On informational statistical thermodynamics
We describe a microscopic approach to phenomenological irreversible thermodynamics based on the nonequilibrium statistical operator method. The construction of a unifying approach to the nonequilibrium statistical operator method in the context of Jaynes' predictive statistical mechanics is summarized. This is based on a variational principle, namely Jaynes' maximization of the information statistical entropy, incorporating nonlocality in space and time as well as an ad hoc criterion for irreversibility.
nonequilibrium statistical operator method
Jaynes' predictive statistical mechanics
maximization of the information statistical entropy
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 617226
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