Empirical validation of daylight simulation tool with physical model measurement

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1426-1431

  Lim, Yaik Wah ^a   Ahmad, Mohd Hamdan ^a   Ossen, Dilshan Remaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Daylight; Desktop radiance; Physical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951776433     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.1426.1431     Document Type: Article

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