Adaptive analysis of thermal comfort in university classrooms: Correlation between experimental data and mathematical models

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-687

  Buratti, Cinzia ^a   Ricciardi, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive models; Mathematical models; Measurements; Moderate environments; Thermal hygrometry comfort

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA RECORDING; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONS; HYGROMETERS; METEOROLOGY; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ADAPTIVE ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE MODELS; COMFORT CONDITIONS; COMFORT INDICES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL SURVEYS; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORTS; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; MEASUREMENT DATUMS; MODERATE ENVIRONMENTS; POLYNOMIAL RELATIONS; SPRING IN; THERMAL-HYGROMETRY COMFORT; UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; PARAMETERIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; PAVIA; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TERNI; UMBRIA;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 57949087615     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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