Approximate Dynamic Programming for Building Control Problems with Occupant Interactions

Authors

Donghwan Lee, IllinoisFollow
Seungjae Lee, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana USA / Center for High Performance Buildings, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana USAFollow
Panagiota Karava, School of Civil Engineering and Division of Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University, United States of AmericaFollow
Jianghai Hu, Purdue UniversityFollow

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to study potential applicability and performance of approximate dynamic programming (ADP) for building control problems. It is well known that occupants’ stochastic behavior affects the thermal dynamics of building spaces. Incorporating occupant interactions in building control system designs is the main focus of this work. We apply ADP to stochastic optimal control designs for illustrative scenarios of occupant-building interactions and demonstrate its validity through a simulation study.

Keywords

Building Control, Appropriate Dynamic Programming, Stochastic Optimal Control

Date of this Version

2-5-2018