Maximum Entropy Production as an Inference Algorithm that Translates Physical Assumptions into Macroscopic Predictions: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Is Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) a physical principle? In this paper I tentatively suggest it is not, on the basis that MEP is equivalent to Jaynes’ Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) inference algorithm that passively translates physical assumptions into macroscopic predictions, as applied to non-equilibr...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/11/4/931/ |