Entropy

Kolmogorov Complexity and Applications: Theoretical Achievements and Practical Tools

edited by Dragutin T. Mihailović

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; machine learning and data analysis; quantum computing; cryptography; Lempel– Ziv algorithm (engineering; geosciences; cardiology; neurology oncology; image analysis; language); Kolmogorov complexity spectrum (astrophysics and cosmology; Bell's experiment; earth sciences; financial issues; psychophysics; and philosophical issues)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Advances in Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control: From Classical Approaches to AI-Driven Solutions

edited by

Joseph J. Yame

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection and diagnosis (FDD); fault-tolerant control (FTC); model-based methods; data-driven control; machine learning for control systems; reinforcement learning; uncertainty quantification; information– theoretic analysis; control reconfiguration; cyber– physical systems’ resilience

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

Thermodynamics of Dissipative Structures and Related Emergent Phenomena

edited by Hisashi Ozawa and

Robert Niven

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17799 | 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)

Space-Air-Ground-Sea Integrated Communication Networks

edited by

Yanli Xu

and

Shengming Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9152 | Submission Open

Keywords: space– air– ground– sea integrated networks; resource management; topology discovery; network access protocols; communication protocols; network deployment; UAV ad hoc networks; satellite communications; maritime communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Thermodynamic Optimization of Energy Systems

edited by

Adriano Viana Ensinas

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5862 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; energy optimization; sustainable energy systems; multi-objective optimization; emission reduction strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

The Information-Theoretic Approach in Density Functional Theory and Beyond

edited by Shubin Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3843 | Submission Open

Keywords: Shannon entropy; Fisher information; Ré nyi entropy; information gain; Kullback– Leibler divergence; chemical reactivity; electrophilicity; nucleophilicity; Hirshfeld charge; entanglement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Geometry in Thermodynamics, 4th Edition

edited by

Michael Parker

,

Chris Jeynes

, Stuart Walker and

Luisberis Velazquez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2074 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic time; complex time; entropy production; dissipative processes and structures; conservation theorems; local and non-local constraints; thermodynamics of information; system complexity; Riemannian geometries; generalised fluctuation theorems; dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long-range interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Shortcut to Adiabaticity in Classical and Quantum Systems

edited by Jing Li and

Andreas Ruschhaupt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) schemes; enhanced-STA schemes; experimental implementation of STA schemes; machine learning for quantum control; atomic state population transfer; molecular manipulation; manipulation of external fields; quantum heat engines; quantum thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Next-Generation Multiple Access for Future Wireless Communications

edited by Chongjun Ouyang, Jia Guo and Xingqi Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation multiple access; information-theoretic techniques; ubiquitous connectivity; artificial intelligence and communications; integrated sensing and communications; electromagnetic signal and information theory; network intelligence; advanced modulation and coding; novel waveform design; MIMO evolutions

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

Entropy, Statistical Evidence, and Scientific Inference: Evidence Functions in Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Brian Dennis

,

Mark L. Taper

and

Jose Miguel Ponciano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; evidential statistics; evidence; hypothesis testing; information theory; Kullback– Leibler discrepancy; model misspecification; model selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Review Papers for Entropy, Second Edition

edited by

J. Miguel Rubi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy Reviews)

Information-Theoretic Advances and Emerging Technologies for Cognitive Radio Systems

edited by

Diluka Galappaththige

,

Chintha Tellambura

and MohammadAli Mohammadi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive radio systems; information theory; entropy/entropy-based analysis; spectrum sensing; dynamic spectrum access; interference management; adaptive coding; rate-distortion theory; energy-efficient communication; machine learning for CRSs; optimization

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

Graph Theory and Its Applications in Quantum Mechanics

edited by

Fabiano Manoel de Andrade

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph theory; quantum graphs; quantum walks; graph states; quantum state transfer; spin chains; quantum networks; quantum transport; filtering devices; metamaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mechanics; atomic; molecular; optical; and chemical physics; condensed matter theory; molecular dynamics; other fields involving theoretical aspects of quantum– classical and light– matter interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Structure, Dynamics, Phase Behavior and Applications of the Complex Disordered Systems

edited by Gang Sun and Jiaxing Yuan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid; glass; phase transition; critical phenomena; crystallization; glass transition; liquid– liquid phase transition; phase separation; electrostatic interactions; hydrodynamics; self-organization; dynamics of macromolecular systems; rheology behaviors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information Theory and Entropy Methods in Security Information Processing and Its Applications

edited by

Carlos M. Travieso-González

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy methods; information security and data privacy; anomaly detection; biometric systems; cryptography; network security; machine learning in security; quantum information processing; cybersecurity; stochastic processes in security; secure communication

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

The Thermodynamics of Social Processes

edited by

Alexander V. Mantzaris

and

George-Rafael Domenikos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; social physics; sociophysics; computational sociology; entropy; energy; urban studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Wireless Physical Layer Security Toward 6G

edited by Hui-Ming Wang, Feng Shu,

Ning Xie

, Bin Dai and

Na Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless physical layer security; physical layer secrecy transmission; physical layer key agreement; physical layer authentication; physical layer security for ISAC; AI driven physical layer security

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

Port-Hamiltonian Methods

edited by

Federico Califano

, Stefano Stramigioli and Ramy Rashad

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: port-Hamiltonian modelling; port-Hamiltonian control; boundary control methods for port-Hamiltonian distributed parameter systems; mathematical methods using port-Hamiltonian formulations; discretization and numerical methods using port-Hamiltonian framework; port-Hamiltonian description of multi-physics field theories; port-Hamiltonian description of quantum systems; port-based modelling of thermodynamically irreversible processes; port-based description of entropy creation; simulations of multi-physics systems using port-Hamiltonian theory; machine learning methods for identification and control using port-Hamiltonian theory; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Correlations in Spacetime

edited by Oscar Dahlsten and

Xiangjing Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information; quantum spatiotemporal correlations; quantum comb or process tensor; signalling quantum games; quantum causal inference; measurement effects; quantum thermodynamics; quantum dimension reduction; quantum error correction for spatiotemporal errors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Thermodynamic Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel Flórez-Orrego

and

Meire Ellen Ribeiro Domingos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Complexity in High-Energy Physics: A Nonadditive Entropic Perspective

edited by

Bhattacharyya Trambak

and

Maciej Rybczynski

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tsallis entropy; nonadditive statistics; high-energy physics; power-law distributions; complexity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Information Processing in Neuromorphic Systems

edited by

Craig M. Vineyard

and

Stephen J. Verzi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuromorphic computing; neuromorphic architectures; neuromorphic engineering; neuromorphic systems; neuron-based computation; neural-inspired computation; artificial neurons; complex neurology

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

Quantum Information and Probability: From Foundations to Engineering IV

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1119 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundations; quantum probability; quantum measurement; quantum-like modeling; quantum information; quantum mechanics; quantum decision making; quantum cognition; quantum biology; quantum computers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Network-Based Machine Learning Approaches in Bioinformatics

edited by

Zhi-Ping Liu

submission deadline 8 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1413 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; machine learning; bioinformatics; systems biomedicine; deep learning; graph neural networks; biomolecular interactions; biomarker discovery; context-specific pathways in diseases

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

On Synergies Between Chemical Reaction Networks, Mathematical Epidemiology and Population Dynamics

edited by

Florin Avram

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRN; auto-catalytic CRN; stoichiometric matrix; Feinberg– Horn– Jackson graph; petri/Volpert/DSR graph; species graph; reaction variables; robust lyapunov function; robust non-oscillation; k-contraction; fixed points; Hopf and Bogdanov– Takens bifurcations; Routh– Hurwitz-Lié nard– Chipart criteria; scientific computing; real algebraic geometry; resultants; Groebner bases; stochastic continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) CRN; escape paths; Hamiltonian ODE

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Key Distribution and Its Applications

edited by Shihai Sun

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information processing; single photon imaging; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; quantum measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy in Machine Learning Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yanchun Liang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5223 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge graph; data correlation; differential expression; long short-term memory; semantic disambiguation; advertising vocabulary; entity relationship extraction; semi-supervised learning; cross-entropy loss; semantic entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Bridging Bayesian and Information-Theoretic Approaches in Earth and Environmental System Modeling: Theory and Practical Applications

edited by

Anneli Guthke

,

Jasper A. Vrugt

and Steven V. Weijs

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian probability theory; Bayesian uncertainty assessment; Bayesian optimal design; information theory; Shannon entropy; algorithmic information theory; causal inference; model evaluation

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

Emerging Chaos Generation Methods and Memory Elements in Cryptographic Systems: An Entropy and Information Theory Perspective

edited by

Suo Gao

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy in chaos-based systems; information-theoretic security; memristors; meminductors; and memcapacitors in cryptography; high-entropy pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs); chaos-based secure communication; entropy optimization in nonlinear dynamical systems; machine learning for chaos and entropy evaluation; post-quantum cryptography using entropy-driven methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theoretic Learning with Its Applications

edited by

Isidoros Perikos

,

Christos Makris

, Vasileios Megalooikonomou and

Sotiris Kotsiantis

submission deadline 17 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3236 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; data science; supervised learning; unsupervised learning; data analysis techniques; machine learning applications

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

Dynamics in Complex Neural Networks, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ivanka Stamova

,

Gani Stamov

,

Trayan Stamov

and Cvetelina Spirova

submission deadline 17 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1552 | Submission Open

Keywords: stability theory and strategies; control theory; extended stability strategies; delayed neural networks; impulsive neural networks; fractional-order neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information-Theoretic Security and Privacy

edited by Mohamed Seif and

Hua Sun

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5938 | Submission Open

Keywords: differential privacy; machine learning; federated learning; secure aggregation; age of information; gossip over networks; statistical inference over networks; information-theoretic privacy and security; wireless network; social networks and healthcare

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

Phase Transitions in Complex and Nonequilibrium Systems: From Criticality to Topological and Active Matter

edited by Edson Denis Leonel, Diego Fregolent Mendes de Oliveira and

Chris G. Antonopoulos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium phase transitions; topological phase transitions; self-organized criticality; collective behavior; critical phenomena

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Measurement

edited by Marcin Wieśniak

submission deadline 24 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5073 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundations of physics; quantum measurement; quantum collapse; non-demolishing quantum measurements; emergence of classicality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Higher-Order Interactions in Physiological Networks

edited by

Yuri Antonacci

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: higher-order interactions; information theory; network science; redundancy and synergy; multivariate time series analysis

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

Time in Quantum Mechanics

edited by Michael Ridley

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum time; quantum gravity; time operator; retrocausality; quantum clocks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Time)

The Landauer Principle in Physics, Biophysics, Engineering and Computer Science: From Foundations of Thermodynamics to Computer Engineering

edited by

Edward Bormashenko

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2891 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Classical and Quantum Networks: Theory, Modeling and Optimization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Avishy Carmi

and

Eliahu Cohen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2004 | Submission Open

Keywords: network dynamics; network topology; complex networks; percolation; quantum entanglement; quantum correlations; quantum interconnect; quantum walks; quantum key distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy Metrics for Interpretable Condition Monitoring in Complex Industrial Equipment

edited by

Tao Xie

,

Xiaojun Mei

and

Chaoge Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-based condition monitoring; interpretable feature extraction; fault diagnosis; rotating machinery; data-driven diagnostics; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Synchronization and Information Patterns in Human Dynamics

edited by Franco F. Orsucci,

Wolfgang Tschacher

and

Giovanna Zimatore

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: synchronization; information dynamics; coordination; self-organization; networks; entropy; resilience; multi-scale dynamics; pattern formation; human interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Quantum and Classical Mpemba Effects: From Theoretical Models to Practical Applications

edited by

Jixuan Hou

and Zhiyue Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mpemba effect; nonequilibrium dynamics; anomalous relaxation; cooling protocols; quantum Mpemba effect; quantum thermal quench; Markovian dynamics; strong Mpemba effect; open quantum systems; non-equilibrium quantum dynamics; non-Markovian quantum dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Causal Graphical Models and Their Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by Luis Enrique Sucar and Ruben Sanchez-Romero

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: causal graphical models; causal reasoning; causal discovery; applications of causal models

Entropy in Adaptive Learning Systems: Modeling Uncertainty, Information Dynamics and Personalized Education

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-based modeling; adaptive learning systems; information theory in education; uncertainty quantification; personalized education; learning analytics; intelligent tutoring systems; educational data mining; information dynamics; AI in education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Secure Aggregation for Federated Learning and Distributed Computation

edited by

Xiang Zhang

and Mingyue Ji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; secure aggregation; distributed computing; information-theoretic security; privacy-preserving machine learning; secret key generation; communication efficiency; linearly separable distributed computation; robustness

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

Advances in Bayesian Statistics

edited by

Weining Shen

, Weixuan Zhu and Juan Miguel Marin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian machine learning; empirical bayes; approximate Bayesian computation; Bayesian optimization; hierarchical models; variational inference; Bayesian model selection; Gaussian processes; posterior approximation; Bayesian nonparametrics

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

Entropy and Dissipation in Non-Collisional Space Plasmas

edited by Giuseppe Consolini and

Simone Benella

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-collisional space plasmas; entropy; dissipation; turbulence; complexity

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

Fundamentals and Applications of Quantum Information and Quantum Optics

edited by Shahaf Asban and

Ángel S. Sanz

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information processing; quantum optics; quantum thermodynamics; quantum coherence; entanglement; non-equilibrium quantum systems; quantum interferometry; quantum energetics; quantum algorithms; open quantum systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Nonstationary Systems—Second Edition

edited by

Viktor Dodonov

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1805 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum nonstationary systems; quantum dissipative systems; quantum entanglement; dynamics of decoherence and thermalization; dynamical Casimir effect; time-dependent quantum systems; time-dependent phenomena; quantum speed limits; energy-time uncertainty relations; quantum heat engines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information Theory and AI-Driven Communications

edited by

Xinping Yi

and

Abdellatif Zaidi

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven communications; information theory; artificial intelligence; multi-input multi-output (MIMO); channel coding

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

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