Identifying important state variables for a blind controller

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 887-900

  Daum, David ^a   Morel, Nicolas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Fuzzy logic; Multi objective optimization; Simulation; Smart blind controller

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; HIERARCHICAL FUZZY; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMBER OF STATE; SIMULATION; STATE VARIABLES; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUZZY SETS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FUZZY LOGIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 71949094816     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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