General theory of thermoeconomics: Part I. Structural analysis

Abstract:

A general structural theory of Thermoeconomics is presented, which attempts to include whatever thermoeconomic theory, either as a particular case or as an equivalent theory. Neither Second Law nor rules for system disaggregation or for costs allocation expressly appear. The theory is not subject to the concept of productive purpose and does not depend on what kind of relations exist among components or on the complexity of the system. The theory departs from three premises which are as general and acceptable as possible: 1) The existence of an incidence matrix which mathematically describes its structure; 2) Every relation among components is completely defined using an extensive magnitude; 3) Each component has a known behavior. Its results are not average or marginal costs, but rather the formulae they take depending on the structure of the system; henceforth, symbolic computing techniques are necessary to solve it. As can be seen, the cost has a derivative structure searching for the origin, that is, the input resources to the system. This is, in essence, the process of cost formation.

Año de publicación:

1992

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scopus