Data mining techniques for detecting household characteristics based on smart meter data

Energies

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7407-7427

  Gajowniczek, Krzysztof ^a   Zabkowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Data mining; Energy usage patterns; Smart home; Smart metering; Users' behaviors

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA MINING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DEMAND RESPONSE; ENERGY AWARENESS; ENERGY USAGE; SMART HOMES; SMART METERING; SMART METERING SYSTEMS; UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING; USERS' BEHAVIORS;

SMART METERS;

EID: 84939132290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en8077407     Document Type: Article

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