Pathway model, superstatistics, Tsallis statistics, and a generalized measure of entropy

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-122

  Mathai, A M ^a,b   Haubold, H J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Mathematical Sciences   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Gibbs entropy; Entropic pathway model; Fractional calculus; Generalized entropy; Superstatistics; Tsallis entropy

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOLTZMANN GIBBS ENTROPY; ENTROPIC PATHWAY MODEL; FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; GENERALIZED ENTROPY; SUPERSTATISTICS; TSALLIS ENTROPY;

ENTROPY;

EID: 33751542633     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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