Entropy and equilibrium via games of complexity

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 11-31

  Topsøe, Flemming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Game theoretical equilibrium; Kaniadakis entropy; Maximum entropy; Measure of complexity; Nash equilibrium; Tsallis entropy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

GAME THEORETICAL EQUILIBRIUM; KANIADAKIS ENTROPY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MEASURE OF COMPLEXITY; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; TSALLIS ENTROPY;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 3042774556     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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