Past, present and future mathematical models for buildings: Focus on intelligent buildings (Part 1)

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-38

  Lu, Xiaoshu ^a,b   Clements Croome, Derek ^c   Viljanen, Martti ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Intelligent buildings; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT LEVELS; APPLICATION RANGE; BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES; GENETIC MODELS; INTEGRATED DECISION; INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL APPROACH; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; MULTI OBJECTIVE; PHYSICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUILDING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NETWORK DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77950950548     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2009.0009     Document Type: Article

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