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Economic entropy and its application to the structure of the transport system

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The need for a concept of economic entropy is discussed and a definition of economic entropy is given. The system of transportation is described in terms of economic entropy. The structure of energy resources is examined and used in analysis of the economic development of various countries and of the characteristic features of economic entropy.

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  1. Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, P.R. China

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Jiang, L. Economic entropy and its application to the structure of the transport system. Qual Quant 30, 161–171 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153985

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