Table 1 Abbreviations used.

From: A peer-and self-group competitive behavior-based socio-inspired approach for household electricity conservation

Symbol

Description

Symbol

Description

EB

Energy bill

MC

Monthly energy consumption

EBR

Energy bill report

MH

Medium houses

EC

Energy conservation

P

Peer-comparator

EE

Energy efficiency

S

Self-comparator

FE

Feature engineering

SA

Social algorithm

GA

Genetic algorithm

SH

Small houses

HEC

Household electricity consumption

VLH

Very large houses

LH

Large houses

Qs (Sum)

Sum of important attributes of QS

KDSEO

Knowledge-based decision-making System for energy bill evaluation and optimization

QS

Questionary survey

SHOEC

Socio-technical household optimized electricity conservation

kWh

Kilo watt hour

SCB

Socio-technical competitive behavior

Avg_kWh

Average energy consumption

HEC

Household electricity consumption