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E.T. Jaynes
R. D. . Ed(S): Rosenkrantz
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paperback. Editor(s): Rosenkrantz, R. D. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
The first six chapters of this volume present the author's 'predictive' or information theoretic' approach to statistical mechanics, in which the basic probability distributions over microstates are obtained as distributions of maximum entropy (Le. , as distributions that are most non-committal with regard to missing information among all those satisfying the macroscopically given constraints). There is then no need to make additional assumptions of ergodicity or metric transitivity; the theory proceeds entirely by inference from macroscopic measurements and the underlying dynamical assumptions. Moreover, the method of maximizing the entropy is completely general and applies, in particular, to irreversible processes as ... Read more
The first six chapters of this volume present the author's 'predictive' or information theoretic' approach to statistical mechanics, in which the basic probability distributions over microstates are obtained as distributions of maximum entropy (Le. , as distributions that are most non-committal with regard to missing information among all those satisfying the macroscopically given constraints). There is then no need to make additional assumptions of ergodicity or metric transitivity; the theory proceeds entirely by inference from macroscopic measurements and the underlying dynamical assumptions. Moreover, the method of maximizing the entropy is completely general and applies, in particular, to irreversible processes as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792302131
SKU
V9780792302131
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