Prior information and inference of optimality in thermodynamic processes

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/36/365002MaRDI QIDQ2854112zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Preety Aneja, Ramandeep S. Johal

Publication date 17 October 2013

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2220

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

Abstract: We derive ignorance based prior distribution to quantify incomplete information and show its use to estimate the optimal work characteristics of a heat engine.

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