A General Theory Of Entropy

Author : Kofi Kissi Dompere
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030181598

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A General Theory of Entropy by Kofi Kissi Dompere Pdf

This book presents an epistemic framework for dealing with information-knowledge and certainty-uncertainty problems within the space of quality-quantity dualities. It bridges between theoretical concepts of entropy and entropy measurements, proposing the concept and measurement of fuzzy-stochastic entropy that is applicable to all areas of knowing under human cognitive limitations over the epistemological space. The book builds on two previous monographs by the same author concerning theories of info-statics and info-dynamics, to deal with identification and transformation problems respectively. The theoretical framework is developed by using the toolboxes such as those of the principle of opposites, systems of actual-potential polarities and negative-positive dualities, under different cost-benefit time-structures. The category theory and the fuzzy paradigm of thought, under methodological constructionism-reductionism duality, are used in the fuzzy-stochastic and cost-benefit spaces to point to directions of global application in knowing, knowledge and decision-choice actions. Thus, the book is concerned with a general theory of entropy, showing how the fuzzy paradigm of thought is developed to deal with the problems of qualitative-quantitative uncertainties over the fuzzy-stochastic space, which will be applicable to conditions of soft-hard data, fact, evidence and knowledge over the spaces of problem-solution dualities, decision-choice actions in sciences, non-sciences, engineering and planning sciences to abstract acceptable information-knowledge elements.

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791400565

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Social Entropy Theory by Kenneth D. Bailey Pdf

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

Author : Ronald Christensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040311552

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Order and Time by Ronald Christensen Pdf

Author : Robert M. Gray
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781475739824

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Entropy and Information Theory by Robert M. Gray Pdf

This book is devoted to the theory of probabilistic information measures and their application to coding theorems for information sources and noisy channels. The eventual goal is a general development of Shannon's mathematical theory of communication, but much of the space is devoted to the tools and methods required to prove the Shannon coding theorems. These tools form an area common to ergodic theory and information theory and comprise several quantitative notions of the information in random variables, random processes, and dynamical systems. Examples are entropy, mutual information, conditional entropy, conditional information, and discrimination or relative entropy, along with the limiting normalized versions of these quantities such as entropy rate and information rate. Much of the book is concerned with their properties, especially the long term asymptotic behavior of sample information and expected information. This is the only up-to-date treatment of traditional information theory emphasizing ergodic theory.

Author : Phil Attard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199662760

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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics by Phil Attard Pdf

This title builds from basic principles to advanced techniques, and covers the major phenomena, methods, and results of time-dependent systems. It is a pedagogic introduction, a comprehensive reference manual, and an original research monograph--

Author : Peiqing Liu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789813366602

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A General Theory of Fluid Mechanics by Peiqing Liu Pdf

This book provides a general introduction to fluid mechanics in the form of biographies and popular science. Based on the author’s extensive teaching experience, it combines natural science and human history, knowledge inheritance and cognition law to replace abstract concepts of fluid mechanics with intuitive and understandable physical concepts. In seven chapters, it describes the development of fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, wind tunnel and water tunnel equipment, the mystery of flight and aerodynamic principles, and leading figures in fluid mechanics in order to spark beginners’ interest and allow them to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field’s development. It also provides a list of references for further study.

Author : Robert Biel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004204294

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The Entropy of Capitalism by Robert Biel Pdf

Within the context of the ecological crisis of the twenty-first century, the book integrates Marxism and systems theory to reveal finance capital and the ‘war on terror’ as complementary responses of a capitalism reduced to parasitising upon symptoms of chaos.

Author : Arieh Ben-Naim
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Entropy
ISBN : 9814651672

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Information, Entropy, Life, and the Universe by Arieh Ben-Naim Pdf

Entropy is commonly interpreted as a measure of disorder. This interpretation has caused a great amount of "disorder" in the literature.This book explains what information theory is and how it is related to thermodynamic entropy. Then it examines the application of these concepts to the question of "What is life?" and whether or not they can be applied to the entire universe.

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791495612

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Social Entropy Theory by Kenneth D. Bailey Pdf

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

Author : André Thess
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642133497

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The Entropy Principle by André Thess Pdf

Entropy – the key concept of thermodynamics, clearly explained and carefully illustrated. This book presents an accurate definition of entropy in classical thermodynamics which does not “put the cart before the horse” and is suitable for basic and advanced university courses in thermodynamics. Entropy is the most important and at the same time the most difficult term of thermodynamics to understand. Many students are discontent with its classical definition since it is either based on “temperature” and “heat” which both cannot be accurately defined without entropy, or since it includes concepts such as “molecular disorder” which does not fit in a macroscopic theory. The physicists Elliott Lieb and Jakob Yngvason have recently developed a new formulation of thermodynamics which is free of these problems. The Lieb-Yngvason formulation of classical thermodynamics is based on the concept of adiabatic accessibility and culminates in the entropy principle. The entropy principle represents the accurate mathematical formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. Temperature becomes a derived quantity whereas ”heat” is no longer needed. This book makes the Lieb-Yngvason theory accessible to students. The presentation is supplemented by seven illustrative examples which explain the application of entropy and the entropy principle in practical problems in science and engineering.

Author : Nathaniel F. G. Martin,James W. England
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521177383

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Mathematical Theory of Entropy by Nathaniel F. G. Martin,James W. England Pdf

This excellent 1981 treatment of the mathematical theory of entropy gives an accessible exposition its application to other fields.

Author : Joseph Ellis Trevor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Thermodynamics
ISBN : UOM:39015000994403

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The General Theory of Thermodynamics by Joseph Ellis Trevor Pdf

Author : Mikhail V. Volkenstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034600781

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Entropy and Information by Mikhail V. Volkenstein Pdf

This is just...entropy, he said, thinking that this explained everything, and he repeated the strange word a few times. 1 ? Karel Capek , “Krakatit” This “strange word” denotes one of the most basic quantities of the physics of heat phenomena, that is, of thermodynamics. Although the concept of entropy did indeed originate in thermodynamics, it later became clear that it was a more universal concept, of fundamental signi?cance for chemistry and biology, as well as physics. Although the concept of energy is usually considered more important and easier to grasp, it turns out, as we shall see, that the idea of entropy is just as substantial—and moreover not all that complicated. We can compute or measure the quantity of energy contained in this sheet of paper, and the same is true of its entropy. Furthermore, entropy has remarkable properties. Our galaxy, the solar system, and the biosphere all take their being from entropy, as a result of its transferenceto the surrounding medium. Thereis a surprisingconnectionbetween entropyandinformation,thatis,thetotalintelligencecommunicatedbyamessage. All of this is expounded in the present book, thereby conveying informationto the readeranddecreasinghis entropy;butitis uptothe readertodecidehowvaluable this information might be.

Author : Arieh Ben-Naim
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527534698

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Entropy for Smart Kids and their Curious Parents by Arieh Ben-Naim Pdf

This book discusses entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics in such a way that everyone can understand its subject matter. Entropy is one of the most interesting concepts in physics. Although it is a well-defined concept, it is still perceived by even well-known scientists as a concept cloaked in mystery. It is also the most misused, and often abused, concept in physics. In order to understand entropy, one needs to understand the Shannon measure of information, and in order to grasp this idea, one must be familiar with some basic concepts of probability. Therefore, this book consists of three chapters: the first discusses probability, the second addresses Information Theory, and the third considers entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Readers will discover that the Second Law is nothing but a law of probability.

Author : Paul McEvoy
Publisher : MicroAnalytix
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 1930832028

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Classical Theory by Paul McEvoy Pdf

This handbook explains the theory of local nonequilibrium thermodynamics that is constructed from microscopic particle statistical mechanics. Each thermodynamic quantity is based on a particle analog.