SYMBOLIC MODELING IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION

Authors
NATAF JM WINKELMANN F
Citation
Jm. Nataf et F. Winkelmann, SYMBOLIC MODELING IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION, Energy and buildings, 21(2), 1994, pp. 147-153
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Construcion & Building Technology
Journal title
Energy and buildings → ACNP
ISSN journal
03787788
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
147 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-7788(1994)21:2<147:SMIBES>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We show how symbolic modeling is used in the Simulation Problem Analys is and Research Kernel (SPARK) for solving complex problems in buildin g energy simulation. After a brief overview of SPARK, we describe its symbolic interface, which reads equations that are entered in symbolic form and automatically generates a program that solves the equations. The application of this method to solving the partial differential eq uations for two-dimensional heat flow is illustrated.