This paper was written by R. E. Ulanowicz (pictured) and M. Hannon and published in 1987. It is one of the first papers that used the maximum entropy production principle to describe the development of natural systems.
Ulanowicz, R. E. & Hannon, M. 1987. Life and the production of entropy. Proclamations of the Royal Society of London 232: 181-192. (doi: 10.1098/rspb. 1987.0067)