The basic principles of irreversible thermodynamics in the context of an informational-statistical approach

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 677-703

  Luzzi, Roberto ^a   Vasconcellos, Aurea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

INFORMATIONAL STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; LINEAR IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031176560     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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