Coupling of dynamic building simulation with stochastic modelling of occupant behaviour in offices - a review-based integrated methodology

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-358

  Parys, Wout ^a   Saelens, Dirk ^a   Hens, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

active passive approach; behavioural model; office building; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-PASSIVE APPROACH; ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; BEHAVIOURAL MODEL; BUILDING LEVELS; BUILDING SIMULATION; COOLING SET; ENERGY DEMANDS; HEAT GAINS; INHERENT VARIABILITY; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; INTERCOMPARISONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; RESEARCH FIELDS; SHADING SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; SUBMODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859155633     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2010.524711     Document Type: Article

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