Carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of artificial intelligence and environment monitoring, and particularly relates to a carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system. The invention aims to solve the problems of low prediction precision, response lag and lack of closed-loop regulation in the prior art. The system collects multi-source data through a carbon source sensing layer, extracts spatio-temporal features through a feature engineering engine, predicts the emission trend through fusion of a physical mechanism and a deep learning two-channel model, generates a dynamic regulation and control strategy based on multi-objective optimization, and realizes closed-loop optimization and continuous learning in combination with execution feedback and a knowledge evolution center. And the prediction accuracy and the operability of emission reduction decision making are improved.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the technical field of artificial intelligence and environmental monitoring, and particularly relates to a carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system. BACKGROUND

[0002] Carbon emission management, as a core means to cope with global climate change and achieve sustainable development goals, has become an important research direction in the fields of energy, industry, transportation, etc. The demand for accurate measurement, dynamic prediction and optimization control of carbon emissions is increasingly urgent. In this context, intelligent analysis technology based on data-driven is widely introduced into carbon emission management systems, aiming to improve the scientificity and foresight of carbon emission management through modeling and analysis of historical emission data, energy consumption, production activities and other multi-source information.

[0003] Among them, the carbon emission intelligent prediction system, as a key technology support to achieve emission reduction targets, is committed to building a closed-loop management process from data collection, trend prediction to strategy optimization. Such systems usually rely on big data platforms and machine learning algorithms to model regional or enterprise-level carbon emission behavior, and then generate medium and short-term emission trend predictions, and assist in developing corresponding emission reduction paths and resource allocation schemes. Its core goal is to improve prediction accuracy and response speed to support the intelligentization of policy making and operational decision making.

[0004] The existing technology still faces multiple challenges in realizing carbon emission intelligent prediction and optimization: the fusion capability of multi-source heterogeneous data (such as weather, power load, production scheduling) is insufficient, resulting in incomplete representation of input information; the generalization ability of traditional prediction models is limited, making it difficult to adapt to complex nonlinear emission dynamics, especially under sudden working conditions or policy adjustments, the prediction deviation increases significantly; at the same time, there is a lack of effective linkage between prediction results and optimization strategies, most systems only provide static suggestions, and cannot realize real-time feedback and adaptive adjustment; in addition, the system has low computational efficiency in high-dimensional variable environment, which restricts its deployment and application in large-scale scenarios. The above problems are particularly prominent in key application scenarios such as regional-level carbon emission collaborative management and enterprise real-time carbon footprint tracking, severely limiting the intelligent level and actual effectiveness of carbon management systems. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system with strong data fusion capability, high-precision dynamic prediction and closed-loop optimization mechanism. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system to solve the technical defects of insufficient carbon emission prediction accuracy, response lag, lack of dynamic closed-loop feedback mechanism and difficulty in adapting to multi-source heterogeneous data fusion in the prior art. At present, the promotion of carbon neutralization target worldwide relies on accurate monitoring and forward-looking regulation of regional and industrial carbon emissions, but traditional methods generally use static models or trend extrapolation based on historical mean values, which fail to fully integrate real-time energy consumption, meteorological environmental fluctuations, industrial production load changes and traffic flow dynamics and other multi-dimensional driving factors, resulting in prediction results deviating from the actual emission trajectory. In addition, most systems only realize one-way prediction function, lack the ability to convert prediction output into executable emission reduction strategies and perform effect backtracking verification, forming an information island and failing to support fine carbon management decisions.

[0006] The technical solution of the present application is to construct an intelligent carbon emission prediction optimization system integrating multi-modal perception, adaptive modeling, dynamic optimization and closed-loop regulation. The system consists of six logical modules: carbon source perception layer, feature engineering engine, hybrid prediction core, strategy generation module, execution feedback unit and knowledge evolution hub. The modules realize high-throughput and low-latency information interaction through standardized data interfaces. The carbon source perception layer is deployed in the five key emission control fields of power, steel, chemical industry, transportation and building. Through a distributed sensor network, it collects equipment-level energy consumption data, fuel type and combustion efficiency parameters, production shift plans, vehicle traffic density, indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity differences, and renewable energy generation proportion, etc. After time stamp alignment, all data are uploaded to the edge computing node for preliminary noise reduction and normalization processing. The feature engineering engine receives the preprocessed time series data, extracts statistical features using the sliding window segmentation method, identifies periodic patterns using Fourier transform, and introduces geographic spatial coding technology to embed geographic location information into the feature vector, generating a joint feature set containing time, space and behavior dimensions.

[0007] The hybrid prediction core adopts a dual-channel parallel architecture. The first channel is a physical mechanism sub-model. Based on the law of conservation of mass and energy conversion, a set of differential equations for carbon emission accounting in various industries is established. The input parameters include fuel heat value, oxidation rate, and device energy efficiency coefficient, etc. The output is the theoretical baseline emission. The second channel is a deep learning sub-model. An improved spatio-temporal graph convolution network structure is adopted. The graph structure nodes represent different carbon emission units, and the edge weights are determined by the energy flow and material flow intensity between units. The network dynamically adjusts the adjacency matrix through the gating attention mechanism to capture the nonlinear coupling effects across regions and departments, and outputs data-driven prediction values. The outputs of the two sub-models are integrated in the fusion layer through confidence weighting. The confidence is automatically adjusted according to the current operating stability index: when the operating state is stable, the physical model output is preferred; when sudden load switching or abnormal operation occurs, the data model weight is increased. Finally, a carbon emission prediction sequence with a time granularity of 15 minutes for 1 hour to 72 hours in the future is generated.

[0008] The strategy generation module receives the prediction sequence and starts the multi-objective optimization process. The optimization objectives include minimizing peak emission intensity, reducing cumulative emission total, and maintaining stable economic output. The constraint conditions include the upper limit of grid peak shaving capacity, the safe operating range of production equipment, and the threshold of carbon quota balance. The module has a built-in dynamic programming solver that evaluates the marginal emission reduction benefits of different intervention measure combinations in each iteration, and generates a comprehensive control scheme set including load transfer instructions, clean energy priority scheduling proportion, temporary production limit suggestions, and energy storage system charging and discharging plans. The execution feedback unit is responsible for issuing the selected scheme to the corresponding control system and simultaneously starting the effect tracking mechanism. By comparing the actual emission curve after the implementation of the control with the counterfactual prediction curve under the non-intervention scenario, the net emission reduction contribution is calculated and fed back as a performance signal.

[0009] The knowledge evolution hub, as the cognitive hub of the system, continuously receives performance signals from the execution feedback unit, external policy update logs, and new technology import notifications, builds a knowledge graph based on causal reasoning, and the nodes cover entities such as "fuel replacement", "process upgrading", and "management strategy", and the edges represent causal relationship strength and confidence level. The hub regularly triggers model retraining tasks, uses the latest accumulated data samples to perform incremental learning on the deep learning sub-model in the hybrid prediction core, and adjusts the feature construction rules in the feature engineering engine according to newly discovered strong causal paths, realizing the continuous evolution of the system's cognitive ability.

[0010] Further, the spatio-temporal graph convolution network in the mixed prediction core sets a residual connection path to prevent gradient vanishing problem in deep network training process, and introduces a random mask mechanism at the network input end to randomly mask part of the node input in the training stage, thereby improving the model robustness. The dynamic programming solver in the strategy generation module adopts a pruning strategy to compress the search space, and sets a value function change rate lower than 0.5% to terminate iteration, thereby ensuring that a complete solution is completed within 2 seconds to meet the real-time requirement. The knowledge graph update frequency of the knowledge evolution hub is set to perform full reasoning once every 24 hours, and the instant update of the event-driven type is also supported, and when a carbon emission intensity mutation exceeding 3 times of the set threshold is detected, a root cause analysis process is immediately started and the related causal link is corrected.

[0011] Further, the sensor in the carbon source perception layer has a self-calibration function, and a reference gas cavity is built-in for periodic comparison of measurement deviation, and when the relative error exceeds 2%, the compensation algorithm is automatically triggered. The geospatial encoding in the feature engineering engine adopts a hash bucketing technology to map the latitude and longitude coordinates to a grid unit with an edge length of 1 kilometer, and assign a unique identifier, which is used for subsequent cross-regional correlation analysis. The execution feedback unit is configured with a double verification mechanism, which first checks the compatibility of the received control instruction with the current emergency plan, and if there is a conflict, the execution is suspended and a warning is reported.

[0012] Further, the strategy generation module also integrates a game coordination mechanism, when multiple regions simultaneously submit resource competition requests, the Shapley value allocation principle is introduced to calculate the marginal contribution of each party to the overall emission reduction target, and the priority is sorted accordingly to avoid resource contention leading to system imbalance. The causal reasoning process in the knowledge evolution hub is based on a Bayesian structure learning framework to mine potential causal structures from observed data, and through do-calculus to estimate the intervention effect, thereby ensuring that the generated strategy has real causal effect rather than simple correlation.

[0013] Further, the prediction sequence output by the mixed prediction core is attached with an uncertainty interval label, and the quantile regression method is used to estimate the 5th and 95th percentile values for decision makers to evaluate the risk level. The feature engineering engine supports online feature importance evaluation, and uses SHAP values to monitor the influence weight of each input variable on the prediction result in real time, and when a certain feature has a contribution ranking entering the top 5 for 3 consecutive periods and the absolute value increases by more than 20%, a feature traceability analysis task is triggered.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the advantages and positive effects of the present application are that: The system improves the prediction accuracy under complex working conditions while maintaining the model interpretability by constructing a dual-mode fusion prediction architecture of physical mechanism and data-driven. The measured data shows that the prediction error is reduced by 37.6% compared with a single model in a typical industrial scene; the system realizes a complete closed-loop control link from carbon emission prediction to emission reduction strategy generation to execution effect verification for the first time, so that the prediction result is truly converted into quantifiable emission reduction actions to form a positive feedback cycle; the system introduces a knowledge evolution hub to enable the entire system to have self-learning and continuous optimization capabilities, adapt to environmental changes caused by policy evolution and technological changes, and ensure long-term effectiveness; the system uses spatiotemporal graph neural network modeling to reveal the hidden emission transmission path that traditional methods cannot detect, providing a scientific basis for formulating regional collaborative emission reduction policies; the system introduces game coordination and causal reasoning mechanisms in the strategy generation link to ensure that the recommended measures are not only effective but also fair and feasible, enhancing the system's landing applicability in real social governance scenarios. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall technical scheme architecture of the carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system according to the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] Please refer to Figure 1 The present application provides a carbon emission intelligent prediction optimization system, which aims to build an intelligent carbon management infrastructure with high precision, strong adaptability and closed-loop control capability. The system is composed of six functional modules: carbon source perception layer, feature engineering engine, hybrid prediction core, strategy generation module, execution feedback unit and knowledge evolution hub. Each module is loosely coupled and integrated through a unified data middleware, supporting heterogeneous data source access, distributed computing scheduling and multi-level permission control. The overall technical process of the system starts with real-time data collection in key emission control fields, followed by multi-dimensional feature construction and fusion modeling, outputting carbon emission prediction sequences with uncertainty assessment; based on the prediction results, multi-objective dynamic optimization is started to generate executable emission reduction control schemes, and the actual emission reduction effectiveness is tracked through the execution feedback mechanism; finally, the performance signal is injected into the knowledge evolution hub to drive the continuous iteration and upgrading of the system's cognitive model, forming a complete closed loop of "perception-prediction-decision-execution-learning".

[0017] The carbon source perception layer, as the data inlet of the system, is deployed in five typical carbon-intensive scenarios, including power generation, steel smelting, chemical synthesis, urban transportation, and public buildings. In the power sector, the perception layer integrates smart meters, fuel flow meters, and flue gas analyzers to collect unit time coal consumption, coal calorific value, combustion efficiency parameters, and desulfurization and denitrification equipment operating status of coal-fired units; in the steel industry, sensors deployed in blast furnaces, converters, and rolling production lines record coke consumption rate, oxygen injection intensity, molten iron temperature curve, and continuous casting cycle length in real time; in chemical plants, pressure transmitters, mass flow meters, and online chromatographs are used to obtain reaction kettle feed ratio, catalyst activity index, byproduct generation rate, and tail gas recovery rate; in urban road traffic nodes, geomagnetic induction coils, video recognition cameras, and vehicle-mounted OBD terminals are used to jointly monitor traffic density, average speed distribution, heavy diesel vehicle proportion, and idling time proportion; in large public building groups, building automation systems are used to read central air conditioning load power, lighting system on-off state, elevator operation frequency, and indoor-outdoor temperature difference gradient. All the above raw data are uploaded to the local edge computing node at a sampling frequency of not less than once every 15 seconds.

[0018] The edge computing node performs preliminary preprocessing operations on the raw data stream, including sliding window smoothing filter to eliminate high-frequency noise interference, 3σ criterion-based identification and elimination of abnormal outliers, linear interpolation method to fill in data missing segments caused by temporary communication interruption, and Z-score standardization processing on variables of different physical dimensions to normalize their mean value to 0 and standard deviation to 1. The preprocessed data are stamped with time stamps accurate to milliseconds, encrypted via a secure transmission protocol, and batch uploaded to the cloud data center. In addition, the key gas concentration sensor in the carbon source perception layer is equipped with a self-calibration function, which automatically switches to calibration mode every 4 hours of continuous operation, introduces a standard concentration carbon dioxide sample in the built-in reference gas cavity for comparison measurement, and if the relative error between the current measurement value and the standard value exceeds 2%, the compensation algorithm is activated, a nonlinear correction coefficient matrix is fitted according to the historical deviation curve, and the data collected in the next 2 hours are dynamically corrected until the next round of calibration is completed.

[0019] The feature engineering engine receives the spatiotemporal synchronized data stream from the carbon source perception layer, and performs multi-level, cross-dimensional feature extraction and encoding tasks. First, the sliding time window method is used to segment and slice the continuous time series signal, with the window length set to an integer multiple of the future prediction period and the step length set to half of the prediction granularity, i.e., 7.5 minutes, to achieve partial overlap to preserve trend continuity information. Within each window, statistical feature indicators such as mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis, maximum-minimum value difference, and rising / falling edge count are calculated, generating a 68-dimensional basic statistical vector for each window. To further explore periodic patterns, the Fast Fourier Transform is applied to the main energy consumption channels to extract the amplitude and phase angle of the top 16 dominant frequency components, forming a frequency domain feature subset. For emission units with significant spatial correlation, a geographic spatial encoding mechanism is introduced, using the hash bucketing technique to map global latitude and longitude coordinates to square grid cells with a side length of 1 kilometer, each cell being assigned a unique integer identifier that serves as an embedding index input to the subsequent graph structure modeling process. For discrete operation events such as production shift switching, device start-stop instructions, or traffic control issuance, they are converted into action sequences with time labels and vectorized using the position encoding method in the Transformer architecture. Finally, all the above feature subsets are integrated into a unified high-dimensional joint feature vector, with its dimension dynamically adjustable between 256 and 1024 depending on the application scenario, and all feature fields are stored in a columnar database by type for subsequent calls.

[0020] The hybrid prediction core is the core computing engine of the system, which realizes the deep integration of mechanism-driven and data-driven using a dual-channel parallel architecture. The first channel is the physical mechanism sub-model, which is based on the law of conservation of mass and the principle of energy conversion to build a differential equation system for carbon emission accounting in various industries. Taking coal-fired power generation as an example, the carbon emission per unit time Q is defined by the formula: where, Q is the carbon emission per unit time, with a unit of kilograms of carbon dioxide per hour; is the fuel consumption per unit time, with a unit of kilograms per hour; is the low heat value of fuel, with a unit of megajoules per kilogram; is the fuel carbon oxidation rate, a dimensionless parameter with a value range of 0.98 to 1.00; 12 / 44: the ratio of carbon molecular weight to carbon dioxide molecular weight, which is a fixed conversion coefficient. The model also considers factors such as waste heat recovery efficiency η and CCUS capture rate γ to introduce correction terms (1 η) (1 , forming a complete theoretical emission estimation expression. The required parameters of the model are derived from equipment nameplate data, periodic inspection reports, and manufacturer technical documents, all of which are entered into a static parameter library and a version management mechanism is set to ensure data traceability. The advantage of the physical mechanism sub-model is that it has a clear causal explanation path and outputs highly reliable baseline prediction values under stable operating conditions and clear boundary conditions.

[0021] The second channel is a deep learning sub-model that uses an improved spatiotemporal graph convolutional network structure. The graph topology of the network consists of N nodes, each representing an independent carbon emission unit, such as a power generator, a steel furnace, or a district transportation network. The edge weight Wij between nodes is determined by the energy flow intensity Eij and the material exchange frequency Mij between two units, calculated as Wij=α Eij+β Mij, where α and β are normalization adjustment coefficients to ensure balanced weight distribution. The network layer transmission uses a gated attention mechanism, allowing each node to dynamically adjust its attention allocation for information aggregation from neighboring nodes. Specifically, during the lth layer graph convolution process, the information weighting coefficient Aijl of node i to node j is generated by the following mechanism: first, calculate the similarity score Sijl between the two feature vectors hil 1TWjhl 1+b, where hil 1 and hjl 1 are the hidden states of nodes i and j at the previous layer, Wj and b are learnable parameter matrices; then normalize the attention distribution through the softmax function; finally, introduce the gating unit Gijl=σ(Wg[hil 1, hjl 1]) to control the information flow intensity, and σ is the sigmoid activation function, [ ] represents the vector concatenation operation. This design enables the model to adaptively capture nonlinear coupling effects across regions and departments, such as when a large industrial park starts using green electricity directly, not only reducing local emissions, but also indirectly affecting the operation rhythm of upstream power grid peak shaving power plants, thereby causing remote emission fluctuations.

[0022] The outputs of the two sub-models are integrated in the fusion layer. Let the output of the physical mechanism sub-model be , the output of the deep learning sub-model be , and the final prediction value be determined by the confidence weighted formula: where The dynamically adjusted weight coefficient has a value range of 0.0 to 1.0 and is automatically adjusted according to the current operating condition stability index I. The stability index I is calculated by analyzing the standard deviation σΔE of the energy consumption change rate and the frequency fop of operation events in the last 12 time steps, and the expression is I = log(1 + σΔE) + 0.3fop. When I is lower than the threshold value 0.8, it indicates that the system is in a stable running state, at which time w is set to 0.7, and the physical model is preferred; when I is higher than 1.5, it indicates that there is a severe disturbance, The prediction result after fusion is a carbon emission sequence for the next 1 to 72 hours with a time granularity of 15 minutes, accompanied by an uncertainty interval. The 5th and 95th percentile values are estimated using quantile regression to form a 90% confidence band for decision makers to assess extreme risk scenarios.

[0023] The hybrid prediction core adopts multiple enhancement measures in network structure design to improve performance robustness. Residual connection paths are introduced between deep stacked graph convolution layers, allowing the original input features to bypass several nonlinear transformation layers and directly add to the output end, effectively alleviating the gradient vanishing problem and ensuring the integrity of information in the backpropagation process. A random mask mechanism is implemented at the network input end, randomly masking the feature input of some nodes with a probability of 15% in each training iteration, forcing the model to learn to maintain reasonable inference under information loss conditions, simulating the fault tolerance capability of sensors in real-world environments. The AdamW optimizer is used in the training phase, with an initial learning rate of 0.001 and a decay of 10% every 100,000 steps. The loss function combines L1 loss and negative log likelihood, considering both point prediction accuracy and probability distribution fitting goodness. The model triggers an incremental update task every 24 hours, fine-tuning only the new samples from the past 7 days to avoid catastrophic forgetting.

[0024] After receiving the carbon emission prediction sequence output by the hybrid prediction core, the strategy generation module starts the multi-objective dynamic optimization process. The optimization goal is to search for the Pareto optimal solution under three constraints: the first goal is to minimize the peak emission intensity in the prediction period, i.e., the maximum instantaneous emission value in all 15-minute intervals; the second goal is to reduce the total cumulative emissions, i.e., the sum of emissions in each period of the prediction sequence; and the third goal is to maintain stable economic output, represented by a fluctuation amplitude of industrial output or traffic capacity not exceeding ±5%. The constraint conditions include the upper limit of grid peak shaving capacity, i.e., the load adjustment response speed cannot exceed 2% of the rated power per minute; the safe operation interval of production equipment, such as the blast furnace temperature not being lower than 1450 degrees Celsius or exceeding 1600 degrees Celsius; and the carbon quota threshold, requiring the remaining quota after regulation to be no less than 10% of the total amount to prevent subsequent sudden demand from causing excessive emissions.

[0025] The built-in dynamic programming solver traverses the possible intervention combination space using a forward recursion approach. The feasible measure set contains four types of actions: load shifting instructions, which migrate non-continuous production tasks from peak hours to off-peak hours; clean energy priority dispatching ratio adjustment, which increases the dispatching priority of renewable energy such as wind and photovoltaic in regional power grids; temporary production limit recommendations, which propose phased production reduction schemes for the process link with the highest carbon intensity; and energy storage system charging and discharging plans, which coordinate battery energy storage stations or pumped storage facilities to charge at low electricity prices and discharge at peak times to shave the peak and fill the valley. The solver evaluates the marginal emission reduction benefit of different measure combinations in each iteration, defined as the amount of tons of carbon dioxide reduced per unit of economic loss, and prioritizes the top 20% of candidate solutions for the next round of screening. To improve computational efficiency, a pruning strategy is used to compress the search space, and the solver is terminated when the change rate of the value function is less than 0.5% for two consecutive iterations, ensuring that a single optimization task is completed within 2 seconds to meet the real-time regulation response requirements. The final output is a ranked set of comprehensive control schemes, each containing a list of specific measures, expected emission reduction, expected economic loss, and execution priority score.

[0026] The strategy generation module further integrates a game coordination mechanism for handling multi-region resource competition scenarios. When multiple administrative jurisdictions simultaneously submit green electricity invocation requests or carbon sink offset quota applications, the system introduces the Shapley value allocation principle to calculate the marginal contribution of each party to the overall emission reduction target. Let n be the number of participants, S be any subset, and v(S) represent the total emission reduction achieved by the subset S collaboration, then the Shapley value of participant i is calculated by: where, is the set of all participants, is the size of the subset, represents the incremental benefit brought by joining The system ranks the resource allocation priority according to the Shapley value scores of each region, with higher scores obtaining dispatching permits first. This mechanism ensures that resource allocation reflects true contribution, avoids "free riding" behavior, and maintains fairness and sustainability of multi-party collaboration.

[0027] The execution feedback unit is responsible for issuing the selected control scheme to the corresponding industrial control system, energy dispatch platform, or traffic signal management system, and simultaneously starting the effect tracking mechanism. During the execution of the scheme, the actual operation data of the relevant emission units are continuously collected, and the actual carbon emission curve is reconstructed. At the same time, the historical model copy of the hybrid prediction core is used to generate a counterfactual prediction curve under the condition that the intervention is not implemented, i.e., the emission trajectory expected to occur without the implementation of this control. After aligning the two curves on the same time axis, the difference is calculated point by point, and the integral sum is obtained as the net emission reduction contribution AC, which is used as the performance indicator of this control action. After weighted average processing, the indicator is returned to the knowledge evolution hub and becomes a key input signal for model evolution.

[0028] The execution feedback unit is configured with a dual verification mechanism to ensure operation safety. After receiving the control instruction, it first checks its compatibility with the current emergency plan, such as prohibiting the execution of load transfer operations that may cause power supply tension during extreme weather warnings; secondly, it verifies whether the instruction parameters exceed the physical limits of the device, such as not allowing high-power discharge commands when the current state of charge of the energy storage system is below 10%. If any check fails, the instruction execution is suspended, a warning log is generated and pushed to the operation and maintenance monitoring platform, and a decision is made whether to override the execution after manual confirmation. All instruction issuance, state feedback, and abnormality records are written into the blockchain storage system to ensure that the entire process is auditable and tamper-proof.

[0029] The knowledge evolution hub, as the cognitive center of the system, is responsible for long-term memory storage, causal reasoning, and model evolution. The hub builds a knowledge graph based on the Bayesian structure learning framework, with nodes covering entity categories such as "fuel substitution", "process upgrading", "management strategy", and "policy incentives", and edges representing statistically verified causal relationship strength and confidence level. The graph initialization relies on expert experience library to import prior structures, and then uses causal discovery algorithms to mine potential causal links from observation data. Specifically, the PC algorithm combined with the FCI search strategy is used to identify direct causal relationships between variables while controlling confounding variables, and the do-calculus is used to estimate intervention effects to distinguish true causal effects from false correlations. For example, the system can identify the direct impact of "promoting electric vehicles" on "urban PM2.5 concentration", rather than only through the indirect association of "reducing the driving mileage of fuel vehicles" as an intermediate variable.

[0030] The knowledge evolution hub triggers model retraining tasks periodically, uses the latest accumulated sample set containing pre-and post-regulation comparison data to perform incremental learning on the deep learning sub-models in the hybrid prediction core, allowing the model to gradually absorb new emission patterns. At the same time, according to newly discovered strong causal paths (such as confidence exceeding 95% and effect size greater than 0.3), the feature construction rules in the feature engineering engine are dynamically adjusted, such as adding a new "charging pile density → regional power grid load fluctuation" cross feature item. The hub sets two update modes: timed full update, which performs a complete knowledge graph reasoning and parameter re-estimation every 24 hours; event-driven real-time update, which immediately starts the root cause analysis process when a regional carbon intensity mutation exceeding 3 times the standard deviation of the past 30 days is detected, locates the source factors using causal tracing algorithms, and completes the weight correction and adjacency relationship adjustment of related nodes within 10 minutes.

[0031] The knowledge evolution hub also supports online feature importance evaluation function, which uses SHAP value to monitor the influence weight of each input variable on the output of the hybrid prediction core in real time. SHAP value is calculated by calculating the marginal contribution expectation value of each feature in all possible feature combinations, reflecting its average influence on the prediction result. The system sets monitoring rules: when a feature's SHAP absolute value ranking enters the top 5 for 3 consecutive prediction periods, and increases by more than 20% compared to the previous period, automatically trigger feature tracing analysis task, call causal reasoning engine to explore its driving mechanism, judge whether it is caused by new technology introduction, management policy change or external environment mutation, and generate a brief report of the analysis conclusion and push it to the decision-making layer.

[0032] Through the coordinated operation of the above six modules, this embodiment realizes the paradigm shift from passive monitoring to active regulation. The system is no longer limited to providing isolated prediction values, but builds an intelligent agent with autonomous evolution ability, which can continuously learn, accurately predict, scientifically decide and verify the effectiveness in a complex and changing real environment. Test data shows that in a national new district pilot application, the system reduces the root mean square error of carbon emission prediction from 18.7 tons / hour of traditional models to 11.6 tons / hour, with a reduction of 37.6%; through closed-loop regulation, the cumulative net emission reduction accounts for 23.4% of the annual target, significantly better than the control group of 14.1%; the knowledge graph adds an average of 17 effective causal links per month, and the overall cognitive maturity of the system shows an exponential growth trend.

[0033] The prior art generally divides carbon emission management into independent data collection systems, prediction analysis tools and policy making processes, and lacks effective connection between each link, resulting in delayed information transmission, delayed decision-making basis and difficult to quantify the execution effect. Most prediction models rely on a single technical route, either oversimplifying the physical process leading to distortion of extrapolation, or completely black-boxing lack of explainability, making it difficult to gain the trust of regulatory agencies and enterprise users. In addition, existing systems generally ignore feedback loop construction, cannot evaluate the actual emission reduction effect of the proposed suggestions, and cause a lot of resources to be wasted in ineffective intervention.

[0034] The core breakthrough of the present scheme is to build a complete control loop of "prediction - decision - execution - learning". Through the dual-mode fusion architecture of physical mechanism and data-driven, the prediction accuracy under complex working conditions is greatly improved while ensuring the explainability of the model; through the multi-objective optimization and game coordination mechanism of the strategy generation module, the abstract emission reduction target is converted into specific, fair and feasible operation instructions; through the double verification and performance measurement of the execution feedback unit, it is ensured that each control can be traced and evaluated; finally, through the causal reasoning and continuous learning ability of the knowledge evolution hub, the whole system has the adaptability to cope with future uncertainties. This system-level innovation fundamentally changes the technical logic of carbon management, making it from static report to dynamic governance, from experience judgment to scientific decision.

[0035] The spatio-temporal graph convolution network in the hybrid prediction core reveals the hidden emission transmission path that traditional methods cannot detect by explicitly modeling the energy flow and material flow relationship between units. For example, in a certain city group case, the model found that the additional electricity demand caused by the expansion of the data center in area A indirectly led to the increased output of the coal-fired power plant in area B, which in turn caused the air quality deterioration in area C, forming a cross-domain chain reaction. Such insights provide a scientific basis for formulating regional coordinated emission reduction policies, promoting the governance mode from single-point control to system optimization.

[0036] The Shapley value allocation mechanism introduced by the strategy generation module solves the fairness problem in multi-agent resource competition. Traditional scheduling often allocates resources according to administrative levels or historical quotas, which can easily cause regional conflicts. The present scheme quantifies the real marginal contribution of each participant and establishes an objective and fair priority ranking rule, enhancing the landing applicability of the system in real social governance scenarios. Experiments show that under the same resource conditions, the allocation scheme using the Shapley mechanism makes the overall emission reduction efficiency improve by 12.8%, while the participant satisfaction improves by 41 percentage points.

[0037] The causal inference framework adopted by the knowledge evolution hub ensures that the system's recommended strategies have real intervention efficacy. Unlike black-box models that only recommend based on correlation, this system uses do-calculus to perform counterfactual reasoning, answering causal questions like "how would emissions change if a certain measure were implemented," rather than simply answering whether two indicators change simultaneously. For example, the system can accurately distinguish between the two-way causal chain of "rising temperatures leading to increased air conditioner use, which in turn drives up emissions" and "the popularity of air conditioners itself changing the urban heat island effect and thereby affecting the climate," avoiding misjudgments about policy focus.

[0038] In summary, the carbon emission intelligent prediction and optimization system described in this embodiment, through the organic integration and deep synergy of the six functional modules, builds an intelligent carbon management system with high-precision prediction, scientific decision-making, safe execution, and autonomous evolution capabilities. The system has been successfully deployed in multiple industrial parks and urban demonstration areas, demonstrating excellent technical performance and broad application prospects.

Claims

1. A carbon emission intelligent prediction and optimization system, characterized in that, include: The carbon source sensing layer is deployed in key emission control areas such as power, steel, chemical, transportation and construction. It collects raw signal data through a distributed sensor network and uploads all raw signal data to the edge computing node after timestamp alignment to complete the initial noise reduction and normalization processing. The feature engineering engine receives preprocessed time-series data, extracts statistical features using the sliding window segmentation method, identifies periodic patterns using Fourier transform, and introduces geospatial coding technology to embed geographic location information into feature vectors to generate a joint feature set. The hybrid prediction core is used to predict carbon emissions using a dual-channel parallel architecture. The first channel is a physical mechanism sub-model, and the second channel is a deep learning sub-model. The outputs of the two sub-models are integrated in the fusion layer through a confidence weighting method to generate a carbon emission prediction sequence. The strategy generation module is used to receive the predicted sequence and start a multi-objective optimization process to generate a comprehensive set of control schemes, including load transfer instructions, clean energy priority dispatch ratio, temporary production restriction suggestions, and energy storage system charging and discharging plans. The execution feedback unit is used to send the selected scheme to the corresponding control system and simultaneously activate the effect tracking mechanism. By comparing the actual emission curve after the implementation of the control with the counterfactual prediction curve under the unintervention scenario, the net emission reduction contribution is calculated and the net emission reduction contribution is sent back as a performance signal. The knowledge evolution hub is used to continuously receive performance signals from the execution feedback unit, external policy update logs, and notifications of new technology introductions, and to build a knowledge graph based on causal reasoning.

2. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spatiotemporal graph convolutional network in the hybrid prediction core sets up residual connection paths to prevent the gradient vanishing problem during deep network training. At the same time, a random masking mechanism is introduced at the network input end to randomly mask some node inputs with a certain probability during the training phase, thereby improving the robustness of the model.

3. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The dynamic programming solver in the strategy generation module uses a pruning strategy to compress the search space. It terminates the solution when the rate of change of the value function is lower than a threshold for two consecutive iterations, ensuring that a single optimization task is completed within 2 seconds and meeting the requirements for real-time control and response.

4. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The knowledge graph of the knowledge evolution center is set to perform a full inference once at a fixed period, while also supporting event-driven real-time updates.

5. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The key gas concentration sensor in the carbon source sensing layer is equipped with a self-calibration function. After running continuously for a period of time, it automatically switches to calibration mode and introduces a standard concentration carbon dioxide sample from the built-in reference gas chamber for comparison measurement.

6. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The geospatial coding in the feature engineering engine uses hash bucketing technology to map global latitude and longitude coordinates to square grid cells with a certain side length. Each cell is assigned a unique integer identifier, which is used as an embedded index input to the graph structure modeling process for subsequent cross-regional correlation analysis.

7. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The execution feedback unit is equipped with a dual verification mechanism. After receiving the control command, it first checks its compatibility with the current emergency plan, and then verifies whether the command parameters exceed the physical limits of the equipment. If any check fails, the execution of the command is suspended, an early warning log is generated and pushed to the operation and maintenance monitoring platform, and a decision is made on whether to resume execution after manual confirmation.

8. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The strategy generation module also integrates a game coordination mechanism. When multiple administrative jurisdictions submit green electricity request or carbon offset quota application at the same time, the Shapley value allocation principle is introduced to calculate the marginal contribution of each party to the overall emission reduction target.

9. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The prediction sequence output by the hybrid prediction core is labeled with uncertainty intervals. The numerical values ​​are estimated using the quantile regression method to form a confidence band, which is used by decision-makers to assess extreme risk scenarios.

10. The intelligent carbon emission prediction and optimization system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The causal reasoning process in the knowledge evolution center is based on the Bayesian structural learning framework. It uses the PC algorithm combined with the FCI search strategy to identify direct causal relationships between variables while controlling for confounding variables. It also uses do-calculus to estimate the intervention effect and distinguish between real causal effects and spurious correlations.

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