Determining the optimal level of information granularity for efficient energy consumption decisions: Experimental evidence

ECIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Anders, Dalén ^a   Jan, Krämer ^a   Christof, Weinhardt ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral experiments; Green IS; Information overload; Smart meter

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION GRANULES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SMART METERS;

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GREEN IS; HUMAN DECISIONS; INFORMATION GRANULARITY; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; SOLUTION ACCURACY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84905842968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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