Robust decentralized control of HVAC systems using H ∞-performance measures

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 341, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 543-567

  Al Assadi, S A K ^a   Patel, R V ^b   Zaheer Uddin, M ^c   Verma, M S ^d   Breitinger, J ^a  

^a IAV Automotive Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; H performance specifications; HVAC systems; Multi zone building; Robust decentralized controllers; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VENTILATION;

CONTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; H∞-PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS; HVAC SYSTEMS; MULTI-ZONE BUILDING; ROBUST DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS;

HEATING;

EID: 6344260426     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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