Simulating the effect of urban morphology on indoor thermal behavior: An Italian case study

Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2008-2019

  Pisello, Anna Laura ^a   Taylor, John Eric ^b   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894165858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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