Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.

This paper proposes a research framework based on semi-hierarchical control, analyzes the mechanism of gas instead of oil in China's logistics industry, and uses several forecasting methods to forecast. The research findings include that: (1) the driving mechanism of substitution of natural gas...

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Main Authors: Chongyan Li, Fuzhong Wang
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325788
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description This paper proposes a research framework based on semi-hierarchical control, analyzes the mechanism of gas instead of oil in China's logistics industry, and uses several forecasting methods to forecast. The research findings include that: (1) the driving mechanism of substitution of natural gas for gasoline and diesel indicates that natural gas is encouraged by China's policies and the cost of use is lower, China's logistics industry will reduce its dependence on gasoline and diesel. (2) By using grey forecasting method, regression trend method and Bass model to forecast natural gas consumption in logistics industry, they show that the forecasting results under different circumstances are helpful for China's government departments to estimate the consumption trend of natural gas in logistics industry according to different market environments. (3) Based on the reverse feedback mechanism of semi -hierarchical control, combined forecasting methods are established, the hard problem that the combined forecasting coefficients are also solved. Combined forecasting methods are useful complements to meet the forecasting demands of logistics industry's natural gas consumption, and further improve the forecasting accuracy. (4) According to mean relative error, the error percentages of grey forecasting, regression trend method and Bass model are respectively in 5.373%, 2.9%, and 5.94%, the error percentages of combined forecasting methods are within 2.9%-3.1%, the combined forecasting methods have better forecasting stability.
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spelling doaj-art-42dc8f3ce72b42dba083c3b4e157f07c2025-08-20T02:06:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01206e032578810.1371/journal.pone.0325788Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.Chongyan LiFuzhong WangThis paper proposes a research framework based on semi-hierarchical control, analyzes the mechanism of gas instead of oil in China's logistics industry, and uses several forecasting methods to forecast. The research findings include that: (1) the driving mechanism of substitution of natural gas for gasoline and diesel indicates that natural gas is encouraged by China's policies and the cost of use is lower, China's logistics industry will reduce its dependence on gasoline and diesel. (2) By using grey forecasting method, regression trend method and Bass model to forecast natural gas consumption in logistics industry, they show that the forecasting results under different circumstances are helpful for China's government departments to estimate the consumption trend of natural gas in logistics industry according to different market environments. (3) Based on the reverse feedback mechanism of semi -hierarchical control, combined forecasting methods are established, the hard problem that the combined forecasting coefficients are also solved. Combined forecasting methods are useful complements to meet the forecasting demands of logistics industry's natural gas consumption, and further improve the forecasting accuracy. (4) According to mean relative error, the error percentages of grey forecasting, regression trend method and Bass model are respectively in 5.373%, 2.9%, and 5.94%, the error percentages of combined forecasting methods are within 2.9%-3.1%, the combined forecasting methods have better forecasting stability.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325788
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Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
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title Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
title_full Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
title_fullStr Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
title_full_unstemmed Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
title_short Forecasting of natural gas consumption in China's logistics industry based on semi-hierarchical control.
title_sort forecasting of natural gas consumption in china s logistics industry based on semi hierarchical control
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325788
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