HMM filtering and parameter estimation of an electricity spot price model
In this paper we develop a model for electricity spot price dynamics. The spot price is assumed to follow an exponential Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process with an added compound Poisson process. In this way, the model allows for mean-reversion and possible jumps. All parameters are modulated by a hidden Markov chain in discrete time. They are able to switch between different economic regimes representing the interaction of various factors. Through the application of reference probability technique, adaptive filters are derived, which in turn, provide optimal estimates for the state of the Markov chain and related quantities of the observation process. The EM algorithm is applied to find optimal estimates of the model parameters in terms of the recursive filters. We implement this self-calibrating model on a deseasonalised series of daily spot electricity prices from the Nordic exchange Nord Pool. On the basis of one-step ahead forecasts, we found that the model is able to capture the empirical characteristics of Nord Pool spot prices.
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2010
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Authors: | Erlwein, Christina ; Benth, Fred Espen ; Mamon, Rogemar |
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Energy Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0140-9883. - Vol. 32.2010, 5, p. 1034-1043
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Adaptive filters Forecasting Hidden Markov model Parameter estimation Electricity spot price |
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