A fuzzy set approach to non-equilibrium thermodynamics

doi:10.1016/0165-0114(92)90058-C

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volume 47, Issue 1, 10 April 1992, Pages 39-48

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Abstract

The investigation of the fuzziness of a non-equilibrium thermodynamic system is justified by the structural and parametric uncertainties of such systems. The paper gives a fuzzy set formulation of the phenomenological equations and shows a realistic approach for studying the entropy production in physical systems, the time trajectories of chemical reactions, etc. Using algorithms derived for special reaction systems, bundles of time trajectories with prescribed boundary possibility measures are calculated.

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A fuzzy set approach to non-equilibrium thermodynamics

Abstract

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Methoden Chemisch-Kinetischer Berechnungen

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics

Fuzzy real algebra: Some results

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics