Maximum Entropy Production as an Inference Algorithm that Translates Physical Assumptions into Macroscopic Predictions: Don’t Shoot the Messenger

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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Main Author: Roderick C. Dewar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-11-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
maximum entropy
maximum entropy production
non-equilibrium
statistical inference
statistical mechanics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/11/4/931/

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