Residential preferences and population distribution

Patterns of changing residential preferences during late-adulthood

Earlier research on residential mobility has demonstrated a tendency for the young old of the 55+-population to prefer peripheral locations, whereas older age groups choose central locations. Here, we present survey results indicating that such late-adulthood differences in preferences are supported by age–related shifts corresponding to differences in housing preferences expressed by individua...

Bayesian Learning of Consumer Preferences for Residential Demand Response

In coming years residential consumers will face real-time electricity tariffs with energy prices varying day to day, and effective energy saving will require automation – a recommender system, which learns consumer’s preferences from her actions. A consumer chooses a scenario of home appliance use to balance her comfort level and the energy bill. We propose a Bayesian learning algorithm to esti...

Multi-criteria analysis of ranking preferences on residential traits

Pair-wise comparisons assume additivity, transitivity and equal weighting of properties’ traits. This paper explores multi-criteria treatments of pair wise comparisons in order to reveal the implicit hierarchical decision making process used by analysts who perform residential valuations. This treatment is presented as an extension of traditional grid treatments used extensively by professsiona...

Analysis of Residential Irrigation Distribution Uniformity

Irrigation has become commonplace for residential homeowners desiring high quality landscapes in Florida. The goal of this project was to document irrigation system uniformity in Central Florida and to quantify distribution uniformity of residential sprinkler equipment under controlled conditions. The catch-can testing procedure used was a modified version of both the American Society of Agricu...

Residential Housing Population Revitalization: Honors Students