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Grey System Theory Applications

Grey System Theory Applications is a research topic within Management Science and Operations Research. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1956. 11.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of Grey System Theory in forecasting various aspects related to energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and renewable energy. The papers explore the use of time series prediction models, nonlinear grey models, and multivariable grey models to forecast electricity demand, renewable energy consumption, and CO2 emissions. Additionally, the cluster discusses the optimization and application of fractional grey models for accurate forecasting.

  • Grey System Theory
  • Time Series Prediction
  • Energy Consumption Forecasting
  • CO2 Emissions
  • Renewable Energy Consumption
  • Electricity Demand Forecasting
  • Nonlinear Grey Models
  • Forecasting Model Optimization
  • Multivariable Grey Model
  • Fractional Grey Model
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Grey System Theory Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.5k and 99 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 99 works
  3. 3 United States 80 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 62 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 49 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 35 works
  7. 7 Vietnam 31 works
  8. 8 ?? 30 works
  9. 9 Taiwan 29 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 25 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 77.8%India: 5.0%United States: 4.0%Indonesia: 3.1%6 others listed: 10.0%78%largest
China1,547 · 77.8%India99 · 5.0%United States80 · 4.0%Indonesia62 · 3.1%6 others listed199 · 10.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Grey System Theory Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Grey System Theory Applications research, followed by North China Electric Power University and Hebei University of Engineering.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 45 works
  2. 2 North China Electric Power University China 29 works
  3. 3 Hebei University of Engineering China 23 works
  4. 4 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 18 works
  5. 5 Chongqing Technology and Business University China 17 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of Technology China 17 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology China 16 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Electric (China) China 15 works
  9. 9 Southwest University of Science and Technology China 14 works
  10. 10 Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 14 works

Where is Grey System Theory Applications research done?

The largest centres of Grey System Theory Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Handan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 215 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 122 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 85 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 82 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 74 works
  6. 6 Chongqing China 63 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 61 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 57 works
  9. 9 Jinan China 36 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HandanCN · 25.2 works83×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Grey System Theory Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Grey System Theory Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Macau University of Science and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southwest University of Science and Technology: 14, 52.0%Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 14, 56.4%Macau University of Science and Technology: 8, 51.0%Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 45, 33.0%Ocean University of China: 10, 70.7%Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics: 11, 60.8%De Montfort University: 10, 36.8%Hebei University of Engineering: 23, 29.1%Chongqing Technology and Business University: 17, 45.7%Southwest Petroleum University: 10, 54.5%Chongqing University…Southwest University…Macau University of …Nanjing University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Southwest University of Science and Technology China 68.052.0%27.5×14 +627.9%
2Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 65.356.4%21.1×14 +116.7%
3Macau University of Science and Technology Macau 61.951.0%16.8×8
4Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 58.733.0%21.9×45 -41.6%
5Ocean University of China China 57.270.7%8.8×10 -16.8%
6Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics China 56.160.8%64.4×11 -34.8%
7De Montfort University United Kingdom 55.436.8%47.0×10 +98.3%
8Hebei University of Engineering China 54.929.1%112.7×23 +61.8%
9Chongqing Technology and Business University China 54.845.7%77.0×17 -29.2%
10Southwest Petroleum University China 54.754.5%13.8×10 +19.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Grey System Theory Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.