@inbook{54a5d4d8f16b42dcb6f3aaa2e35b220b,
title = "Co-design of Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks for building controls",
abstract = "A Building Automation System (BAS) aims to provide good user comfort within occupied zones in a building. One can enhance the functionality of a BAS through embedding advanced control strategies within a Wireless Sensor/Actuator Network (WSAN), and also make retrofit applications possible. However, control systems that are embedded in a WSAN can perform sub-optimally if the control system and WSAN are designed independently. In this context, we develop a co-design approach for embedding BAS code within a Network Control System. We compare our developed system for building lighting control with (a) a standard PI control method to empirically demonstrate a 19\% reduction in energy use and 65\% improvement in user comfort, and (b) an MPC strategy that uses only presence-based control, to show 25\% reduction in energy use. Our approach also improves network delay and sensor battery usage by 68\% over the PI baseline.",
author = "Mady, \{Alie El Din\} and Gregory Provan",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1109/CDC.2011.6160951",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781612848006",
series = "Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "5266--5273",
booktitle = "2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, CDC-ECC 2011",
address = "United States",
note = "2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, CDC-ECC 2011 ; Conference date: 12-12-2011 Through 15-12-2011",
}