MAXIMIZABLE INFORMATIONAL ENTROPY AS A MEASURE OF PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTY

DOI10.1142/S0217979210054713zbMath1203.82004arXiv0803.3110OpenAlexW1965482824MaRDI QIDQ3062755

Aziz El Kaabouchi, Laurent Nivanen, Franois Tsobnang, Qiuping A. Wang, Alain Le Méhauté, Jincan Chen, Congjie Ou

Publication date: 28 December 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3110

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyprobability distributionvirtual work principlevarentropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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