Impact of social network type and structure on modeling normative energy use behavior interventions

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-39

  Anderson, Kyle ^a   Lee, Sanghyun ^a   Menassa, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Energy use intervention; Occupant behavior; Social network

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; ENERGY-USE INTERVENTION; INTEGRATED MODELING; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK PROPERTIES; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84891475781     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000314     Document Type: Article

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