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Gibbs algorithm
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Etymology
Named after Josiah Willard Gibbs, who introduced it in 1902.
Proper noun
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en statistical mechanics A criterion for choosing a probability distribution for the statistical ensemble of microstates of a thermodynamic system by minimizing the average log probability , subject to the probability distribution pi satisfying a set of constraints (usually expectation values) corresponding to the known macroscopic quantities.
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