A hierarchical bayesian framework for calibrating micro-level models with macro-level data

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-318

  Booth, A T ^a   Choudhary, R ^a   Spiegelhalter, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Calibration; Housing stock; Regression; Retrofit; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; HOUSING STOCK; REGRESSION; RETROFIT; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROFITTING;

HOUSING;

EID: 84878876631     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2012.723750     Document Type: Article

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