The statistical-inference approach to generalized thermodynamics

• DOI: 10.1007/bf02722894
• Publication Date: 2007-12-18T09:03:20Z
• Authors: B. H. Lavenda; C. Scherer
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

The thermodynamic implications of dispersion in finite sample sizes or small thermodynamic systems are investigated within the normal approximation to the Gibbs distribution.