A decision support model for reducing electric energy consumption in elementary school facilities

Applied Energy

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-266

  Hong, Taehoon ^a   Koo, Choongwan ^a   Jeong, Kwangbok ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Decision tree; Educational facility; Energy savings; Energy systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; EDUCATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

BASIC RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT MODELS; DECISION TREES (DTS); ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; KOREAN GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION-BASED; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; RESEARCH WORK;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84859428807     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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