Building Activity Profiling: Explainable and Predictive Modeling for Building Automation

Kasuya, Takashi; Takeshi, Takai; Esaki, Hiroshi

doi:10.1109/icaiic48513.2020.9065268

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“…The authors created rules for the calculation of the window-to-wall ratio to assist in the design process of building envelopes in different climate zones. Kasuya [153] proposed a Gaussian mixture (GM) model and a distribution-based clustering (DBC) algorithm for the prediction of loads for the next day, using energy data as input. Miller and Xiao [154,155] showed that a clustering model and energy-consumption data can be used to classify living spaces by their intended use, making results interpretable.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Future Direction of Machine Learning for Building Energy Management: Interpretable Models

Gugliermetti,

Cumo,

Agostinelli

2024

Energies

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Machine learning (ML) algorithms are now part of everyday life, as many technological devices use these algorithms. The spectrum of uses is wide, but it is evident that ML represents a revolution that may change almost every human activity. However, as for all innovations, it comes with challenges. One of the most critical of these challenges is providing users with an understanding of how models’ output is related to input data. This is called “interpretability”, and it is focused on explaining what feature influences a model’s output. Some algorithms have a simple and easy-to-understand relationship between input and output, while other models are “black boxes” that return an output without giving the user information as to what influenced it. The lack of this knowledge creates a truthfulness issue when the output is inspected by a human, especially when the operator is not a data scientist. The Building and Construction sector is starting to face this innovation, and its scientific community is working to define best practices and models. This work is intended for developing a deep analysis to determine how interpretable ML models could be among the most promising future technologies for the energy management in built environments.

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Section: Clustering and Feature Extractionmentioning

confidence: 99%