The constraint rule of the maximum entropy principle

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-79

  Uffink, Jos ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030096487     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1355-2198(95)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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