Applying support vector machines to predict building energy consumption in tropical region

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-553

  Dong, Bing ^a   Cao, Cheng ^a   Lee, Siew Eang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building energy consumption prediction; Support vector machine; Tropical region; Weather data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION PREDICTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM); TROPICAL REGION; WEATHER DATA;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 13244270060     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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