2017/04/09 by Ariel Caticha, Caticha, Ariel
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1704.02663
openalex publication_date 2017/04/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Entropic Dynamics is a framework in which dynamical laws such as those that arise in physics are derived as an application of entropic methods of inference. No underlying action principle is postulated. Instead, the dynamics is driven by entropy subject to constraints reflecting the information that is relevant to the problem at hand. In this work I review the derivation of quantum theory but the fact that Entropic Dynamics is based on inference methods that are of universal applicability suggests that it may be possible to adapt these methods to fields other than physics.