Inadequacy of entropy and entropy derivatives in characterizing the steady state

Abstract

In bistable systems the transition kinetics between the two locally stable states can be altered without changing the behavior in the immediate vicinity of the two favored steady states. It follows that quantities which characterize only the vicinity of the favored states cannot determine the most probable state. A second point: Even in monostable linear circuits the steady state need not correspond to minimum entropy production. © 1975 The American Physical Society.