A review of virtual sensing technology and application in building systems

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 619-645

  Li, Haorong ^a   Yu, Daihong ^a   Braun, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-BUILDING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL SENSING; VIRTUAL SENSOR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84861646240     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2011.573051     Document Type: Review

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