MLE+ Toolbox for Modeling and Control of Energy-efficient Building Systems
Rahul Mangharam, Truong X. Nghiem, Madhur Behl

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Rahul Mangharam, Truong X. Nghiem, Madhur Behl. "MLE+ Toolbox for Modeling and Control of Energy-efficient Building Systems". University of Pennsylvania, 1, February, 2014.

Abstract
MLE+ is an open-source tool for energy-efficient building automation design, co-simulation and analysis. The tool leverages the high-fidelity building simulation capabilities of EnergyPlus and the scientific computation and design capabilities of Matlab for controller design. MLE+ facilitates integrated building simulation and controller formulation with integrated support for system identification, control design, optimization, simulation analysis and communication between software applications and building equipment. It provides streamlined workflows, a graphical front-end, and debugging support to help control engineers eliminate design and programming errors and take informed decisions early in the design stage, leading to fewer iterations in the building automation development cycle. The MLE+ project website presents several case studies how MLE+ can be used for designing energy-efficient control algorithms for both simulated buildings in EnergyPlus and real building equipment via BACnet. It is designed for engineers and researchers who are familiar with Matlab and Simulink and want to use these software tools in building energy simulation.

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  University of Pennsylvania, 1, February, 2014.

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  Rahul Mangharam, Truong X. Nghiem, Madhur Behl. "MLE+
  Toolbox for Modeling and Control of Energy-efficient
  Building Systems". University of Pennsylvania, 1,
  February, 2014.

• BibTeX

  @software{MangharamNghiemBehl14_MLEToolboxForModelingControlOfEnergyefficientBuilding,
      author = {Rahul Mangharam and Truong X. Nghiem and Madhur
                Behl},
      title = {MLE+ Toolbox for Modeling and Control of
                Energy-efficient Building Systems},
      institution = {University of Pennsylvania},
      day = {1},
      month = {February},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {MLE+ is an open-source tool for energy-efficient
                building automation design, co-simulation and
                analysis. The tool leverages the high-fidelity
                building simulation capabilities of EnergyPlus and
                the scientific computation and design capabilities
                of Matlab for controller design. MLE+ facilitates
                integrated building simulation and controller
                formulation with integrated support for system
                identification, control design, optimization,
                simulation analysis and communication between
                software applications and building equipment. It
                provides streamlined workflows, a graphical
                front-end, and debugging support to help control
                engineers eliminate design and programming errors
                and take informed decisions early in the design
                stage, leading to fewer iterations in the building
                automation development cycle. The MLE+ project
                website presents several case studies how MLE+ can
                be used for designing energy-efficient control
                algorithms for both simulated buildings in
                EnergyPlus and real building equipment via BACnet.
                It is designed for engineers and researchers who
                are familiar with Matlab and Simulink and want to
                use these software tools in building energy
                simulation.},
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/499.html}
  }
  

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