Discrete occupancy profiles from time-use data for user behaviour modelling in homes

Proceedings of BS 2013: 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2421-2427

  Aerts, Dorien ^a   Minnen, Joeri ^a   Glorieux, Ignace ^a   Wouters, Ine ^a   Descamps, Filip ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGY DEMANDS; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; IN-BUILDINGS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; USER BEHAVIOUR; USER PROFILE;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84886670111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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