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In this paper, we consider the energy-efficient coordination of a set of appliances in a smart-building. We introduce a theoretical formulation of the coordination problem and an Integer Linear Programming model for its resolution. Our formalization is complemented by an analysis of the properties and limits of the model. We also define a practical smart-building setting in which our formalization...
Based on the current situation and development trend of small and medium - sized libraries in China, this paper analyzes the main problems existing in the current public library construction system based on the new demand of Lib2.0 era.; The data and indicators of the current public library construction are often determined for large-scale city-level libraries, which is lack of hierarchical research,...
This paper presents an analysis of advancing a code compliant single detached dwelling in Ontario, Canada to Passive House Standard energy efficiency level. The research was based on comparing energy models built with the Passive House Planning Package, and included thermal bridging calculations performed in the THERM software. For each energy model, only the effect of improved exterior insulation...
European countries start rising the standards regarding the energy performance of buildings by adopting the European Commission's directives with the purpose of driving change in the building sector and promoting a low carbon economy. The energy performance of buildings and the related costs with energy can be reduced from the design phase, by choosing high quality and energy performant materials...
An apprenticeship community is an approach to linking two very hard problems: dissemination of technology-mediated learning methods and improvements to the preparation of undergraduates for a STEM workforce. A standard computer science curriculum based on knowledge and skill acquisition augmented with a project-based student community of design/builders is a significant addition to current methods...
The distribution of counterfeit, fraudulent and sub-standard (CFS) materials is a global phenomenon that also exists in the Norwegian construction industry. CFS materials are materials that are not in accordance with the expected characteristics and performance stated in the CE marking and/or the declaration of performance. Previous research has revealed the presence of CFS steel materials in Norway,...
In the paper a procedure of short-term measured power samples optimal averaging period tracking is proposed. Usually, short-term (in the scale of fraction of a second) power consumption fluctuates due to operation of variety of network connected switching mode loads. The aim of the suggested tracking procedure is to reduce averaged power measurements statistical deviation in AC electrical distribution...
As the Internet of Things implies building systems of interconnected everyday objects, programming such complex devices can be a struggle. There are multiple possible programming approaches when building a smart system, each with its pros and cons. This paper presents a comparison between several existing approaches, but also our proposal of a BPMN based approach that we applied to the Internet of...
Nowadays; Parallel corpus is one of the most important resources which can be employed in different researches such as machine translation, bilingual lexicography, and linguistics. This paper describes the process of building a large-scale (about 400, 000 sentence pairs) English-Persian parallel corpus called Tehran Parallel Corpus (TPC). The aim of study is to introduce the structure and explain...
This paper uses a multi-objective optimization approach to assess building energy performance for residential homes in the Bahamas with the goal of providing objective data to policymakers to help achieve the country's sustainability goals. A non-sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to find optimal solutions to building design configurations such as wall types, insulation thickness, insulation...
The popularity of low voltage DC distribution system has increased in many countries such as the UK due to technological advances in power electronics. This is a promising feature for the future smart-grid distribution system because of its high efficiency and reliability. Hence some of the UK engineers are looking into the possibility of rolling out low voltage DC distribution in mainly commercial...
Being equipped with an appropriate user interface, building operating systems are capable of providing transparent information on energy consumption and generation in the household and achieving interaction with residents to implement energy management and optimization. In order to help provide a reference for the design of a more comprehensive user interface for building operating systems in the...
Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) is a backbone for developing the economics at the small and medium enterprises (SME). In particular, the fused deposition modeling (FMD) is one of advanced applications has been paid attention to invest for the modern manufacturing technology. FDM is a typical additive manufacturing method in rapid prototyping technology. It can make complex parts or products...
In this work, we build a generic architecture of Convolutional Neural Networks to discover empirical properties of neural networks. Our first contribution is to introduce a state-of-the-art framework that depends upon few hyper parameters and to study the network when we vary them. It has no max pooling, no biases, only 13 layers, is purely convolutional and yields up to 95.4% and 79.6% accuracy respectively...
This paper presents a novel algorithm that utilizes a 2D floorplan to align panorama RGBD scans. While effective panorama RGBD alignment techniques exist, such a system requires extremely dense RGBD image sampling. Our approach can significantly reduce the number of necessary scans with the aid of a floorplan image. We formulate a novel Markov Random Field inference problem as a scan placement over...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the current trend in the construction industry globally, and Malaysia, is not an exception too. BIM has been in Malaysia for the past ten (10) years, and in the future, BIM will be an industry standard, instead of an optional service. Even though BIM is already in the industry for ten (10) years, many developers are still reluctant to implement it because they...
Nowadays, Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) Model Predictive Control (MPC) represents a consolidated approach to optimally regulate multivariable nonlinear systems imposing constraints on inputs and outputs. The crucial drawback, in particular in embedded LPV-MPC, is represented by the required computational effort. The Quadratic Programming (QP) problem solved by MPC changes at each iteration, and its...
Service systems in upcoming application domains like the Internet of Things (IoT) have a high demand for dynamic changes of provided service quality and related pricing. Changes can be requested by service consumers to address adjusted requirements at application level or by service providers to accommodate resource constraints. Anyway, traditional approaches to handle Service Level Agreements (SLA)...
This paper summarizes the work performed by the authors on development of the sensor network for thermal parameters measurements, as well as structure health monitoring in modern buildings. The described work was carried out as a part of a workpackage within the EC FP7 project SESBE.
The four-part harmonization problem is a well known problem that has been studied in the last three centuries by music scholars. The goal is to build up three different voices, melodies, based on a previously provided one, being it a soprano melody or a bass instead, so that a complete soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB) score is completed.
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