On generalized entropy measures and pathways

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 493-500

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Mathematical Sciences   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Additivity; Characterizations; Generalized entropies; Non extensivity; Power law; Superstatistics; Tsallis statistics

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ADDITIVITY; GENERALIZED ENTROPIES; NON-EXTENSIVITY; POWER LAW; SUPERSTATISTICS; TSALLIS STATISTICS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 34548819022     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.06.047     Document Type: Article

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