Maximum Entropy Models in Science and Engineering

By J.N. Kapur

This text/reference presents practical maximum-entropy models used in both the hard and the soft sciences. The basic theory of the maximum-entropy principle is explained, followed by detailed applications in numerous areas of science, business and economics, including thermodynamics, mechanics, statistics, design of experiments, time-series analysis, queuing and decision theory. Contains more than 600 specially constructed exercises.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470214597
• ISBN13: 9780470214596
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 635 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.5" x 6.3"