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Advanced control systems engineering for energy and comfort management in a building environment—A review by Dounis, A.I., Caraiscos, C.

“…Given restrictions that comfort conditions in the interior of a building are satisfied, it becomes obvious that the problem of energy conservation is a…”
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Intelligent control system for reconciliation of the energy savings with comfort in buildings using soft computing techniques by Dounis, A.I., Tiropanis, P., Argiriou, A., Diamantis, A.

“…In this paper, we present a novel intelligent coordinator control system based on hierarchical structure. The presented structure consists of one coordinator…”
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Design of a fuzzy system for living space thermal-comfort regulation by Dounis, A.I., Manolakis, D.E.

“…The present paper describes the design of a living space comfort regulator using fuzzy logic. Comfort is a fuzzy concept, different for different people and…”
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Evolutionary fuzzy logic control of base-isolated structures in response to earthquake activity by Dounis, A. I., Tiropanis, P., Syrcos, G. P., Tseles, D.

“…This paper presents a design procedure of an evolutionary fuzzy logic controller (EFLC) for a class of base‐isolated structures subjected to seismic activity…”
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Design of a fuzzy set environment comfort system by Dounis, A.I., Santamouris, M.J., Lefas, C.C., Argiriou, A.

“…This paper presents the design of a fuzzy reasoning expert system for the achievement of thermal and visual comfort in buildings. This system does not demand…”
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Indoor air-quality control by a fuzzy-reasoning machine in naturally ventilated buildings by Dounis, A.I., Bruant, M., Guarracino, G., Michel, P., Santamouris, M.

“…This paper investigates the performance of a fuzzy reasoning machine for the control of indoor air quality in naturally ventilated buildings. Simulations have…”
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Fuzzy Q-Learning for multi-agent decentralized energy management in microgrids by Kofinas, P., Dounis, A.I., Vouros, G.A.

“…[Display omitted] •Power balancing with a fully decentralized framework.•MAS with modified Independent Learners approach for energy management of…”
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A reinforcement learning approach for MPPT control method of photovoltaic sources by Kofinas, P., Doltsinis, S., Dounis, A.I., Vouros, G.A.

“…Photovoltaic arrays are the means to convert solar power into electricity, and a significant way to generate renewable and clean energy. To be efficient, a…”
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Knowledge-based versus classical control for solar-building designs by Dounis, A.I., Lefas, C.C., Argiriou, A.

“…The present paper compares classical control systems with knowledge-based systems in the control of building designs to achieved comfort conditions. Initially…”
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Fuzzy-PID controller for MPPT of PV system optimized by Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm by Dounis, A. I., Stavrinidis, S., Kofinas, P., Tseles, D.

“…This paper presents a Fuzzy-PID controller for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of photovoltaic (PV) systems. A DC/DC buck converter to regulate the output…”
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Adaptive neuro-fuzzy model for renewable energy powered desalination plant by Kofinas, P., Dounis, A.I., Mohamed, Essam Sh, Papadakis, G.

“…In this paper, a neuro-fuzzy model for a reverse osmosis desalination plant was developed for the simulation of renewable energy powered desalination units…”
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Integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles into building energy management system by Zhu Wang, Lingfeng Wang, Dounis, A. I., Rui Yang

“…The smart building and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) are two promising emerging technologies. The integration of these two technologies shows great…”
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An information fusion based multi-agent control system for indoor energy and comfort management in smart and green buildings by Zhu Wang, Dounis, A. I., Lingfeng Wang, Rui Yang

“…From the perspective of system control, the smart and green building is a large-scale dynamic system with high complexity and huge amount of information…”
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Inherent bias assessment in height computation employing mixed-type radar data by Manolakis, D.E., Lefas, C.C., Dounis, A.I.

“…The objective here is the analysis of a systematic error inherently existing in aircraft geometric height monitoring under radar surveillance. This error is…”
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Dynamic neural control for maximum power point tracking of PV system by Dounis, A. I., Kofinas, P., Alafodimos, C., Tseles, D.

“…Development of an effective maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is important in order to achieve maximum power point in a photovoltaic system (PV)…”
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