Nonextensive Entropy : Interdisciplinary Applications, Paperback

by Constantino Tsallis

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Nonextensive Entropy : Interdisciplinary Applications, Paperback by Gell-Mann, Murray (EDT); Tsallis, Constantino (EDT), ISBN 0195159772, ISBN-13 9780195159776, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Gell-Mann (Science Board, Santa Fe Institute) and Tsallis (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) present material on interdisciplinary applications of ideas related to the nonextensive generalization of entropy, Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics, and standard thermodynamics. Applications relate to dynamical, physical, geophysical, biological, economic, financial, and social systems, and to networks, linguistics, and plectics. A dripping faucet as a nonextensive system, the pricing of stock options, and spatial patterns in forest ecology are some subjects discussed. Material originated at an April 2002 workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2004
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780195159776
• Condition: Fine

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