699 research outputs found
The fossil salamanders of the family Sirenidae, by Coleman J. Goin and Walter Auffenberg
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Applying extended Kalman filters to adaptive thermal modelling in homes
No full textSpace-heating accounts for more than 40% of residential energy consumption in some countries (e.g. the UK and the US) and thus is a key area to address for energy efficiency improvement. To do so, intelligent domestic heating systems (IDHS) equipped with sensors and technologies that minimize user-input, have been proposed for optimal heating control in homes. However, a key challenge for IDHS is to obtain sufficient knowledge of the thermal dynamics of the home to build a thermal model that can reliably predict the spatial and temporal effects of its actions (e.g. turning the heating on or off or use of multiple heaters). This challenge of learning a thermal model has been studied extensively for decades in large purpose-built buildings (such as offices, educational, commercial or communal residential buildings) where machine learning is used to infer suitable thermal models. However, we believe that the technological gap between homes and buildings is fast vanishing with the advent of home automation and cloud computing, and the techniques and lessons learned in purpose-built buildings are increasingly applicable to homes too; with necessary modifications to tackle the challenges unique to homes (e.g. impact of household activities, diverse heating systems, more lenient occupancy schedule). Following this philosophy, we present a methodical study where stochastic grey-box modelling is used to develop thermal models and an extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used for parameter estimation. To demonstrate the applicability in homes, we present the case-study of a room in a family house equipped with underfloor heating and custom-built.NET Gadgeteer hardware. We built grey-box models and use the EKF to infer the thermal model of the room. In doing so, we use our in-house collected data to show that, in this instance, our thermal model predicts the indoor air temperature where the 95th percentile of the absolute prediction error is 0.95°C and 1.37°C for 2 and 4 hours predictions, respectively; in contrast to the corresponding 2.09°C and 3.11°C errors of the existing (historical-average based) thermal model.</p
Nineteen new species of Alycaeidae from Myanmar and Thailand (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea)
No full textFIGURE 28. Distribution of Dicharax omissus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (circles) and Dicharax notus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (triangles). Sample codes correspond with those in the list of examined material and Tables 2 and 3.Published as part of Páll-Gergely, Barna, Hunyadi, András, Grego, Jozef, Reischütz, Alexander & Auffenberg, Kurt, 2021, Nineteen new species of Alycaeidae from Myanmar and Thailand (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 4973 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4973.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/477195
Theater in Düsseldorf / Ludwig XI. in Peronne : heute, Sonntag den 7. Dezember 1828 (zum Erstenmale) ; ein Schauspiel in 5 Akten
No full textnach Walter Scotts "Quintin Durward" bearbeitet von Auffenberg (Verfasser des Löwen von Kurdestan). Personen: Herr Rennert, Derossi, Herr Fischer, Herr Young, Herr Flokenhaus, Herr Richter, Herr Garcin, Dem. Le Gaye, Herr Derossi j., Herr Allmann, Wolff, Herr Schnepf, Herr Mühldorfer, Herr Urspruch, Herr Monhaupt, Herr Stübicke, Mad. Barnim, Herr v. Weber, Herr Simon, Joseph Derossi, Herr Heinsen, Herr Thyssen, Herr Schmidt, ...In Fraktu
Concessionirtes Theater in Düsseldorf / Der Löwe von Kurdistan : heute Freitag den 8. November 1839 ; romantisches Schauspiel in 5 Akten
No full textnach Walter Scott's Talisman, bearbeitet von Joseph Freiherrn von Auffenberg. Personen: Herr Rennert, Dem. Stephany, Dem. C. Müller, Herr Reußler, Herr Seeliger, Herr Kupfer, Herr Hinze, Herr Amberg, Herr Weiß, Herr Schlögell I, Herr Fitzenhagen, Herr Derossi jr., Mad. Amberg, Dem. Triebert, Mad. Schlögel, Mad. Derossi d. j., Dem. Heß I, Dem. Heß II, Dem. Heß III, Mad. Weiß, Mad. Euling, Herr Rossi, Herr WimmerIn Fraktu
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