Training and validation sets have included both

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2.2 RBFN Developed at UL

The days after holiday were treated as Mondays, i.e. training and validation sets have included both, Mondays, and the days after holiday, as above.

The days two-day after holiday were treated as Tuesdays, i.e. training and



			- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-
	longs (morning peak, night valley) in k-1-th day
			- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-

		- energy demand at hour t in k-th day,
	- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-
			- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-

The model of 48 hours ahead STLF consists of 24 equations (one per each hour):


			- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-

			- average energy demand at the period, to which the given hour t be-

3 Evaluation of Forecasting Methods

3.1 Evaluation of the RBFN Developed at NTUA