Applying neural networks to solve the inverse problem of indoor environment

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1187-1195

  Zhang, Tian Hu ^a   You, Xue Yi ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Back propagation neural network (BPNN); CFD; Contaminant source; Indoor environment; Inverse problem; Predicted Mean Vote (PMV)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INVERSE PROBLEM OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

EID: 84910624576     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X13499596     Document Type: Article

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