Performance of ANN-based predictive and adaptive thermal-control methods for disturbances in and around residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-26

  Moon, Jin Woo ^a  

^a Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Disturbances; Predictive and adaptive controls; Thermal environments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ANN (ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK); BUILDING PHYSICS; CLIMATE CONDITION; CONTROL LOGIC; DISTURBANCES; INFILTRATION RATE; INTERNAL LOADS; LIFE SPAN; MATRIX LABORATORIES; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SELFTUNING; SIMULATION TOOL; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE; SLIDING-WINDOW; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL FACTORS;

BUILDINGS; CONTROL THEORY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MATLAB; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOIL MECHANICS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BUILDING; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 80052551340     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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