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Generic visual data mining-based framework for revealing abnormal operation patterns in building energy systems

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AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103624

Keywords

Building energy systems; Pattern identification; Building energy conservation; Visual data mining; Data visualization; Maximal frequent subgraph mining

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFE0116300]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978601]

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This study proposes a framework based on visual data mining for extracting abnormal operation patterns in building energy systems from historical operational data. By preprocessing, identifying system operation conditions, and mining system operation patterns in three steps, the framework can appropriately interpret data mining results and make the analysis more convenient.
The abnormal operation patterns in building energy systems can be revealed by analyzing their historical operational data. In practice, the amount of data is so tremendous that manual data analysis is challenging. Visual data mining is a promising solution to this problem. This study proposes a generic visual data miningbased framework for extracting abnormal operation patterns in building energy systems from their historical operational data. The framework consists of three steps. First, a kernel density estimation-based approach is utilized to preprocess the raw data. Then, a decision tree-based approach is adopted to identify the system operation conditions. Finally, a maximal frequent subgraph mining-based approach is developed to reveal the system operation patterns. The framework is applied to analyze the one-year operational data of a chiller plant. This study proves that the framework can appropriately interpret the data mining results, and can make the analysis of the results more convenient.

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