Towards Trustworthy Agentic Building Energy Modelling: The Role of Model Context Protocol
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Zhou J., Wang M., Ren C., et al. (2026). Towards Trustworthy Agentic Building Energy Modelling: The Role of Model Context Protocol. Energy Use 2:100064. https://doi.org/10.59717/ipj.energy-use.2026.100064
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Zhou J., Wang M., Ren C., et al. (2026). Towards Trustworthy Agentic Building Energy Modelling: The Role of Model Context Protocol. Energy Use 2:100064. https://doi.org/10.59717/ipj.energy-use.2026.100064
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MCP-enabled information-to-parameter modelling for trustworthy agentic BEM.