Assessing adaptive thermal comfort using artificial neural networks in naturally-ventilated buildings

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Li, Nan ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Li, Baizhan ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; Artificial neural network; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CONNECTION WEIGHTS; GA-BP NEURAL NETWORKS; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; VENTILATED ENVIRONMENTS;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84865740748     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2012.11683982     Document Type: Article

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