par Nicolis, Grégoire 
;Nicolis, Catherine
Référence Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 77, 5, page (051101)
Publication Publié, 2008
;Nicolis, CatherineRéférence Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 77, 5, page (051101)
Publication Publié, 2008
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Conditions under which the evolution equations of a multivariate system can be cast in a variational form are identified. A kinetic potential generating both the deterministic part of the evolution and the probabilistic properties in a suitably defined set of variables is derived and compared to the thermodynamic potentials. The results are illustrated on the kinetics of phase transitions involving intermediate metastable phases and chemical reactions giving rise to two or more intermediate species. © 2008 The American Physical Society. |
