Optimization of predicted mean vote index within model predictive control framework: Computationally tractable solution

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-49

  Cigler, Jiří ^a   Prívara, Samuel ^a   Váňa, Zdeněk ^a   Žáčeková, Eva ^a   Ferkl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; PMV index; Predictive control; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PERFORMANCE; CONTROL PROBLEMS; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MODEL PREDICTIVE; NON-LINEAR OPTIMAL CONTROL; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; PMV INDEX; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL STRATEGY; PROBLEM FORMULATION; SAVINGS POTENTIAL; STATIC TEMPERATURE;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SUN; THERMAL COMFORT;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84863008177     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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