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The concept of '''maximum power''' has been proposed as the fourth [[Principles of energetics| principle of energetics]] and [[Open_system_%28system_theory%29Open system (system theory)|open system]] [[thermodynamics]]. As noted by Chen, this was tentatively proposed first by [[Alfred J. Lotka]] (1922a, b) , and subsequently developed the [[Systems Ecology| Systems Ecologist]] [[Howard T. Odum]] and the Engineer Myron Tribus, who was given the Alfred Noble Prize as a joint award from seven societies. It follows similar observations (made by [[Leibniz]] and Volterra for example), throughout the history of natural philosophy . H.T.Odum based the principle on the [[maximum power theorem]], a result in [[electrical power]] systems. The word '[[power]]' is defined here energetically, rather than mechanically, as the ''rate of [[Work|useful energy transformation]]''. The concept of maximum power can therefore be defined as the '''''maximum''' rate of '''useful''' energy transformation''
