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most citedA Picture May Be Worth a Hundred Words for Visual Question Answering

4 citations · 6 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

eess.SY2026

Feeder-Aware Service-Conditioned Flexibility of Grid-Interactive Buildings

Dafang Zhao, Ittetsu Taniguchi, Takao Onoye

Grid-interactive buildings can adjust demand, but building-feasible power budgets may differ from accepted feeder-head offers. This study addresses a practical question: to what ex…

cs.AI2025

Towards Machine Learning-based Model Predictive Control for HVAC Control in Multi-Context Buildings at Scale via Ensemble Learning

Yang Deng, Yaohui Liu, Rui Liang +4

The building thermodynamics model, which predicts real-time indoor temperature changes under potential HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) control operations, is cruc…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

A Unified Energy Management Framework for Multi-Timescale Forecasting in Smart Grids

Dafang Zhao, Xihao Piao, Zheng Chen +2

Accurate forecasting of the electrical load, such as the magnitude and the timing of peak power, is crucial to successful power system management and implementation of smart grid s…

cs.LG2024

Improving Building Temperature Forecasting: A Data-driven Approach with System Scenario Clustering

Dafang Zhao, Zheng Chen, Zhengmao Li +2

Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems play a critical role in maintaining a comfortable thermal environment and cost approximately 40% of primary energy usage in th…

eess.SY2023★ 1 cited

Data-driven HVAC Control Using Symbolic Regression: Design and Implementation

Yuki Ozawa, Dafang Zhao, Daichi Watari +4

The large amount of data collected in buildings makes energy management smarter and more energy efficient. This study proposes a design and implementation methodology of data-drive…

cs.CV2021★ 4 cited

A Picture May Be Worth a Hundred Words for Visual Question Answering

Yusuke Hirota, Noa Garcia, Mayu Otani +4

How far can we go with textual representations for understanding pictures? In image understanding, it is essential to use concise but detailed image representations. Deep visual fe…