4 papers
Minimax entropy production for arbitrary processes
Mahran Yousef, Ben Ansbacher, David H. Wolpert
For any physical process, varying the initial distribution over its states will change the resulting expected entropy production (EP). An initial distribution that minimizes the EP…
Strengthened second law for periodic processes
Jake Schaefer, Ben Ansbacher, Jan Korbel +1
We derive a lower bound on the entropy production of any physical system that evolves as a periodic process. Crucially, this lower bound is completely independent of the physical m…
Finite relaxation protocols with minimal dissipation
Ben Ansbacher, Harrison Hartle, Abhishek Yadav +2
Work extraction from nonequilibrium systems is a major challenge across biological, chemical, physical, and engineering systems. Idealized protocols generally require a quasistatic…
Mapping gene expression dynamics to developmental phenotypes with information entropy analysis
Ben Ansbacher, Malachy Guzman, Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo +1
The development of multicellular organisms entails a deep connection between time-dependent biochemical processes taking place at the subcellular level, and the resulting macroscop…