Optimisation of metallurgical performance of industrial flotation column using neural network and gravitational search algorithm

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Massinaei, M ^a   Falaghi, H ^a   Izadi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flotation column; Modelling; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; FLOTATION COLUMNS; GRAVITATIONAL SEARCH ALGORITHM (GSA); GRAVITATIONAL SEARCH ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL FLOTATION COLUMNS; METALLURGICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMISATIONS;

GRAVITATION; INDUSTRY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PYROMETALLURGY;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 84877855224     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: 18791395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1879139512Y.0000000054     Document Type: Article

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