Optimization of stochastic thermodynamic machines

DOI10.1007/S10955-020-02508-0zbMath1436.82019arXiv1905.04832OpenAlexW3005698489MaRDI QIDQ1986091

Yunxin Zhang

Publication date: 7 April 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.04832

zbMATH Keywords

variational methodcharacteristic curvestotal entropy productionheat engine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M25) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84)

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