Investigation of window opening behaviour in Japanese houses

Proceedings of 7th Windsor Conference: The Changing Context of Comfort in an Unpredictable World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rijal, Hom B ^a   Nakaya, Takashi ^b  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Constraints; Deadband; House; Logistic regression; Window

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONSTRAINTS; DEADBANDS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; WINDOW OPENINGS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WINDOWS;

HOUSES;

EID: 84893150278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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