Entropy

Causality and Complex Systems

edited by

Jiang Zhang

,

Peng Cui

and

Hector Zenil

submission deadline 24 Sep 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 33955 | Submission Open

Keywords: causal discovery; causal inference; causal emergence; downward causality; causal representation learning; causal reinforcement learning; renormalization; multi-scale analysis; information decomposition; information geometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Multimedia Data Security and Privacy Protection Based on Chaotic Systems and Compressive Sensing

edited by Donghua Jiang,

Jianhua Wu

and Yuguang Yang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1425 | Submission Open

Keywords: chaotic system; compressive sensing; entropy analysis and calculation; multimedia data encryption algorithms; privacy protection schemes; complex network and artificial intel-ligence technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Thermodynamic Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems

edited by

Daniel Flórez-Orrego

,

Meire Ellen Ribeiro Domingos

and

Rafael Nogueira Nakashima

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15309 | Submission Open

Keywords: technoeconomic assessment; sustainability; industrial processes; optimization; energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy and Information Theory in Machine Learning: Theoretical Insights and Applications

edited by

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi

,

Nithin V. George

and

Danilo Comminiello

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8111 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive signal processing and adaptive filters; machine listening and deep learning; information theoretic learning; generalized maximum correntropy criterion (GMCC); maximum correntropy criterion (MCC) and cyclic correntropy; nonlinear adaptive filters; robust signal processing and robust learning; impulsive noise; model selection and feature extraction; Bayesian learning and representation learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)

Kinetic Theory-Based Methods in Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chengwen Zhong

,

Liming Yang

,

Congshan Zhuo

, Sha Liu and Liangqi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7815 | Submission Open

Keywords: lattice Boltzmann method; discrete velocity method; unified gas-kinetic scheme; discrete unified gas kinetic scheme; gas-kinetic unified algorithm; unified gas-kinetic wave-particle method; simplified unified wave-particle method; unified stochastic particle; gas-kinetic scheme and others; kinetic theory-based flux solvers; general synthetic iterative scheme; nonlinear coupled constitutive relation; 13/26-moment equations; high-order methods; multiphase/multiphysics flows; microflows; rarefied flows; flows in porous media; particle-laden flows

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Mathematics in Information Theory and Modern Applications

edited by

Qian Yu

and

Yanjun Han

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5305 | Submission Open

Keywords: coding theory; statistics; machine learning; probability and entropy; shannon theory and information inequalities; learning theory; distributed storage and computation; privacy and security; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Quantum Game Theory and Its Applications

edited by

Constancio Arizmendi

,

Omar Gustavo Zabaleta

and Karina Irma Mazzitello

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3781 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum game theory; quantum computing; traffic congestion problem; finance; quantum communication systems; quantum communication protocols; quantum gates; decision making; quantum learning; quantum optimal transportation; population dynamics; repeated quantum game; quantum folk theorem; Bell nonlocality and Bayesian games; communication games and Bell test; Popescu– Rohrlich box

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Big Data Analytics and Information Science for Business and Biomedical Applications: Third Edition

edited by

S. Ejaz Ahmed

and

Farouk Nathoo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2667 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)

PQED: 30 Years of Reduced Quantum Electrodynamics

edited by Thors Hans Hansson,

Danilo Teixeira Alves

and

Van Sérgio Alves

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2557 | Submission Open

Keywords: pseudo-quantum electrodynamics; reduced quantum electrodynamics; effective theories; 2+1D; graphene; transition-metal dichalcogenides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Resource Theories: From Entanglement to Time Correlations and Measurement-Induced Noise

edited by

Lewis Clark

and

Almut Beige

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum correlations; quantum Markov processes; quantum finite-state machines; quantum bounds; causality; complexity; hypothesis testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Black Hole Information Problem: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Qingyu Cai, Baocheng Zhang and

Christian Corda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: black hole information paradox; Hawking radiation; page curve; quantum decoherence; AdS/CFT correspondence; holography; firewall; soft hair; quantum hair; memory of black holes; quantum error correction; quantum information theory; quantum final state projection; remnants; baby universe; wormholes; quantum tunneling; black hole interior; black hole volume; black hole collapse and evaporation; two-dimensional black holes; three-dimensional black holes; quantum gravity theory; analogue gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes)

Entropy in Computational Linguistics

edited by

Maria Csernoch

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital texts; word processors; end-users; measuring the entropy of digital texts; digital sustainability; effectiveness; efficiency; digital education; lean computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Synchronization in Time-Evolving Complex Networks II

edited by

César Cruz-Hernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: evolving dynamical networks; variable couplings; network synchronization; complex systems; pinning control strategies; preserving synchronization performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Integrated Sensing and Communications for Distributed Virtualized MIMO Networks

edited by Yair Noam

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); cell-free MIMO; distributed MIMO; information theory; performance bounds; Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN); throughput analysis; target and channel tracking; beamforming; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Synergy and Redundancy Measures: Theory and Applications to Characterize Complex Systems and Shape Neural Network Representations

edited by

Daniel Chicharro

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10193 | Submission Open

Keywords: mutual information; synergy; redundancy; unique information; neural networks; disentanglement; feature extraction; representation learning; partial information decomposition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Trends in the Second Law of Thermodynamics

edited by

Roberto Zivieri

and

Israa Medlej

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8283 | Submission Open

Keywords: Second Law of Thermodynamics in physics; chemistry; biology; engineering and natural science; entropy; Clausius equality; Clausius inequality; reversibility; irreversibility; non-equilibrium; Second Law in quantum theory; statistical thermodynamics; Maxwell’ s demon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Progress and Research Challenges to Catalyze B5G and 6G

edited by

Javier Rubio-Loyola

,

Ramón Agüero

and

César Augusto Azurdia Meza

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8025 | Submission Open

Keywords: B5G and 6G; software-defined networks; artificial intelligence; machine learning; slicing; network function virtualization; service orchestration; edge/cloud/fog computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Explaining Economic and Social Science Phenomena through Physical Models

edited by

Marcin Makowski

and

Jan Sładkowski

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7036 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy and fisher information; quantum games; econophysics; decision making/analysis; quantum market game; quantum-like models; social science; quantum finances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series on Quantum Entanglement

edited by

Xiang-Bin Wang

,

Richard D. Gill

, Francesco De Martini,

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5152 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum entanglement; quantum key distribution; quantum communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Heat Transfer in Thermoelectric Modules

edited by

Mona Zebarjadi

,

Sepideh Akhbarifar

and Md Golam Rosul

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3275 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer; thermoelectric materials; thermoelectric devices; thermal conductivity; heat management; cooling and refrigeration; power generation; magneto-thermoelectric

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy in Real-World Datasets and Its Impact on Machine Learning II

edited by

Jan Kozak

,

Artur Kozłowski

and

Barbara Probierz

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2712 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-world datasets; data science; machine learning algorithms; optimization; classification; prediction methods; entropy in big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information-Theoretic Cryptography and Security

edited by Linning Peng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1897 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-quantum cryptography; secure computation; secure communication; quantum key distribution; physical layer security; secret key generation; secrecy capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Entropy Methods for Cardiorespiratory Coupling Analysis

edited by

Mirjana M. Platiša

,

Beatrice Cairo

and

Riccardo Pernice

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiopulmonary coupling; exercise; pulmonary diseases; heart failure; nonstationary time series

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)

Non-equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Dynamics

edited by Ricardo Puebla and Fernando Gómez-Ruiz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum annealing; adiabatic quantum computation; Kibble– Zurek mechanism; driven quantum systems; collective quantum phenomena; exploiting quantum coherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Walks for Quantum Technologies

edited by

Luca Razzoli

and

Paolo Bordone

submission deadline 22 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3397 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum walks; multiparticle quantum walks; quantum algorithms; quantum estimation; quantum cryptography; quantum networks; quantum transport; quantum information; quantum optics; entanglement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Transport in Complex Environments

edited by

Nikolaos Voulgarakis

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomalous diffusion; active Brownian motion; Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion; aging phenomena; ergodicity breaking; complex fluids; cell migration; animals foraging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Information-Theoretic Criteria for Statistical Model Selection

edited by

Abhijit Mandal

and

Suneel Babu Chatla

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4050 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-dimensional data; model selection; goodness-of-fit; data science; machine learning; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Quantum Probability and Randomness V

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

and

Karl Svozil

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1327 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundation; quantum vs. classical probability and randomness; quantum information; Bell inequality; entanglement; contextuality; random generators; generalized probabilistic models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Physics-Informed Neural Networks

edited by Franz Martin Rohrhofer and

Bernhard C. Geiger

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1080 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-informed neural networks; physics-informed machine learning; generalization bounds; multi-objective optimization; Bayesian inference; machine learning theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Handling Preference Information for Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making: Theory and Applications in Management, Economics and Finance

edited by

Ewa Roszkowska

and Tomasz Wachowicz

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: preference information; preference analysis; weight determination; entropy; uncertainty; fuzziness; MCDM; fuzzy MCDM; group decision-making; machine learning; artificial intelligence; game theory; decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Thermodynamics in Sustainable Engineering Process Systems

edited by

Yasar Demirel

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic analysis; energy analysis; exergy analysis; process intensification; machine learning; artificial intelligence; second law analysis; life cycle cost analysis; sustainability analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

From Functional Imaging to Free Energy—Dedicated to Professor Karl Friston on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

edited by

Thomas Parr

,

Giovanni Pezzulo

, Rosalyn Moran,

Maxwell Ramstead

, Axel Constant and Anjali Bhat

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 21 articles | Viewed by 29382 | Submission Open

Keywords: active inference; free-energy principle; Bayesian; variational inference; functional imaging; predictive coding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)

The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Current Status, Critics and Controversies

edited by

Edward Bormashenko

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14223 | Submission Open

Keywords: Landauer principle; entropy; information; the second law of thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Information Security and Data Privacy

edited by Mina Sheikhalishahi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10162 | Submission Open

Keywords: data privacy; data security; information theory; security and privacy metrics; theoretical analysis of data security and privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era

edited by Xiao Yuan, Xiaoming Zhang and Bálint Koczor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5446 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; noisy intermediate-scale quantum; variational quantum simulation; quantum computational chemistry; quantum materials; quantum error mitigation; quantum error correction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

The Black Hole Information Problem

edited by

Stephen Hsu

,

Xavier Calmet

and Roberto Casadio

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4192 | Submission Open

Keywords: black holes; quantum information; unitarity; Hawking radiation; quantum foundations; decoherence; AdS/CFT duality; quantum gravity; quantum fields in curved space

(This special issue belongs to the Section Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes)

Advanced New Physical Layer Technologies for Next-Generation Wireless Communications

edited by Lei Liu, Zhijin Qin,

Chongwen Huang

, Yuhao Chi and

Yang Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3117 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; channel codes; multiuser detection; holographic MIMO; channel capacity; electromagnetic field; semantic communication; deep learning; reconfigurable intelligent surface; integrated sensing and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Kinetic Models of Chemical Reactions

edited by

Gregory Yablonsky

and

Alexander N. Gorban

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1477 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; chemical kinetics; complexity in chemical kinetics; graph theory in chemical kinetics; chemical kinetics and thermodynamics; non-steady-state chemical kinetics; chemical relaxation; temporal analysis of products (TAP); non-linearity in chemical kinetics; critical phenomena in chemical kinetics; oscillations and multiplicity in chemistry; catalyst deactivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Thermodynamics of Dissipative Structures and Related Emergent Phenomena

edited by Hisashi Ozawa and

Robert Niven

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium thermodynamics; physical kinetics; dissipative structure; entropy production; pattern formation; nonlinear process; emergent phenomena; self-organization; fractal structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Information Measures in Quantum Systems

edited by Humberto Laguna Galindo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: information measures; quantum Systems; quantum models; complexity; correlation measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Non-equilibrium Physics and Its Interdisciplinary Applications

edited by Neil Johnson and

Pedro D. Manrique

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium; real-world systems; irreversible processes; kinetic theory; stochastic modeling; turbulence; pattern formation; nonlinear dynamics; agent-based models; emerging phenomena; information theory; entropy production; collective phenomena; complex systems; active matter; self-organization; data-driven modeling; biological systems; dynamical phase transitions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Thermalization in Isolated Quantum Systems II

edited by

Vladimir Zelevinsky

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum and classical chaos; thermalization in isolated quantum systems; quantum signatures of thermalization; strength functions and thermalization; statistics of particles in quantum thermalized systems; quantum thermalization and collective phenomena; peculiarities of small systems; various definitions of entropy and temperature; thermalization in open systems; time development of thermalization; relaxation to equilibrium; experimental observation of quantum thermalization; quench dynamics; fluctuations in isolated systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Recent Advances in the Theory of Disordered Systems

edited by

Aimin Guo

and

Qiao Chen

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4344 | Submission Open

Keywords: anderson localization; localization transition; disordered systems; mobility edge; quantum transport; quasiperiodic systems; 2D materials; 1D systems; localization length; participation ratio

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Entropies, Information Geometry and Fluctuations in Non-equilibrium Systems II

edited by

Eun-jin Kim

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6688 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluctuations; non-equilibrium; entropy; information geometry; dissipation; irreversibility; relative entropy; mutual entropy; generalized entropy; q-entropy; fractional calculus; intermittency; phase transition; patten formation; large deviation; self-assembly; hysteresis; generalized statistical mechanics; quantum systems; field theory; emergent phenomena; temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Non-equilibrium Phenomena)

Mesoscopic Fluid Mechanics

edited by Tianbai Xiao, Yuan Hu, Xing Ji and

Mikhail Sheremet

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2593 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinetic theory of gases; rarefied gas dynamics; discrete velocity methods; lattice Boltzmann methods; high-order methods; direct simulation Monte Carlo; particle-in-cell methods; computational fluid dynamics; plasma physics; statistical fluid dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

New Advances in Error-Correcting Codes

edited by Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza and

T. Aaron Gulliver

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2051 | Submission Open

Keywords: error-correcting codes; channel coding; forward error correction; future networks; quantum channels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Complexity Characteristics of Natural Language

edited by

Stanisław Drożdż

,

Jarosław Kwapień

and Tomasz Stanisz

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language; complexity; hierarchical organization; long-range correlations; time series analysis; scaling laws; multifractals; complex networks; large language models; natural language generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Quantum Information and Probability: From Foundations to Engineering III

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1695 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability

edited by Antónia Földes and Endre Csáki

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: laws of large numbers; random walk; Wiener process; strong approximation of the random walks and its local time; anisotropic walk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Continuous Variables for Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Random Number Generators

edited by

Matteo Schiavon

,

Marco Avesani

and

Cosmo Lupo

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: continuous variables (CVs); quantum key distribution (QKD); quantum random number generator (QRNG); measurement-device-independent QKD (MDI-QKD); quantum cryptography; coherent detection; free-space and satellite CV-QKD; integrated photonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

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