On informational statistical thermodynamics (Q1330839)

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    On informational statistical thermodynamics (English)
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    14 August 1994
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    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.
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    nonequilibrium statistical operator method
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    Jaynes' predictive statistical mechanics
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    variational principle
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    maximization of the information statistical entropy
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