Entropy, Volume 26, Issue 10

Obtaining accurate forecasts for the evolution of epidemic outbreaks from deterministic compartmental models represents a major theoretical challenge. Recently, it has been shown that these models typically exhibit trajectory degeneracy, as different...

The simplest evolutionary model for catching prey by an agent (predator) is considered. The simulation is performed on the basis of a software-emulated Intel i8080 processor. Maximizing the number of catches is chosen as the objective function. This...

Using polygeneration systems is one of the most cost-effective ways for energy efficiency improvement, which secures sustainable energy development and reduces environmental impacts. This paper investigates a polygeneration system powered by low- to...

As information systems become more widespread, data security becomes increasingly important. While traditional encryption methods provide effective protection against unauthorized access, they often struggle with multimedia data like images and video...

This work recalls the basic thermodynamics of chemical processes for introducing the evaluation of the nuclear reactions’ spontaneity. The application and definition of the thermodynamic state functions of the nuclear processes have been descri...

What does it mean for a complex system to “compute” or perform “computations”? Intuitively, we can understand complex “computation” as occurring when a system’s state is a function of multiple inputs (potenti...

In extremely dark conditions, low-light imaging may offer spectators a rich visual experience, which is important for both military and civic applications. However, the images taken in ultra-micro light environments usually have inherent defects such...

Coded computing is recognized as a promising solution to address the privacy leakage problem and the straggling effect in distributed computing. This technique leverages coding theory to recover computation tasks using results from a subset of worker...

This paper proposes a three-step joint rate optimization method for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted coal mine wireless communication systems. Different from terrestrial IRS-assisted communication scenarios, in coal mines, IRSs can be in...

A univariate stochastic system driven by multiplicative Gaussian white noise is considered. The standard method for simulating its Langevin equation of motion involves incrementing the system’s state variable by a biased Gaussian random number...