2026 February - 120 articles
Error correction is an essential part of the theory of quantum computation. However, new quantum computation students may find the theories of error correction and fault tolerance daunting, or they may be stuck with theoretical/outdated schemes (such...
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This paper investigates the performance of a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) broadcast channel under the practical constraints of imperfect, delayed, and quantized channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). Conventional in...
Owing to their high flexibility, autonomous operation, and rapid deployment capability, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) serve as effective aerial platforms for sensing and communication in remote and time-critical scenarios. However, their limited on...
Within the framework of evidence theory, maximum entropy is regarded as a measure of total uncertainty that satisfies a comprehensive set of mathematical properties and behavioral requirements. However, its practical applicability is severely questio...
The spontaneous emergence of macroscopic dissipative structures in systems driven by generalized chemical potentials is well established in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Examples include atmospheric/oceanic currents, hurricanes and tornadoes, Rayle...
We study the problem of joint sensing and secure communications in a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-based symbiotic radio (SR) system. In the considered system, a dual-functional radar and communication base station (DFRC-BS) achieves secur...
We develop a geometric approach to financial risk based on Crofton’s idea and the tools of the Radon transform. The trajectory of a financial instrument is defined with respect to a frame of reference (money, benchmark). A central role is playe...
Vaccination behavior and epidemic spreading are strongly intertwined processes, and their coevolution is often shaped by both individual decision-making and social interactions. However, most existing studies model such interactions at the pairwise l...
Fragmented, irregular, and scale-heterogeneous farmland parcels introduce high spatial complexity into high-resolution remote sensing imagery, leading to boundary ambiguity and inter-class spectral confusion that hinder effective feature discriminati...
Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems in complex evaluation systems are often characterized by high uncertainty in expert judgments and dynamic variations in indicator importance. Traditional analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy-base...
The operational reliability of aero-engines is critically dependent on the health of rolling element bearings, while incipient fault diagnosis remains particularly challenging under small-sample conditions. Although multiscale entropy methods are wid...
Open quantum walks (OQWs) constitute a class of quantum walks whose dynamics are entirely driven by interactions with the environment. It is well known that OQWs provide a general framework for implementing dissipative quantum computation. In this wo...
In this work, we consider a simple bistable motif constituted by a self-enhancing Transcription Factor (TF) and its mRNA with non-instantaneous dynamics. In particular, we mainly numerically investigated the impact of bounded stochastic perturbations...
We study the properties of a plasma sheath containing cold positive ions, secondary electrons, and primary electrons with a Cairns distribution (a non-thermal velocity distribution). We derive the generalized Bohm criterion and Bohm speed, the new fl...
The inference of unstructured text semantics is a crucial preprocessing task for NLP and AI applications. Word sense disambiguation and entity linking tasks resolve ambiguous terms within unstructured text corpora to senses from a predefined knowledg...
Physical-layer security (PLS) provides an information-theoretic framework for securing wireless communications by exploiting channel and signal-structure asymmetries, thereby avoiding reliance on computational hardness assumptions. Within this settin...
The use of Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs significantly improves converter performance by increasing efficiency and reducing costs, to the detriment of electro-magnetic emission and reliability. Implementing a predictive maintenance strategy based on...
In signal processing and information analysis, the detection and identification of anomalies present in signals constitute a critical research focus. Accurately discerning these deviations using probabilistic, statistical, and information-theoretic m...
We present a quantum cognitive model that integrates the influence of cognitive control into human perceptual decision-making. The model employs a multiple-square-well potential, where each well corresponds to a distinct decision outcome. In this fra...
Path integral Monte Carlo simulations and closure computations of quantum fluid triplet structures in the diffraction regime are presented. The principal aim is to shed some more light on the long-standing problem of quantum fluid triplet structures....
Complex real-world systems are often modeled as heterogeneous information networks with diverse node and relation types, bringing new opportunities and challenges to link prediction. Traditional methods based on similarity or meta-paths fail to fully...
The superposition principle in quantum mechanics enables the encoding of an entire solution space within a single quantum state. By employing quantum routines such as amplitude amplification or the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), t...
We consider a generalization of the discrete memoryless channel, in which the channel probability distribution is replaced by a uniform distribution over clouds of channel output sequences. For a random ensemble of such channels, we derive an achieva...
Trajectory prediction is critical for safe robot navigation, yet standard deep learning models predominantly rely on the Mean Squared Error (MSE) criterion. While effective under ideal conditions, MSE-based optimization is inherently fragile to non-G...
Many problems in physics and computer science can be framed in terms of combinatorial optimization. Due to this, it is interesting and important to study theoretical aspects of such optimization. Here, we study connections between Kolmogorov complexi...
In this paper, an observer-based proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is designed for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with integral measurements, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and bounded stochastic noises under a binary encodin...
In the post-pandemic era, student mental health challenges have emerged as a critical issue in higher education. However, conventional assessment approaches often treat at-risk populations as a monolithic entity, thereby limiting intervention effecti...
Context: Code recommendation plays an important role in improving programming efficiency and software quality. Existing approaches mainly focus on method- or API-level recommendations, which limits their effectiveness to local code contexts. From a m...
Recent cosmological observational data—such as type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) [...]
Conventional indicators of battery health, such as capacity and energy, are difficult to measure directly and are therefore often estimated. This article proposes assessing lithium-ion battery health using the statistical properties of the voltage ac...
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A monitor and control framework for quantum-key-distribution (QKD) networks equipped with switching capabilities was developed. On the one hand, this framework provides real-time visibility into operational metrics. Specifically, it extracts essentia...
The early diagnosis of depression is often impeded by the subjectivity inherent in traditional clinical assessments. To advance objective screening, this study proposes a lightweight neural network framework designed to discriminate between pathologi...
Complex social and socio-technical systems have numerous interacting components, nonlinear feedback, and emergent collective behaviors [...]
Recently introduced, power Brownian motion and power Levy motion are versatile and practical anomalous-diffusion models. On the one hand, the power motions are easily constructed and are easily tracked. On the other hand, the power motions display an...
We propose a reinforcement learning (RL)-based decoding framework for high-throughput parallel decoding of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes using clustered scheduling. Parallel LDPC decoders must balance error-correction performance and decoding...
This paper presents a detailed investigation of the deterministic and stochastic dynamics of a noise-driven forced nonlinear oscillator in a periodically driven framework. An overlap-mapping approach is used to compare multiple traveling-wave solutio...
Frustration is an intrinsic feature of molecular complexes, arising when individual constituents must distort from their optimal isolated geometries to achieve collective stabilization. Although energetic frustration can be defined as the average dis...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are neurodegenerative disorders where early detection is vital. However, the need for long-term monitoring is incompatible with data-scarce settings, and methods trained on one subject...
Large language models (LLMs) are fundamentally transforming intelligent traffic systems by enabling semantic abstraction, probabilistic reasoning, and multimodal information fusion across heterogeneous data. This review examines existing research on...
Gas–liquid two-phase flow instability is a key issue affecting the safety and efficiency of industrial systems, and the accurate characterization of its multiscale dynamic characteristics remains a challenge. This study proposes a novel approac...
Amid debates over internet penetration’s impact on leisure diversity—“macro-level entropy increase” vs. “micro-level entropy reduction”—this study explores their intrinsic link by introducing Shannon’s...
This paper develops two nonparametric test statistics for testing exponentiality against alternatives in the increasing failure rate average (IFRA) class. The proposed procedures are constructed using information-theoretic functionals, namely the cum...
The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has created many problems. A wise example is presented by the design of secure, efficient authentication and key agreement (AKA) protocols. A novel three-factor AKA protocol for the IoT is presented in this...
The Poisson-logistic (pogit) model is widely used for count data with latent intensities, with applications including under-reporting correction and share-of-wallet estimation, yet existing estimation methods do not scale well to large datasets. We p...
The thermodynamic stability of the evolution of a simple conservatively perturbed chemical equilibrium, that is, a two-step reversible reaction, is investigated using the Lyapunov thermodynamic stability formulation. We show that such systems are asy...
Networks of aromatic amino acid residues within microtubules, particularly those formed by tryptophan, may serve as pathways for optical information flow. Ultraviolet excitation dynamics in these networks are typically modeled with effective non-Herm...
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I introduce a new analytical framework for estimating critical temperatures in interacting many-body systems, focusing on the Ising model. Combining the Bethe cluster setting, the Metropolis update, and the Galam Majority Model developed in sociophys...
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