TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wio,Horacio S.
AU  - Deza,Roberto R.
AU  - Lopez,Juan M.
TI  - Introduction to stochastic processes and nonequilibrium statistical physics
T2  - Series on advances in statistical mechanics
SN  - 9789814374781 (hbk.)
U1  - 000SB:530 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - Statistical physics
KW  - Stochastic processes
KW  - Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-309) and index; 1. Stochastic processes and the master equation--
2. The Fokker-Planck equation--
3. The -expansion--
4. Distributions, BBGKY-hierarcy, balance equations, and the density operator--
5. Linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics and Onsager relations--
6. Linear response theory, fluctuation-dissipation theorem--
7. Stability of dissipative dynamical systems--
8. Noise-induced phenomena in non-extended dynamical systems--
9. Formation and propagation of patterns in far-from equilibrium systems--
10. Noise-induced phenomena in extended systems--
11. Surface growth and kinetic roughening--
12. Final comments--
Bibliography--
Index--
About the Authors
N2  - Provides an introduction to the most important aspects in the physics of non-equilibrium systems. This title introduces stochastic processes and some modern tools and concepts that have proved their usefulness to deal with non-equilibrium systems from a probabilistic angle
ER  -