Influential factors analysis on LEED building markets in U.S. East Coast cities by using Support Vector Regression

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Lam, Khee Poh ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green building market; LEED; Support Vector Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870788383     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2012.05.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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