Relaxation Processes and the Maximum Entropy Production Principle
Spontaneous transitions of an isolated system from one macroscopic state to another (relaxation processes) are accompanied by a change of entropy. Following Jaynes’ MaxEnt formalism, it is shown that practically all the possible microscopic developments of a system, within a fixed time interval, are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/12/3/473/ |