Optimal control of a rougher flotation process based on dynamic programming

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Maldonado, M ^a   Sbarbaro, D ^b   Lizama, E ^c  

^a Industrial Support Company Ltda   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Los Pelambres Mining ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Rougher flotation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FLOTATION CIRCUITS; PLANT EFFICIENCY; ROUGHER FLOTATION;

FLOTATION;

EID: 33846873473     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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