title: Optimal prediction and the Mori-Zwanzig representation of irreversible processes.
abstract: Optimal prediction methods compensate for a lack of resolution in the numerical solution of complex problems through the use of prior statistical information. We point out a relation between optimal prediction and the statistical mechanics of irreversible processes, and use a version of the Mori-Zwanzig formalism to produce a higher-order optimal prediction method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chorin
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Hald
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kupferman