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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 3685941, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3685941
Research Article

Dynamics Analysis and Biomass Productivity Optimisation of a Microbial Cultivation Process through Substrate Regulation

Kaibiao Sun,1 Shan Liu,1 Andrzej Kasperski,2 and Yuan Tian3

1School of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
2Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, University of Zielona Góra, Ulica Szafrana 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
3School of Information Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China

Received 24 February 2016; Revised 1 April 2016; Accepted 13 April 2016

Academic Editor: Carmen Coll

Copyright © 2016 Kaibiao Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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