Category: The Maximum Entropy Production Principle

NET and the Production of Entropy: Life, Earth and Beyond

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This book was written by Axel Kleidon and Ralph Lorenz and published in 2005. It studies the application of concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to a variety of research topics. Emphasis is on the Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle and applications to Geosphere-Biosphere couplings. Written by leading researchers from a wide range of backgrounds, the book…

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Maximum entropy production principle in physics, chemistry and biology

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This paper was written by L. M. Martyushev and V. D. Seleznev and published in 2006. The abstract states: “The tendency of the entropy to a maximum as an isolated system is relaxed to the equilibrium (the second law of thermodynamics) has been known since the mid-19th century. However, independent theoretical and applied studies, which…

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Maximum entropy production and the fluctuation theorem

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This paper was written by Roderick Dewar and published in 2005. In this paper and another he published two years earlier (2003), Dewar provides a theoretical basis for the maximum entropy production principle and derives a provisional proof of it for non-equilibrium, steady-state systems, both biotic and abiotic. The abstract of this article states: “Recently…

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Information theory explanation of the fluctuation theorem, maximum entropy production and self organized criticality in non-equilibrium stationary states

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This paper was written by Roderick Dewar and published in 2003. In this paper and another published two years later (2005), Dewar provides a theoretical basis for the maximum entropy production principle and derives a provisional proof of it for non-equilibrium, steady-state systems, both biotic and abiotic. The abstract for this paper states: “Jaynes’ information…

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Emergent attractors and the law of maximum entropy production: foundations to a theory of general evolution

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This paper was written by Rod Swenson and published in 1989. It is one of the first papers to use the maximum entropy production principle to describe the Swenson, R. 1989. Emergent attractors and the law of maximum entropy production: foundations to a theory of general evolution. Systems Research 6: 187-197.

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Life and the production of entropy

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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…

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Global dynamics and climate — a system of minimum entropy exchange

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This paper was written by the Australian atmospheric physicist Garth William Paltridge and published in 1975. The summary of this paper states: “It is found that the mean meridional distribution of temperature, cloud cover and meridional energy flux can be predicted with extraordinary accuracy by application of a simple minimum principle to a multibox model…

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