A multi-objective generic algorithm approach for optimization of building energy performance

Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-58

  Chen, Don ^a   Gao, Zhili ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Buildings; Energy consumption; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING; BUILDING ORIENTATION; DESIGN CRITERION; DESIGN DATA; DESIGN OPTION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GENERIC ALGORITHM; GLOBAL OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; IMPACT ENERGY; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPTIMAL SETTING; PILOT STUDIES;

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION THEORY; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 80053169546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41182(416)7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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