This paper introduces extremum seeking (ES) algorithms designed to achieve perfect
tracking of arbitrary time-varying extremum. In contrast to classical ES approaches that …

Froth flotation, as one of the most widely used separation approaches in mineral processing,
is commonly used to recover valuable components from minerals. However, maintaining …

Online optimization of building thermal environment is no trivial task due to the complex and
uncertain indoor thermodynamics. In this study, an extended Kalman filter-based extremum …

Our recently developed" unbiased" extremum seeking (uES) algorithms ensure perfect
convergence to the optimum at a user-assigned exponential rate or, more powerfully, within …

This paper presents the design and analysis of the extremum seeking for static maps with
input passed through a partial differential equation (PDE) of the diffusion type defined on a …

In the flotation process, too high or too low froth velocity can lead to a reduction in the
recovery of useful minerals. However, it is difficult to achieve stable control of froth velocity …

Air recovery is the fraction of air that leaves the pulp phase of a flotation cell and reports to
the concentrate. There is a peak in this quantity as cell parameters change, and …

This thesis introduces model-free control and optimization strategies for static and dynamic
systems with model uncertainties. It comprises two main parts: the first focuses on extremum …