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A Unified Explanation Framework for Probabilistic Load Forecasting Via Feature Uncertainty Propagation

Wang, Zhixian
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Yang, Linxiao
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Wang, Chenxi
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2025
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

The integration of renewable energy in modern power systems has increased the stochasticity of load patterns. Probabilistic load forecasting (PLF) acts as a solution to capture the uncertainty of load data. Especially, neural network (NN)-based models can be flexibly adapted for PLF. However, the black-box characteristic of NN makes it difficult for us to understand where the uncertainty comes from, thereby reducing the reliability of the forecast. This paper provides a model-agnostic NN explanation framework for PLF, attributing the uncertainty quantification of the probabilistic forecast to the uncertainty of the input feature to evaluate where the uncertainty in the forecast comes from. Unlike traditional deep learning explanation techniques that examine how the information of the feature affects the result, our explanation focuses on exploring how the uncertainty of the feature affects the result. In this way, we can know the uncertainty and error sources of PLF and further understand its mechanism, which can help reduce the adverse effects of data uncertainty on forecasts.

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research article
DOI
10.1109/TPWRS.2025.3616422
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105018195308

Author(s)
Wang, Zhixian

The University of Hong Kong

Yang, Linxiao

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Wang, Chenxi

The University of Hong Kong

Sun, Liang

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Porté-Agel, Fernando  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Wang, Yi

The University of Hong Kong

Date Issued

2025

Published in
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Subjects

explainable artificial intelligence

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Probabilistic load forecasting

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uncertainty quantification

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October 17, 2025
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