4th International workshop on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex fluids

	IWNET 2006	4th International workshop on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex fluids 3-7 september 2006, Rhodes, Greece

Home Scope Location Speakers Program Abstracts Author index Organizing Committee Scientific Committee Venue & Accomodation Registration News Contact		INVITED TALK Session: 5 Non-equilibrium thermodynamics: Approaches and formalisms (scheduled: Wednesday, 08:00 ) Towards a thermodynamics of complex systems G. Nicolis Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, Bvd. du Triomphe, 1050 Brussels, Belgium The limitations of the traditional thermodynamic approach in dealing with complex phenomena far from thermodynamic equilibrium are reviewed. An enlarged formulation of thermodynamics incorporating concepts and tools from nonlinear science and stochastic processes is outlined and shown to provide universal relationships of a new kind linking the relevant variables, as well as efficient methods for characterizing the structure and dynamics of large classes of complex nonlinear systems. Some implications of this formalism in selected problems of current concern are explored. © IWNET 2006

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