Model based predictive control of a rougher flotation circuit considering grade estimation in intermediate cells;Control predictivo de un circuito de flotación rougher considerando estimación de leyes en celdas intermedias

DYNA (Colombia)

Volumn 78, Issue 166, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Rojas, Daniel ^a   Cipriano, Aldo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Grade estimation; Predictive control; Rougher flotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155170526     PISSN: 00127353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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