Evolutionary synthesis of HVAC system configurations: Algorithm development (RP-1049)

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-55

  Wright, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yi ^a,b,c   Angelov, Plamen ^a   Hanby, Victor ^b   Buswell, Richard ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

MODEL-BASED OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEM OPERATING STRATEGY; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38649086064     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2008.10390992     Document Type: Article

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