Kapur, J. N. Generalised Fermi-Dirac distributions and maximum-entropy principle. (English) Zbl 0779.60013 Metron 49, No. 1-4, 119-132 (1991). Generalized Fermi-Dirac distributions are worked out on the basis of the maximum entropy principle first explicitly stated by Jaynes. Besides a modified Fermi-Dirac distribution these generalizations contain a continuous-variate case. Reviewer: V.Zagrebnov (Dubna) MSC: 60E05 Probability distributions: general theory 82B10 Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) 82B40 Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics Keywords:Fermi-Dirac distributions; maximum entropy principle PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. N. Kapur}, Metron 49, No. 1--4, 119--132 (1991; Zbl 0779.60013)