Agent-based geometry optimization with Genetic Algorithm (GA) for tall apartment's solar right

Solar Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 236-250

  Yi, Yun Kyu ^a   Kim, Hyoungsub ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent base geometry control; Apartment building; Genetic algorithm (GA); Optimization; Solar right; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APARTMENT HOUSES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; CODES (SYMBOLS); GEOMETRY; HOUSING; OPTIMIZATION;

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; GEOMETRY CONTROLS; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOLAR RIGHT; SUNLIGHT;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOMETRY; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84921986457     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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