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Information in Biological Systems and the Fluctuation Theorem

Authors :
Yaşar Demirel
Source :
Entropy, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 1931-1948 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2014.

Abstract

Some critical trends in information theory, its role in living systems and utilization in fluctuation theory are discussed. The mutual information of thermodynamic coupling is incorporated into the generalized fluctuation theorem by using information theory and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Thermodynamically coupled dissipative structures in living systems are capable of degrading more energy, and processing complex information through developmental and environmental constraints. The generalized fluctuation theorem can quantify the hysteresis observed in the amount of the irreversible work in nonequilibrium regimes in the presence of information and thermodynamic coupling.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10994300
Volume :
16
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Entropy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.80fbb880df66496eafa873ee506b2246
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/e16041931