Robust nonlinear HVAC systems control with evolutionary optimization

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1147-1169

  Counsell, John ^a   Zaher, Obadah ^a   Brindley, Joseph ^a   Murphy, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BEMS; Genetic algorithm; HVAC; MIMO; Nonlinear; Robust control

Indexed keywords

BEMS; BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HVAC; NONLINEAR; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVES; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MIMO SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STABILITY CRITERIA; THERMAL COMFORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84886067969     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EC-04-2012-0079     Document Type: Article

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