A Bayesian Network approach to the evaluation of building design and its consequences for employee performance and operational costs

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-462

  Jensen, Kasper L ^a,b,c   Toftum, Jørn ^a,b   Friis Hansen, Peter ^b  

^a International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ALECTIA A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian Network; Indoor Climate; Performance; Temperature; Total building economics

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

BUILDING DESIGNS; ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURES; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCES; HUMAN BEINGS; INDOOR CLIMATE; INDOOR CLIMATES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; LOS ANGELES; OFFICE WORKERS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICES; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL BUILDING ECONOMICS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349166073     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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