The Maximum Entropy Rate Description of a Thermodynamic System in a Stationary Non-Equilibrium State

Entropy

关键词: Markov chain;    asymptotic equipartition property;    entropy rate;    entropy production;    information divergence;   

DOI  :  10.3390/e11040675

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper we present a simple model to describe a rather general system in a stationary non-equilibrium state, which is an open system traversed by a stationary flux. The probabilistic description is provided by a non-homogeneous Markov chain, which is not assumed on the basis of a model of the microscopic interactions but rather derived from the knowledge of the macroscopic fluxes traversing the system through a maximum entropy rate principle.

【 授权许可】

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