Statistical approach of the irreversible entropy variation

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3454-3460

  Lucia, Umberto ^a  

^a ITIS Volta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Irreversible entropy; Maximum entropy variation; Statistical physics

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION;

CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; DYNAMICAL INTERPRETATION; SPATIAL ORGANISATION;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 41649097135     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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