LAPSE:2018.0936
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LAPSE:2018.0936
Realistic Scheduling Mechanism for Smart Homes
Danish Mahmood, Nadeem Javaid, Nabil Alrajeh, Zahoor Ali Khan, Umar Qasim, Imran Ahmed, Manzoor Ilahi
November 27, 2018
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.
Keywords
appliance classification, appliance scheduling, Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO), Demand Response (DR) programs, Demand Side Management (DSM), Home Energy Management System (HEMS), time of use pricing, user comfort
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Mahmood D, Javaid N, Alrajeh N, Khan ZA, Qasim U, Ahmed I, Ilahi M. Realistic Scheduling Mechanism for Smart Homes. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0936
Author Affiliations
Mahmood D: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Javaid N: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Alrajeh N: College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Technology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11633, Saudi Arabia
Khan ZA: Internetworking Program, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 4R2, Canada; Computer Information Science (CIS), Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus 4114, UAE [ORCID]
Qasim U: Cameron Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8, Canada [ORCID]
Ahmed I: Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), Peshawar 25000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Ilahi M: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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Energies
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9
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3
Article Number
E202
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2016
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2016-03-15
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1996-1073
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