Bootstrap techniques for sensitivity analysis and model selection in building thermal performance analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 320-328

  Tian, Wei ^a   Song, Jitian ^a   Li, Zhanyong ^a   de Wilde, Pieter ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Building thermal performance; Model selection; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING THERMAL PERFORMANCE; CROSS-VALIDATION METHODS; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; MODEL SELECTION; PROBABILISTIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; BUILDING; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84907165328     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.110     Document Type: Article

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