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Bayesian estimation of visual discomfort

Lindeloef, David
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Morel, Nicolas  
2008
Building Research And Information

A method is proposed to estimate objectively occupants' visual discomfort in small office rooms as a function of the illuminance at one or more locations. Expressed as a visual discomfort probability, it is based on an analysis of the past history of the user's interactions with the blinds and lighting controls. A Bayesian formalism is applied to infer the probability that any illuminance distribution should be considered by the user as visually uncomfortable. This method is applied to the interactions of the experimental building's users of the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO), Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL), and a discomfort probability is derived as a function of the horizontal workplane illuminance. This discomfort probability is very high (0.5-1.0) for an illuminance below 200 lx; it reaches a global minimum (about 0.3) at 500 lx, and then increases gradually for larger illuminances until it reaches 1.0 again close to 3000 lx.

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research article
DOI
10.1080/09613210701544061
Web of Science ID

WOS:000252315000007

Author(s)
Lindeloef, David
Morel, Nicolas  
Date Issued

2008

Published in
Building Research And Information
Volume

36

Start page

83

End page

96

Subjects

comfort

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dissatisfaction

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glare

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illuminance

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occupants

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smart control

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visual discomfort

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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November 30, 2010
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/61666
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