Entropy 2010, 12(5), 996-1005; doi:10.3390/e12050996
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The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes

Paško Županović 1,* email, Domagoj Kuić 1 , Željana Bonačić Lošić 1 , Dražen Petrov 1 , Davor Juretić 1  and Milan Brumen 2
1 Faculty of Science, University of Split, Teslina 12, 21000 Split, Croatia 2 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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Received: 13 March 2010 / Accepted: 23 April 2010 / Published: 27 April 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue What Is Maximum Entropy Production and How Should We Apply It?)
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Abstract: It is shown that Onsager’s principle of the least dissipation of energy is equivalent to the maximum entropy production principle. It is known that solutions of the linearized Boltzmann equation make extrema of entropy production. It is argued, in the case of stationary processes, that this extremum is a maximum rather than a minimum.
Keywords: entropy production; linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics; linearized Boltzmann equation

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Županović, P.; Kuić, D.; Lošić, Ž.B.; Petrov, D.; Juretić, D.; Brumen, M. The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes. Entropy 2010, 12, 996-1005.

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Županović P, Kuić D, Lošić ŽB, Petrov D, Juretić D, Brumen M. The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes. Entropy. 2010; 12(5):996-1005.

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Županović, Paško; Kuić, Domagoj; Lošić, Željana Bonačić; Petrov, Dražen; Juretić, Davor; Brumen, Milan. 2010. "The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes." Entropy 12, no. 5: 996-1005.

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