Generalised information and entropy measures in physics

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-510

  Beck, Christian ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Entropy; Generalised statistical mechanics; Measures of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650242997     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510902823517     Document Type: Article

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