder NAR and GA-optimized LSTM

Nasir Nauman ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: phcs-s22-005@superior.edu.pk

Affiliations Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, The Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan, Intelligent Data Visual Computing Research (IDVCR), Lahore, Pakistan, Department of Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8652-6053

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Sheeraz Akram,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliations Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, The Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan, Intelligent Data Visual Computing Research (IDVCR), Lahore, Pakistan, Information Systems Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad Rashid,

Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, National University of Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2796-4594

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Arfan Jaffar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, The Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan, Intelligent Data Visual Computing Research (IDVCR), Lahore, Pakistan
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Sohail Masood Bhatti,

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

Affiliations Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, The Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan, Intelligent Data Visual Computing Research (IDVCR), Lahore, Pakistan
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Benish Fida

Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, National University of Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Dual-model approach for concurrent forecasting of electricity prices and loads in smart grids: Comparison of sparse encoder NAR and GA-optimized LSTM

Nasir Nauman,
Sheeraz Akram,
Muhammad Rashid,
Arfan Jaffar,
Sohail Masood Bhatti,
Benish Fida

Published: September 18, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330024

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