Enthusiastic : International Journal of Applied Statistics and Data Science
Volume 4 Issue 2, October 2024

Indonesian Inflation Forecasting with Recurrent Neural Network Long Short-Term Memory (RNN-LSTM)

Hermansah (Unknown)
Muhajir, Muhammad (Unknown)
Canas Rodrigues, Paulo (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2024

Abstract

This study forecasted inflation in Indonesia using the Recurrent Neural Network Long Short-Term Memory (RNN-LSTM) model, ideal for nonlinear, complex time series data. It evaluated the effects of different activation functions, such as Logistic, Gompertz, and Hyperbolic Tangent (tanh); and weight update methods, such as Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) and Adaptive Gradient (AdaGrad) on RNN-LSTM performance. Monthly inflation data from January 2005 to December 2023 underwent preprocessing, including normalization and autoregressive lag-based input selection. Model accuracy was assessed with Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error (SMAPE). The findings indicated that the RNN-LSTM model with the logistic activation function and SGD optimization achieved the highest accuracy, outperforming traditional models such as Exponential Smoothing (ETS), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Feedforward Neural Network (FFNN), and Recurrent Neural Network (RNN). Additionally, optimal learning rate and epoch values were identified, enhancing model stability and precision. In conclusion, the study confirms that the RNN-LSTM model is effective for inflation forecasting when optimized with specific activation functions and optimization methods. It recommends further exploration of neuron configurations and alternative models, such as the Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), to improve forecast accuracy.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ENTHUSIASTIC

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Engineering Mathematics

Description

ENTHUSIASTIC is an international journal published by the Statistics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Islam Indonesia. ENTHUSIASTIC publishes original research articles or review articles on all aspects of the statistics and data science field which should be ...