1. Statistical methods for analysing logistics dataSanja Bojić, Kristijan Brglez, Maja Fošner, Roman Gumzej, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman, Benjamin Marcen, Marinko Maslarić, Boško Matović, Dejan Mirčetić, 2025, univerzitetni, visokošolski ali višješolski učbenik z recenzijo Ključne besede: statistics, logistics, supply chains, demand forecasting, simulation modeling, regression analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning Objavljeno v DKUM: 19.12.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 2
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2. Temporal and statistical insights into multivariate time series forecasting of corn outlet moisture in industrial continuous-flow drying systemsMarko Simonič, Simon Klančnik, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Corn drying is a critical post-harvest process to ensure product quality and compliance with moisture standards. Traditional optimization approaches often overlook dynamic interactions between operational parameters and environmental factors in industrial continuous flow drying systems. This study integrates statistical analysis and deep learning to predict outlet moisture content, leveraging a dataset of 3826 observations from an operational dryer. The effects of inlet moisture, target air temperature, and material discharge interval on thermal behavior of the system were evaluated through linear regression and t-test, which provided interpretable insights into process dependencies. Three neural network architectures (LSTM, GRU, and TCN) were benchmarked for multivariate time-series forecasting of outlet corn moisture, with hyperparameters optimized using grid search to ensure fair performance comparison. Results demonstrated GRU’s superior performance in the context of absolute deviations, achieving the lowest mean absolute error (MAE = 0.304%) and competitive mean squared error (MSE = 0.304%), compared to LSTM (MAE = 0.368%, MSE = 0.291%) and TCN (MAE = 0.397%, MSE = 0.315%). While GRU excelled in average prediction accuracy, LSTM’s lower MSE highlighted its robustness against extreme deviations. The hybrid methodology bridges statistical insights for interpretability with deep learning’s dynamic predictive capabilities, offering a scalable framework for real-time process optimization. By combining traditional analytical methods (e.g., regression and t-test) with deep learning-driven forecasting, this work advances intelligent monitoring and control of industrial drying systems, enhancing process stability, ensuring compliance with moisture standards, and indirectly supporting energy efficiency by reducing over drying and enabling more consistent operation. Ključne besede: advanced drying technologies, continuous flow drying, time-series forecasting, LSTM, GRU, TCN, deep learning, statistical analysis, optimization of the drying process Objavljeno v DKUM: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 3
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3. Economic and political determinants of local government budget credibility: a review of empirical evidenceTanja Markovič-Hribernik, Vjekoslav Bratić, Simona Prijaković, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This article reviews empirical research on the economic and political determinants of local governments, i.e., cities’ and municipalities’ budget credibility, which refers to deviations of planned local budget revenues and expenditures from actual values. It focuses mainly on papers published in Web of Science or Scopus database journals, including 2024. Research on the determinants of subnational (intermediary) and central or national government levels is not included. Two key observations can be made: (1) the definitions and measuring of dependent variables vary widely, which may give rise to seeming flaws and contradictions in the findings, and (2) there is not enough research on the determinants of budget credibility due to the issue of collecting data on planned budgets at the local level. Despite differences in definitions and measurements, the article accurately assesses the fundamental explanatory variables, highlighting those significantly affecting local budget credibility. Ključne besede: local governments, budget credibility, empirical review, determinants, forecasting Objavljeno v DKUM: 02.09.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 14
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4. Contextualized spatio-temporal graph-based method for forecasting sparse geospatial sensor networksNiko Uremović, Domen Mongus, Aleksander Pur, Niko Lukač, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Spatio-temporal forecasting is a rapidly evolving field, accelerated by the increasing accessibility of sensoring infrastructure and computational hardware, capable of processing the large amount of sampled data. Applications of spatio-temporal forecasts range from traffic, weather, air pollution forecasting and others. Emerging technologies employ deep learning architectures, such as graph, convolutional, recurrent and transformer neural networks. While the state-of-the-art methods provide accurate time series predictions, they are typically limited to providing forecasts only for the direct locations of sampling, whereas coverage of the entire area is often desired by the applications. In this work, we propose a method that addresses this challenge and improves on the shortcomings of related works, which have already tackled the task. The proposed graph convolutional recurrent neural network based method provides forecasts for arbitrary geolocations without available measurement data, formulating predictions based on contextual information of target geolocations and the time series data of nearby measurement geolocations. We evaluate the method on three real-world datasets from meteorological, traffic and air pollution domains, and gauge its performance against the state-of-the-art spatio-temporal forecasting methods. The proposed method achieves 12.26 %, 66.97 % and 42.89 % improvements in the mean absolute percentage errors on the three aforementioned datasets, compared to the best performing state-of-the-art method GConvGRU. Ključne besede: spatio-temporal forecasting, graph recurrent neural networks, sparse geospatial sensor networks Objavljeno v DKUM: 25.07.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 6
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5. Global projections of plastic use, end-of-life fate and potential changes in consumption, reduction, recycling and replacement with bioplastics to 2050Monika Dokl, Anja Copot, Damjan Krajnc, Yee Van Fan, Annamaria Vujanović, Kathleen B. Aviso, Raymond R. Tan, Zdravko Kravanja, Lidija Čuček, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Excessive production, indiscriminate consumption, and improper disposal of plastics have led to plastic pollution and its hazardous environmental effects. Various approaches to tackle the challenges of reducing the plastic footprint have been developed and applied, such as the production of alternative materials (design for recycling), the production and use of biodegradable plastic and plastics from power-to-X, and the development of recycling approaches. This study proposes an optimisation strategy based on regression to evaluate and predict plastic use and end-of-life fate in the future based on historical trends. The mathematical model is formulated and correlations based on functions of time are developed and optimised by minimising the sum of squared residuals. The plastic quantities up to the year 2050 are projected based on historical trends analysis, and for improved sustainability, projections are additionally based on intervention analyses. The results show that the global use of plastics is expected to increase from 464 Mt in 2020 up to 884 Mt in 2050, with up to 4725 Mt of plastics accumulated in stock in 2050 (from the year 2000). Compared to other available forecasts, a slightly lower level of plastic use and stock are obtained. The intervention analysis estimates a range of global plastics' consumption between 594 Mt and 1018 Mt in 2050 by taking into account its different increment rates (between −1 % and 2.65 %). In the packaging sector, the implementation of reduction targets (15 % reduction in 2040 compared to 2018) could lead to a 27.3 % decrease in plastic use in 2050 as compared to 2018, while achieving recycling targets (55 % in 2030) would recycle >75 % of plastic packaging in 2050. The partial substitution of fossil-based plastics with bioplastics (polyethylene) will require significant land area, between 0.2 × 106 km2 for obtaining switchgrass and up to around 1.0 × 106 km2 for obtaining forest residue (annual yields of 58.15 t/ha and 3.5 t/ha) in 2050. The intervention analysis shows that proactive policies can mitigate sustainability challenges, however achieving broader sustainability goals also requires reduction of footprints related to energy production and virgin plastic production, the production of bio-based plastics, and the full implementation of recycling initiatives. Ključne besede: plastic use, plastic waste, end-of-life fate, forecasting, hostorical trends, regression analysis, least square method, intervention analysis Objavljeno v DKUM: 31.01.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 11
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6. The impact of weather conditions on alpha-acid content in hop (Humulus lupulus L.) cv. AuroraDouglas MacKinnon, Viljem Pavlovič, Barbara Čeh, Boštjan Naglič, Martin Pavlovič, 2020, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The influence of four main weather attributes on the content of alpha-acids of the hop cv. Aurora for the period 1994-2019 was studied. By analysing correlation coefficients, specific times of the year when the weather conditions affect the alpha-acid content with the goal of creating a forecasting model in Slovenia were identified. The most significant periods of weather that impacted the alpha-acid contents throughout the growing time of year are recognised as attributes of temperatures (T), rainfall (R) and sunshine (S) calculated from the 25th to 30th week (T2530, r = -0.78, P < 0.01; R2529, r = 0.72, P < 0.01 and S2529, r = -0.81, P < 0.01) and attributes of relative humidity (RH) from the 27th to 32nd week (RH2732, r = 0.82, P < 0.01). T2530 stands for the amount of active temperatures from June 18 to July 29. Likewise, R2530 matches to the precipitation (in mm or L/m2) during the same time period. Ključne besede: alpha-acids, α-acids, weather attributes, cv. Aurora, forecasting, hop quality, brewing process, biosynthesis, vegetative period Objavljeno v DKUM: 28.01.2025; Ogledov: 0; Prenosov: 6
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7. Methods and models for electric load forecasting : a comprehensive reviewMahmoud A. Hammad, Borut Jereb, Bojan Rosi, Dejan Dragan, 2020, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Electric load forecasting (ELF) is a vital process in the planning of the electricity industry and plays a crucial role in electric capacity scheduling and power systems management and, therefore, it has attracted increasing academic interest. Hence, the accuracy of electric load forecasting has great importance for energy generating capacity scheduling and power system management. This paper presents a review of forecasting methods and models for electricity load. About 45 academic papers have been used for the comparison based on specified criteria such as time frame, inputs, outputs, the scale of the project, and value. The review reveals that despite the relative simplicity of all reviewed models, the regression analysis is still widely used and efficient for long-term forecasting. As for short-term predictions, machine learning or artificial intelligence-based models such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Fuzzy logic are favored. Ključne besede: methods, models, electric load forecasting, modeling electricity loads, electricity industry, power management, logistics Objavljeno v DKUM: 22.08.2024; Ogledov: 95; Prenosov: 12
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8. Forecasting US tourists' inflow to Slovenia by modified holt-winters damped model : a case in the tourism industry logistics and supply chainsDejan Dragan, Abolfazl Keshavarzsaleh, Tomaž Kramberger, Borut Jereb, Maja Rosi, 2019, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Forecasting is important in many branches of logistics, including the logistics related to Tourism supply chains. With an increasing inflow of American tourists, planning and forecasting the US tourists' inflow to Slovenia have gained far more importance attention amongst scholars and practitioners. This study, therefore, was conducted to forecast the American tourists' inflow to Slovenia using one of the predictive models based on the exponential smoothing approach, namely Holt-Winters damped additive (HWDA) exponential smoothing method. The model was modified by several improvements, while the obtained results were generalized to other supply chain components. The results show that the forecasting system can predict well the observed inflow, while the methodology used to derive the model might have enriched the plethora of existing practical forecasting approaches in the tourism domain. Benchmarking demonstrates that the proposed model outperforms a competitive ARIMA model and official forecasts. The practical implications are also discussed in this paper. Ključne besede: tourism, forecasting, Holt-Winters model, US tourists, supply chains, logistics Objavljeno v DKUM: 22.08.2024; Ogledov: 42; Prenosov: 10
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9. Road freight transport forecasting : a fuzzy Monte-Carlo simulation-based model selection approachDejan Dragan, Simona Šinko, Abolfazl Keshavarzsaleh, Maja Rosi, 2022, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: As important as the classical approaches such as Akaike's AIC information and Bayesian BIC criterion in model-selection mechanism are, they have limitations. As an alternative, a novel modeling design encompasses a two-stage approach that integrates Fuzzy logic and Monte Carlo simulations (MCSs). In the first stage, an entire family of ARIMA model candidates with the corresponding information-based, residual-based, and statistical criteria is identified. In the second stage, the Mamdani fuzzy model (MFM) is used to uncover interrelationships hidden among previously obtained models criteria. To access the best forecasting model, the MCSs are also used for different settings of weights loaded on the fuzzy rules. The obtained model is developed to predict the road freight transport in Slovenia in the context of choosing the most appropriate electronic toll system. Results show that the mechanism works well when searching for the best model that provides a well-fit to the real data. Ključne besede: forecasting road transport, electronic toll system, Monte Carlo simulation, ARIMA models, logistics Objavljeno v DKUM: 11.06.2024; Ogledov: 135; Prenosov: 32
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10. Radon anomalies in soil gas caused by seismic activityBoris Zmazek, Mladen Živčić, Ljupčo Todorovski, Sašo Džeroski, Janja Vaupotič, Ivan Kobal, 2004, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: At the Orlica fault in the Krško basin, combined barasol detectors were buried in six boreholes, two along the fault itself and four on either side of it, to measure and record radon activity, temperature and pressure in soil gas every 60 minutes for four years. Data collected have been analysed in a manner aimed at distinguishing radon anomalies resulting from environmental parameters (air and soil temperature, barometric pressure, rainfall) from those caused solely by seismic events. The following approaches have been used to identify anomalies: (i) ± 2σ deviation of radon concentration from the seasonal average, (ii) correlation between time gradients of radon concentration and barometric pressure, and (iii) prediction with regression trees within a machine learning program. In this paper results obtained with regression trees are presented. A model has been built in which the program was taught to predict radon concentration from the data collected during the seismically inactive periods when radon is presumably influenced only by environmental parameters. A correlation coefficient of 0.83 between measured and predicted values was obtained. Then, the whole data time series was included and a significantly lowered correlation was observed during the seismically active periods. This reduced correlation is thus an indicator of seismic effect. Ključne besede: radon in soil gas, environmental parameters, earthquakes, correlation, regression trees, forecasting Objavljeno v DKUM: 15.05.2018; Ogledov: 1784; Prenosov: 93
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