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Publications on optimal control of irreversible thermodynamic processes are reviewed. Analogies between irreversible processes in thermodynamics and microeconomics are stated.
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Amel'kin, S.A., Martináas, K. & Tsirlin, A.M. Optimal Control for Irreversible Processes in Thermodynamics and Microeconomics. Automation and Remote Control 63, 519–539 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015195211937
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