<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article describes a project conducted in conjunction with the Central Statistics Office of Ireland in response to a planned national rollout of smart electricity metering in Ireland. We investigate how this new data source might be used for the purpose of official statistics production. This study specifically looks at the question of determining household composition from electricity smart meter data using both Neural Networks (a supervised machine learning approach) and Elastic Net Logistic regression. An overview of both classification techniques is given. Results for both approaches are presented with analysis. We find that the smart meter data alone is limited in its capability to distinguish between household categories but that it does provide some useful insights.</p></abstract>

This article describes a project conducted in conjunction with the Central Statistics Office of Ireland in response to a planned national rollout of smart electricity metering in Ireland. We investigate how this new data source might be used for the purpose of official statistics production. This study specifically looks at the question of determining household composition from electricity smart meter data using both Neural Networks (a supervised machine learning approach) and Elastic Net Logistic regression. An overview of both classification techniques is given. Results for both approaches are presented with analysis. We find that the smart meter data alone is limited in its capability to distinguish between household categories but that it does provide some useful insights.

Household Classification Using Smart Meter Data

Journal of Official Statistics

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This article describes a project conducted in conjunction with the Central Statistics Office of Ireland in response to a planned national rollout of smart...

Household Classification Using Smart Meter Data

Published Online: Mar 01, 2018

Page range: 1 - 25

Received: May 01, 2015

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2018-0001

Keywords
Neural network, elastic net logistic regression, classification system, household composition, smart meter data

© by Paula Carroll

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Household Classification Using Smart Meter Data

Published Online: Mar 01, 2018

Page range: 1 - 25

Received: May 01, 2015

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2018-0001

KeywordsNeural network, elastic net logistic regression, classification system, household composition, smart meter data

© by Paula Carroll

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Neural network, elastic net logistic regression, classification system, household composition, smart meter data