02401nas a2200229   4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260001200182490000800194520165900202653003301861653002201894653002501916653002201941653003501963653001701998100001402015700001902029700001702048700001902065856008702084       2017                        eng d00aPerformance Evaluation of an Agent-based Occupancy Simulation Model0 aPerformance Evaluation of an Agentbased Occupancy Simulation Mod  c04/20170 v1153 a<p>Occupancy is an important factor driving building performance. Static and homogeneous occupant schedules, commonly used in building performance simulation, contribute to issues such as performance gaps between simulated and measured energy use in buildings. Stochastic occupancy models have been recently developed and applied to better represent spatial and temporal diversity of occupants in buildings. However, there is very limited evaluation of the usability and accuracy of these models. This study used measured occupancy data from a real office building to evaluate the performance of an agent-based occupancy simulation model: the Occupancy Simulator. The occupancy patterns of various occupant types were first derived from the measured occupant schedule data using statistical analysis. Then the performance of the simulation model was evaluated and verified based on (1) whether the distribution of observed occupancy behavior patterns follows the theoretical ones included in the Occupancy Simulator, and (2) whether the simulator can reproduce a variety of occupancy patterns accurately. Results demonstrated the feasibility of applying the Occupancy Simulator to simulate a range of occupancy presence and movement behaviors for regular types of occupants in office buildings, and to generate stochastic occupant schedules at the room and individual occupant levels for building performance simulation. For future work, model validation is recommended, which includes collecting and using detailed interval occupancy data of all spaces in an office building to validate the simulated occupant schedules from the Occupancy Simulator.</p>10amodel performance evaluation10aoccupancy pattern10aOccupancy simulation10aoccupant behavior10aoccupant presence and movement10averification1 aLuo, Xuan1 aLam, Khee, Poh1 aChen, Yixing1 aHong, Tianzhen  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/performance-evaluation-agent-based