A real-time model predictive control for building heating and cooling systems based on the occupancy behavior pattern detection and local weather forecasting

Building Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-106

  Dong, Bing ^a   Lam, Khee Poh ^b  

^a University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

model predictive control; occupancy behavior patterns; real time implementation; weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887397009     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0142-7     Document Type: Article

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