Analysis of consumer choice for low-carbon technologies by using neural networks

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3402-3412

  Kennedy, Matthew ^a   Dinh, Van Nguyen ^b,c   Basu, Biswajit ^c  

^a SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MCS   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Consumer choice; Low carbon technology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; CONSUMER CHOICE; CONSUMER DECISION MAKING; LAYERED ARCHITECTURE; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION; CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84958106702     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.035     Document Type: Article

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