Building HVAC control systems - Role of controls and optimization

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1121-1126

  Sane, H S ^a   Haugstetter, C ^a   Bortoff, S A ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

BUILDING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED SYSTEM; MONITORING EQUIPMENT;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34047238750     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2006.1656367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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