TY - JOUR
T1 - The well-reasoned choice
T2 - An information-theoretic approach to branching ratios in molecular rate processes
AU - Levine, R. D.
AU - Kosloff, R.
PY - 1974/9/15
Y1 - 1974/9/15
N2 - A collection of molecules has often a choice between competing (i.e., alternative) modes of evolution. It is customary to handle such problems through rate equations, thereby concluding that the branching ratio is determined by the relative rates of the competing processes. The grouping axiom of information theory is used to provide an alternative point of view, namely that the choice is based on the need to maximize the entropy, subject to known constraints. The thermodynamic interpretation and suggested applications are also considered.
AB - A collection of molecules has often a choice between competing (i.e., alternative) modes of evolution. It is customary to handle such problems through rate equations, thereby concluding that the branching ratio is determined by the relative rates of the competing processes. The grouping axiom of information theory is used to provide an alternative point of view, namely that the choice is based on the need to maximize the entropy, subject to known constraints. The thermodynamic interpretation and suggested applications are also considered.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(74)80078-3
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(74)80078-3
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AN - SCOPUS:49549152751
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 28
SP - 300
EP - 304
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 2
ER -