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The detailed modeling procedure of the presented model is first systematically studied, in particular, matrix perturbation theory is used to prove the validity in terms of the stability of the model, and then, the model parameters are optimized by the whale optimization algorithm. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified by comparing it with classical models on six data sequences with different forms. Finally, the model is applied to predict the electricity consumption of Beijing and Liaoning Province of China, and the results show that the model has a better prediction performance compared with the other four commonly-used grey models. 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