Entropy Production, Entropy Generation, and Fokker-Planck Equations for Cancer Cell Growth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Non-Equilibrium Fokker-Planck Equations
3. Entropy Production and Fokker-Planck Equations
4. Entropy Generation and Fokker-Planck Equations
5. A Generalized Model for Cancer Growth
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Capotosto, S.; Smoot, B.; Hallford, R.; Sharma, P. Entropy Production, Entropy Generation, and Fokker-Planck Equations for Cancer Cell Growth. Physics 2019, 1, 147-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/physics1010014
Capotosto S, Smoot B, Hallford R, Sharma P. Entropy Production, Entropy Generation, and Fokker-Planck Equations for Cancer Cell Growth. Physics. 2019; 1(1):147-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/physics1010014
Chicago/Turabian StyleCapotosto, Salvatore, Bailey Smoot, Randal Hallford, and Preet Sharma. 2019. "Entropy Production, Entropy Generation, and Fokker-Planck Equations for Cancer Cell Growth" Physics 1, no. 1: 147-153. https://doi.org/10.3390/physics1010014