Verification of stochastic behavioural models of occupants' interactions with windows in residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 371-383

  Fabi, Valentina ^a   Andersen, Rune Korsholm ^b   Corgnati, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural verification; Occupant behaviour; Statistical modelling; Window opening

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HOUSING; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; WINDOW OPENINGS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 84941282043     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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