A Story and a Recommendation about the Principle of Maximum Entropy Production
Open Access
- 30 November 2009
- Vol. 11 (4), 945-948
- https://doi.org/10.3390/e11040945
Abstract
The principle of maximum entropy production (MEP) is the subject of considerable academic study, but has yet to become remarkable for its practical applications. A tale is told of an instance in which a spin-off from consideration of an MEP-constrained climate model at least led to re-consideration of the very practical issue of water-vapour feedback in climate change. Further, and on a more-or-less unrelated matter, a recommendation is made for further research on whether there might exist a general "rule" whereby, for certain classes of complex non-linear systems, a state of maximum entropy production is equivalent to a state of minimum entropy.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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