@ARTICLE{Yefi24-IoTJ-MetamEnTh,
   AUTHOR       = {Peter Yefi and Ramanunni Parakkal Menon and 
      Ursula Eicker and Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc},
   JOURNAL      = {Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ)},
   TITLE        = {MetamEnTh: An Object-Oriented Metamodel for IoT Systems 
      in Buildings},
   YEAR         = {2024},
   MONTH        = {August},
   NOTE         = {21 pages.},
   NUMBER       = {15},
   PAGES        = {25818--25838},
   VOLUME       = {11},
   EDITOR       = {Nei Kato},
   KEYWORDS     = {Topic: <b>ESE for the IoT</b>, Venue: <b>IoTJ</b>},
   PUBLISHER    = {IEEE CS Press},
   URL          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/IoTJ24a.doc.pdf},
   ABSTRACT     = {Buildings consist of systems that have to interact and 
      coordinate with various systems to function smoothly. It is essential 
      to have models and representations of buildings in forms that are 
      easy to read for effective simulation, control, and optimization of 
      building systems. It is also necessary for integrating and creating 
      novel applications and functions. A building energy management system 
      (BEMS) is a common feature of most commercial buildings. It contains 
      models of some aspects of the building and its systems. However, 
      these models in the BEMSs do not entirely model all systems and 
      subsystems and their relationships because their primary function is 
      to control heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC), and 
      lighting. Project Haystack and Brick have made significant progress 
      in modeling buildings for operational purposes by adopting a metadata 
      approach. They offer machine and human-readable representations of 
      buildings, systems, and their relationships. However, tags and 
      tagsets in the metadata approach have some limitations that stem from 
      a weak structure in defining entities, their properties, and 
      relationships. In this study, we identify seven problems with the 
      metadata approach to modeling buildings and address these problems 
      with an object-oriented metamodel: Metamodel for energy things 
      (MetamEnTh). Using an object-oriented modeling technique to establish 
      structure and constraints, MetamEnTh produces a model that portrays a 
      building and its systems. MetamEnTh adheres to the same naming 
      convention of entities as other projects, such as Project Haystack 
      and Brick. We accomplish a UML representation of the core structure 
      of MetamEnTh and validate the representation through three different 
      case studies.}
}

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