A conceptual design of a wireless sensor actuator system for optimizing energy and well-being in buildings

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Wu, Shaomin ^a   Noy, Penny ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data processing; Environmental systems; Multi agent systems; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AGENT SYSTEMS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; NEW DEVICES; OPTIMIZING ENERGY; PERSONAL AGENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTOTYPE MODELS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DATA HANDLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 79954473972     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2009.0032     Document Type: Article

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