A variational principle is formulated for diffusional processes such as heat and matter diffusion which is a modification of Onsager's principle of minimum dissipation. Also a variational principle is given for the flow of viscous incompressible fluids which has some analogy to Onsager's principle.
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Philip Rosen (1953) studied this question.
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