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Partitioning of indoor airspace for multi-zone thermal modelling using hierarchical cluster analysis

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Partitioning of indoor airspace for multi-zone thermal modelling using hierarchical cluster analysis. / Tsitsimpelis, Ioannis; Taylor, C. James.
14th European Control Conference. IEEE, 2015. p. 410-415.

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Tsitsimpelis, I & Taylor, CJ 2015, Partitioning of indoor airspace for multi-zone thermal modelling using hierarchical cluster analysis. in 14th European Control Conference. IEEE, pp. 410-415, 14th European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, 15/07/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECC.2015.7330578

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Tsitsimpelis I, Taylor CJ. Partitioning of indoor airspace for multi-zone thermal modelling using hierarchical cluster analysis. In 14th European Control Conference. IEEE. 2015. p. 410-415 doi: 10.1109/ECC.2015.7330578

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