Abstract
The parameters of a statistical model can themselves be stochastic variables. This leads to the notion of hyperensembles. Superstatistics is a recent development in this direction. But here, the approach is used to derive the canonical ensemble from the microcanonical one.
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Naudts, J. (2011). Hyperensembles. In: Generalised Thermostatistics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-355-8_5
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