Dynamic Time- and Load-Based Preference toward Optimal Appliance Scheduling in a Smart Home

Table 3

Load-based preference table.

Sections	Loads	Hours
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Sitting room	TV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1	1	0.7	0.2
	L	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.7	1	0.9	0.6	0.1
	AC	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	1	0.9	0.4	0.1
Bathroom	WH	0	0	0	0	0.3	1	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	L	0	0	0	0	0.3	1	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0	0	0.1
Kitchen	REF	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	0.9	1	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0
	D	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	1	0.6	0.2	0	0
	M	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	1	0.6	0.4	0.2	0	0	0
	CM	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0
	L	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.5	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0	0	0
Laundry	WM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0	0	0
	CD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0	0	0
	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0	0	0
Bedroom	L	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3
	L	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.2	1	0.8	0.5
	P	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	1	0.8	0.2	0.1