A Story and a Recommendation about the Principle of Maximum Entropy Production
The principle of maximum entropy production (MEP) is the subject of considerable academic study, but has yet to become remarkable for its practical applications. A tale is told of an instance in which a spin-off from consideration of an MEP-constrained climate model at least led to re-consideration...
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| description | The principle of maximum entropy production (MEP) is the subject of considerable academic study, but has yet to become remarkable for its practical applications. A tale is told of an instance in which a spin-off from consideration of an MEP-constrained climate model at least led to re-consideration of the very practical issue of water-vapour feedback in climate change. Further, and on a more-or-less unrelated matter, a recommendation is made for further research on whether there might exist a general "rule" whereby, for certain classes of complex non-linear systems, a state of maximum entropy production is equivalent to a state of minimum entropy. |
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| title | A Story and a Recommendation about the Principle of Maximum Entropy Production |
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| title_short | A Story and a Recommendation about the Principle of Maximum Entropy Production |
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| topic | maximum entropy production minimum entropy water vapour feedback |
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