title: The maximum entropy production principle: two basic questions.
abstract: The overwhelming majority of maximum entropy production applications to ecological and environmental systems are based on thermodynamics and statistical physics. Here, we discuss briefly maximum entropy production principle and raises two questions: (i) can this principle be used as the basis for non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics and (ii) is it possible to 'prove' the principle? We adduce one more proof which is most concise today.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Ecology, S. Kovalevskoi 20A, Ekaterinburg 620219, Russia. leonidmartyushev@gmail.com
authors.forename: Leonid M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Martyushev
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D019277:Entropy; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010825:Physics; D013816:Thermodynamics