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- Title
Realistic Scheduling Mechanism for Smart Homes.
- Authors
Mahmood, Danish; Javaid, Nadeem; Alrajeh, Nabil; Khan, Zahoor Ali; Qasim, Umar; Ahmed, Imran; Ilahi, Manzoor
- Abstract
In this work, we propose a Realistic Scheduling Mechanism (RSM) to reduce user frustration and enhance appliance utility by classifying appliances with respective constraints and their time of use effectively. Algorithms are proposed regarding functioning of home appliances. A 24 hour time slot is divided into four logical sub-time slots, each composed of 360 min or 6 h. In these sub-time slots, only desired appliances (with respect to appliance classification) are scheduled to raise appliance utility, restricting power consumption by a dynamically modelled power usage limiter that does not only take the electricity consumer into account but also the electricity supplier. Once appliance, time and power usage limiter modelling is done, we use a nature-inspired heuristic algorithm, Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO), optimally to form schedules with given constraints representing each sub-time slot. These schedules tend to achieve an equilibrium amongst appliance utility and cost effectiveness. For validation of the proposed RSM, we provide a comparative analysis amongst unscheduled electrical load usage, scheduled directly by BPSO and RSM, reflecting user comfort, which is based upon cost effectiveness and appliance utility.
- Subjects
HOME automation; ELECTRONIC control; PARTICLE swarm optimization; HOUSEHOLD electronics; DYNAMICS
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2016, Vol 9, Issue 3, p202
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en9030202