Minimum-Sufficient Knowledge and Computation for Wind Energy Predictive Analysis

Purbak Sengupta, Aparna S. varde, Emil Jørgensen Njor

Resource-constrained cyber-physical decision systems often apply fixed sensing, knowledge, and computational pipelines despite state-dependent information needs. We introduce Minimum-Sufficient Knowledge and Computation (MSKC), a resource-aware computing principle: select the least-costly route meeting decision-risk and deployment constraints, escalating only when cheaper routes are insufficient. As proof of concept, we isolate adaptive knowledge routing, the decision underlying Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning (KGML), which conventionally injects external knowledge unconditionally rather than only where needed. We instantiate this for wind ramp-event predictive analysis, an edge-oriented decision-support task, evaluating local, relational, and physics-informed routes with a state-aware gate on publicly available real data from two wind farms. We establish conditions for feasibility preservation, cost dominance, and strict expected savings over always-on routing. At a 35.9% relational-knowledge injection rate, adaptive routing is statistically indistinguishable from always-on injection on the reported metrics while reducing knowledge calls by 64%, supporting sustainable,…