Modeling Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of a Discrete Probability Distribution: General Rate Equation for Maximal Entropy Generation in a Maximum-Entropy Landscape with Time-Dependent Constraints

Modeling Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of a Discrete Probability Distribution: General Rate Equation for Maximal Entropy Generation in a Maximum-Entropy Landscape with Time-Dependent Constraints

A rate equation for a discrete probability distribution is discussed as a route to describe smooth relaxation towards the maximum entropy distribution compatible at all times with one or more linear constraints. The resulting dynamics follows the path of steepest entropy ascent compatible with the c...

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Main Author: Gian Paolo Beretta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-08-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
maximum entropy formalism
maximum entropy production
steepest entropy ascent
nonequilibrium dynamics
irreversible thermodynamics
Onsager reciprocity
fluctuation-dissipation relations
entropy generation by irreversibility
nonequilibrium temperature
constrained equilibrium
nonlinear dynamical systems
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/160/

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