The use of maximum entropy infer­ ence in reasoning with uncertain informa­ tion is commonly justified by an information-theoretic argument. This paper discusses a possible objection to this information-theoretic justification and shows how it can be met. I then compare max­ imum entropy inference with certain other currently popular methods for uncertain rea­ soning. In making such a compariso...

We derive a simple closed analytical expression for the total entropy production along a single stochastic trajectory of a Brownian particle diffusing on a periodic potential under an external constant force. By numerical simulations we compute the probability distribution functions of the entropy and satisfactorily test many of the predictions based on Seifert's integral fluctuation theorem. T...

We propose an extension of the principle of virtual work of mechanics to random dynamics of mechanical systems. The total virtual work of the interacting forces and inertial forces on every particle of the system is calculated by considering the motion of each particle. Then according to the principle of Lagrange-d’Alembert for dynamical equilibrium, the vanishing ensemble average of the virtua...

The Godunov method for conservation laws produces numerical solutions that are total-variation diminishing (TVD) and converge to weak solutions which satisfy the entropy condition (Entropy Consistency), but the method is only first order accurate. Many second and higher order accurate Godunov–type methods have been developed by various researchers. Although these high order methods perform very...

The different contributions to the entropy change linked to the austenite-martensitic transition in a Ni-Mn-Sn metamagnetic shape memory alloy have been determined by combining different experimental techniques. The vibrational contribution has been inferred from the vibrational density of states of both the martensitic and austenite phases. This has been accomplished by combining time-of-fligh...

Shannon, Kullback-Leibler, and Klimontovich's renormalized entropies are applied as three different complexity measures on gait data of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and healthy control group. We show that the renormalized entropy of variability of total reaction force of gait is a very efficient tool to compare patients with respect to disease severity. Moreover, it is a good risk pre...

The phonon densities of states for pure vanadium and the solid solutions V-6.25% Ni, Pd, Pt were determined from inelastic neutron scattering measurements. The solute atoms caused a large stiffening of the phonons, resulting in large, negative vibrational entropies of mixing. For V-6.25%Pt, the negative vibrational entropy of mixing exceeds the conventional positive chemical entropy of mixing. ...

It is by now clear that the naive rule for the entropy of a black hole, (entropy) = 1/4 (area of event horizon), is violated in many interesting cases. Indeed, several authors have recently conjectured that in general the entropy of a dirty black hole might be given purely in terms of some surface integral over the event horizon of that black hole. A formal proof of this conjecture, using Loren...

We argue that the total observable entropy is bounded by the inverse of the cosmological constant. This holds for all space-times with a positive cosmological constant, including cosmologies dominated by ordinary matter, and recollapsing universes. The argument involves intermediate steps which may be of interest in their own right. We note that entropy cannot be observed unless it lies both in...

Based on the harmonious unifying hybrid preferential model (HUHPM) network proposed by our group, the entropy characteristic of an un-weighted HUHPM-BA network and a weighted HUHPM-BBV network are investigated as the total hybrid ratio d/r is changed. We derive and compute the general relation of the power exponent of the degree distribution with the entropy by using the Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy...