Agent-based modeling of occupants and their impact on energy use in commercial buildings

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-518

  Azar, Elie ^a   Menassa, Carol C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Energy estimation; Energy use; Occupant behavior

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODELING; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION LEVELS; ENERGY ESTIMATION; ENERGY USE; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84872169947     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000158     Document Type: Article

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