Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications
(Part of the Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity Series)
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A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behavior, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of these phenomena seem to be susceptible to description using approaches drawn from thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, particularly approaches involving the maximization of entropy and of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and standard laws in a natural way. The book addresses the interdisciplinary...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195159772
ISBN13:9780195159776
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:440 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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