An energy management system for building structures using a multi-agent decision-making control methodology

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 322-330

  Zhao, Peng ^a   Suryanarayanan, Siddharth ^b   Simoes, Marcelo Godoy ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy management systems (BEMS); cyber physical systems (CPS); distributed generation; multi agent systems (MAS); net zero energy buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEMS; BUILDING STRUCTURE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; COOLING ENERGY; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT; ENERGY COST; ENERGY COST REDUCTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SCHEMES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; IN-BUILDINGS; LOCAL ENERGY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84872585742     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2229682     Document Type: Article

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