Analysis of Predictive Models for Revealing Household Characteristics using Smart Grid Data

Abstract

The Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) has revolutionized the smart grid network, generating vast amounts of data that can be utilized for diverse objectives, one of which is Household Characteristics Classification (HCC). This can help the utility provider profile their customers and tailor their services to meet customer needs. To accomplish this task, we evaluated multiple Machine learning HCC models, with a focus on CNN-based models due to their wide popularity in the field of smart grid signal classification. We evaluated 1D and 2D variants of four different CNN architectures. Our experimental analysis revealed that ResNet-based models achieved the best performance on the task of HCC. Also, we found that 2D models tends to perform better than 1D variants.