The Global Energy Forecasting Competition (GEFCom2012) attracted hundreds of participants worldwide, who contributed many novel ideas to the energy forecasting field. This paper introduces both tracks of GEFCom2012, hierarchical load forecasting and wind power forecasting, with details on the...

In the paper, the author proposes a classification algorithm of control chart abnormal pattern recognition based on migration learning (ML) and support vector machine (SVM) for the problem of slow identification of abnormal patterns in control charts caused by the use of offline data analysis...

This study examines the effect of retail investor-firm communications (RIFC) on corporate ESG performance. Exploiting the unique setting of Chinese investor interactive platforms which enable retail investors to pose questions and require firm answers, we show that RIFC significantly improves...

Previous studies report mixed findings on the causal relationship between language diversity and its representation of cultural diversity, and economic and social development. We consider language relatedness a prerequisite for language diversity research, and theoretically analyze the impact of...