Protecting a whole building from critical indoor contamination with optimal sensor network design and source identification methods

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2276-2283

  Liu, Xiang ^a  

^a John)   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Inverse modelling; Sensor network; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; CONTAMINANT CONTROL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CONTAMINATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INVERSE MODELING METHODS; INVERSE MODELLING; INVERSE PREDICTION; OPTIMAL SENSOR NETWORK DESIGN; OPTIMIZED SENSORS; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS; PROBABILITY CONCEPTS; PROBABILITY METHODS; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; SENSOR DESIGNS; SENSOR NETWORK DESIGN; SENSOR OUTPUT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOURCE ZONE; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE ALGORITHM;

AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CRITICAL LOAD; INDOOR AIR; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING; NETWORK DESIGN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PROBABILITY; SENSOR;

EID: 67549143816     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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