Gibbs algorithm

Etymology
Named after Josiah Willard Gibbs, who introduced it in 1902.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A criterion for choosing a probability distribution for the statistical ensemble of microstates of a thermodynamic system by minimizing the average log probability $$ \langle\ln p_i\rangle = \sum_i p_i \ln p_i \, $$, subject to the probability distribution $p_{i}$ satisfying a set of constraints (usually expectation values) corresponding to the known macroscopic quantities.