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Reinforcement Learning Based Optimal Tracking Control Under Unmeasurable Disturbances With Application to HVAC Systems by Rizvi, Syed Ali Asad, Pertzborn, Amanda J., Lin, Zongli

“…This paper presents the design of an optimal controller for solving tracking problems subject to unmeasurable disturbances and unknown system dynamics using…”
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Utilizing commercial heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems to provide grid services: A review by Fu, Yangyang, O'Neill, Zheng, Wen, Jin, Pertzborn, Amanda, Bushby, Steven T.

“…•This paper reviews strategies in commercial buildings for grid service delivery.•Review and technical papers are searched by Sub-keyword Synonym Searching…”
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Challenges and opportunities of machine learning control in building operations by Zhang, Liang, Chen, Zhelun, Zhang, Xiangyu, Pertzborn, Amanda, Jin, Xin

“…Machine learning control (MLC) is a highly flexible and adaptable method that enables the design, modeling, tuning, and maintenance of building controllers to…”
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Development of a Bias Compensating Q-Learning Controller for a Multi-Zone HVAC Facility by Asad Rizvi, Syed Ali, Pertzborn, Amanda J., Lin, Zongli

“…We present the development of a bias compensating reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm that optimizes thermal comfort (by minimizing tracking error) and…”
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Using distributed agents to optimize thermal energy storage by Pertzborn, Amanda

“…•Optimal scheduling of chiller and ice storage is determined using model predictive control and implemented experimentally.•The differences between simulated…”
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Effective design and operation of hybrid ground-source heat pumps: Three case studies by Hackel, Scott, Pertzborn, Amanda

“…► Three actual hybrid ground-source heat pump systems were studied. ► Systems were deemed cost effective compared to both ground-source-only and conventional…”
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Experimental Results of a Disturbance Compensating Q-learning Controller for HVAC Systems by Asad Rizvi, Syed Ali, Pertzborn, Amanda J.

“…We present the experimental results of our recently proposed disturbance compensating Q-learning algorithm that learns the optimal setpoints for a building…”
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Forecasting operation of a chiller plant facility using data-driven models by Salimian Rizi, Behzad, Faramarzi, Afshin, Pertzborn, Amanda, Heidarinejad, Mohammad

“…•Predicted power consumption and COP a chiller plant using XGBoost.•Quantified impacts of data intervals and data processing on the accuracy of…”
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Utilizing commercial heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems to provide grid services: A review by Fu, Yangyang, O'Neill, Zheng, Wen, Jin, Pertzborn, Amanda, Bushby, Steven T.

“…The modern power grid faces multiple challenges due to an increase in the adoption of renewable generation, such as dynamically balancing supply and demand at…”
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A tool for evaluating fault detection and diagnostic methods for fan coil units by Pourarian, Shokouh, Wen, Jin, Veronica, Daniel, Pertzborn, Amanda, Zhou, Xiaohui, Liu, Ran

“…Dynamic simulation tools that could accurately simulate operational data for both the fault-free and faulty dynamic operation of heating, ventilation, and air…”
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Evaluating the performance of an Inexact Newton method with a preconditioner for dynamic building system simulation by Chen, Zhelun, Wen, Jin, Kearsley, Anthony J., Pertzborn, Amanda

“…Efficiently, robustly, and accurately solving systems of nonlinear differential algebraic equations for dynamic building system simulation is becoming more…”
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Efficient and robust optimization for building energy simulation by Pourarian, Shokouh, Kearsley, Anthony, Wen, Jin, Pertzborn, Amanda

“…•The efficiency, accuracy and robustness of two commonly employed solution methods in solving the non-linear algebraic equations in the dynamic simulation of…”
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Advanced co-simulation framework for assessing the interplay between occupant behaviors and demand flexibility in commercial buildings by Chen, Zhelun, Wen, Jin, Li, Yicheng, Lo, L. James, Grajewski, Gabriel, Payne, W. Vance, Bushby, Steven T, Pertzborn, Amanda, O'Neill, Zheng, Yang, Zhiyao, Calfa, Caleb

“…With buildings contributing significantly to electricity usage, enabling demand flexibility becomes a challenge, especially when accounting for occupant…”
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The Design of Hybrid Cooling Tower Heat Pump Systems by Pertzborn, Amanda

“…The objective of this research is to address the cost and technical barriers that currently prevent widespread use of ground source heat pumps (GSHP) in the…”
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Smoothing Techniques in Dynamic Building System Simulation by Chen, Zhelun, Wen, Jin, Kearsley, Anthony, Pertzborn, Amanda

“…Efficiently, robustly, and accurately solving systems of nonlinear differential algebraic equations (DAE) for dynamic building system simulation is becoming…”
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Development of a Hardware-in-the-loop Testbed for Laboratory Performance Verification of Flexible Building Equipment in Typical Commercial Buildings by Chen, Zhelun, Wen, Jin, Bushby, Steven T, Lo, L. James, O'Neill, Zheng, Payne, W. Vance, Pertzborn, Amanda, Calfa, Caleb, Fu, Yangyang, Grajewski, Gabriel, Li, Yicheng, Yang, Zhiyao

“…The goals of reducing energy costs, shifting electricity peaks, increasing the use of renewable energy, and enhancing the stability of the electric grid can be…”
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Impact of weather variation on ground-source heat pump design by Pertzborn, Amanda, Nellis, Greg, Klein, Sanford

“…This article presents an investigation on the impact of year-to-year weather variability on the optimal design of a system for heating and cooling a building…”
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Experimental validation of a ground heat exchanger model in a hybrid ground source heat pump by Pertzborn, Amanda, Hackel, Scott, Nellis, Greg, Klein, Sanford

“…This article provides an overview of short time-scale validation of the duct storage model (Hellström 1989 ) for the simulation of ground source heat pump…”
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