Title: Maximum entropy method for the study of materials

Authors: Boris Zalmanovich Belashev

Addresses: Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russia

Abstract: The maximum entropy method (MEM) makes it easier to study the materials by simplifying experiments and making data processing more informative. MEM has been applied to determine the crystalline lattice parameters and the composition of the mixtures, to identify the close order type of amorphous conjugations, and to follow the details of matter transformations. As a result, new information on the materials investigated has been obtained.

Keywords: maximum entropy method; MEM; least-squares method; close order; isomorphic substitution; amorphous conjugations; crystalline lattice parameters; CLP; materials transformation; mixtures composition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMP.2009.031138

International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties, 2009 Vol.4 No.3, pp.320 - 329

Published online: 21 Jan 2010 *

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