Generating statistical distributions without maximizing the entropy

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Plastino, A ^a   Curado, E M F ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

First law; MaxEnt; Microscopic probability distribution; Second law; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FIRST LAW; MAXENT; MICROSCOPIC PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; SECOND LAW;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33646001074     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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