Demand-side load forecasting in smart grids using machine learning techniques 1The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan 2Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan 3Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway DOI 10.7717/peerj-cs.1987 Academic Editor Mehmet Cunkas Subject Areas Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Machine Learning, Data Science, Network Science and Online Social Networks Keywords...