Entropy

Failure Diagnosis of Complex Systems

edited by

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy; deep learning; nonlinear dynamics; fault detection; fault diagnosis; fault pattern recognition

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

Entropy-Based Time Series Analysis: Theory and Applications

edited by

Felipe Olivares

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural entropies; dynamical entropies; multiscale entropy; ordinal patterns-based entropies; entropy as a complexity measure; signal classification; signal segmentation and spike detection; multivariate time series analysis; real-world and socio-technical applications; interdisciplinary applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Stochastic Processes of Complex Reaction Networks

edited by Schuyler B. Nicholson and

Eun-jin Kim

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic thermodynamics; complex reaction networks; statistical mechanics; stochastic processes; tensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Statistical Inference: Theory and Methods

edited by

Michel Broniatowski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: variational inference; conditional inference; Bayesian inference; divergence-based inference; misspecification; robustness; machine learning; outlier detection; extreme values; semi-parametric models; depth estimators; discrete and categorized data

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

Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

edited by Jan Mol

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum thermodynamics; thermal nanoelectronic devices; direct entropy measurements; quantum heat engines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Evolution of Community Complexity

edited by

Takashi Ikegami

, Hiroki Kojima and Michael Crosscombe

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; collective intelligence; evolutionary ecology; community; collective dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Entropy, Econophysics, and Complexity

edited by Alejandro Raúl Hernández-Montoya, Thomas Seligman,

J.E. Trinidad-Segovia

and Manan Vyas

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11377 | Submission Open

Keywords: stylized facts; econophysics; sociophysics; entropy; financial markets; wealth distribution; inequality; financial crisis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Ising Model—100 Years Old and Still Attractive

edited by

Adam Lipowski

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2073 | Submission Open

Keywords: spin models; statistical mechanics; Monte Carlo simulations; phase transitions; sociophysics; econophysics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; inference; computational biology; neuroscience; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Information and Coding Theory for Distributed Learning, Storage, Scheduling, and Security

edited by Chi Wan Sung and

Kenneth Shum

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: coded computing; coded caching; coded federated learning; distributed machine learning; distributed storage systems; coding for insertion/deletion/edit channel; protocol sequence; secret sharing; secure multiparty computation

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

Goal-Oriented Communication: Freshness, Semantics, and Beyond

edited by Xingran Chen and Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti

submission deadline 14 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1526 | Submission Open

Keywords: goal-oriented communications; age of information; semantics of information; estimation; distributed learning; IoT; 6G

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

Quantum and Classical Processes in Living Systems

edited by

Alessandro Sergi

and

Antonino Messina

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8710 | Submission Open

Keywords: living systems; biological physics; life thermodynamics; complex systems biology; quantum biology; classical physics; quantum-classical dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Robustness and Resilience of Complex Networks

edited by Daniele Proverbio and Stefano Boccaletti

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7958 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; robustness; resilience; complex systems; systems biology; engineering; control theory; ecology; management science; information theory; bifurcations; non-equilibrium; early warning signals; tipping points; monotone systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Statistical Physics Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Chaoming Song

and

Jianxi Gao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5289 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; statistical mechanics; social systems; social networks; human dynamics; agent-based modeling; data-driven modeling; human mobility patterns; innovation diffusion; socioeconomic systems; dynamics on/of networks; political polarization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Entanglement in Quantum Spin Systems

edited by

Leonardo dos Santos Lima

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4644 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal and spin Hall transport; spin Hall effect; spintronics; longitudinal spin transport; quantum spin one-half and integer spin Heisenberg model; topological phase transition; quantum entanglement; magnon bands; stochastic differential equations and Fokker– Planck equations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Deciphering the Link Between Information and Interpretability in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Michael L. Mayo and Kevin R. Pilkiewicz

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4420 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; neural networks; interpretability; statistical analysis; information theory; feature analysis; object detection/tracking; generative artificial intelligence

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

Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Many-Body Systems

edited by Ruizhe Shen and Ching Hua Lee

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum phase transitions; quantum criticality; quantum simulation; tensor networks; strongly correlated systems; topological order; non-equilibrium dynamics; cold-atom systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Dynamics in Biological and Social Networks

edited by Luiz Henrique Alves Monteiro

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8527 | Submission Open

Keywords: agent-based model; cellular automata; complex network; dynamical systems; entropy measures; game theory; social media; social network; systems biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Number Theoretic Methods in Statistics: Theory and Applications

edited by

Kai-Tai Fang

and Yongdao Zhou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7593 | Submission Open

Keywords: number– theoretic methods; quasi-Monte methods; experimental design; representative points; statistical inference; data science

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

Entropy-Centric Intelligent Computation with Graph: In Pursuit of Advanced Computational Theories, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Yongpan Sheng

,

Hao Wang

, Junyang Chen and

Chunwei Tian

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6038 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-centric intelligent computation with graph; entropy-centric intelligent computation theories; entropy-centric graph/network representation learning; entropy-centric graph applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Entropy in Classical and Quantum Information Theory with Applications

edited by

Dominik Szczęśniak

and

Sabre Kais

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5383 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; entropy measures; information theory; quantum information

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases

edited by Sayak Ray and

Lamberto Rondoni

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2387 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium dynamics; driven-dissipative systems; ergodicity and thermalization; many-body localization; periodically driven systems; Kibble– Zurek dynamics; many-body quantum scar; non-Hermitian systems; exceptional point; quantum chaos and random matrix theory (RMT)

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

Continuous Variables for Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Random Number Generators

edited by

Matteo Schiavon

,

Marco Avesani

and

Cosmo Lupo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2192 | 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)

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

edited by

Lewis Clark

and

Almut Beige

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2017 | 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)

Information-Theoretic Methods in Computational Neuroscience

edited by

Sarah Marzen

, John Beggs,

Martina Lamberti

and Jared Salisbury

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 552 | Submission Open

Keywords: maximum entropy models; information theory; criticality in neural systems; information-theoretic quantities; Information-theoretic normative theories

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

Complexity and Evolution, 2nd Edition

edited by Francis Heylighen and

Tomas Veloz

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9903 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological evolution; cognitive evolution; social evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Computational and Statistical Physics Approaches for Complex Systems and Social Phenomena, 3rd Edition

edited by

Hung T. Diep

,

Miron Kaufman

and

Sanda Kaufman

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5618 | Submission Open

Keywords: social phenomena; complex systems; Monte Carlo simulations; statistical physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Insight into Entropy

edited by

Philip Broadbridge

and

Tony C. Scott

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5548 | Submission Open

Keywords: Everett– Hirschman entropy; Von Neumann entropy; Shannon entropy; Ré nyi entropy; Tsallis entropy; quantum theory; nonlinear optics; logarithmic Schrö dinger equation; superfluids; superconductors; emergent gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Application of Information Theory to Computer Vision and Image Processing, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jesús Elías Miranda-Vega

,

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

,

Julio Cesar Rodríguez-Quiñonez

and

Oleg Sergiyenko

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3129 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy and coding theory (data compression; watermark; minimizing data loss; visual information in a more compact form; transmission; storage); computer vision (identify relevant features and patterns); machine vision (data analysis and understanding; segmentation; registration; denoising and restoration; object recognition; classification and tracking); cyber-physical systems; instrumentation; signal and image processing; measurements (3D spatial coordinates; redundancy; statistical properties); artificial intelligence; applications (navigation; surveillance; facial recognition; medicine; robotics; entertainment; and more)

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

Coding Theory and Its Applications

edited by Yauhen Yakimenka and

Eirik Rosnes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2473 | Submission Open

Keywords: coding theory; error-correcting codes; network coding; quantum codes; distributed storage; LDPC codes; polar codes; machine learning in coding; data compression

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

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) in 6G

edited by Danaisy Prado-Alvarez and

Jose F. Monserrat

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open

Keywords: ISAC (integrated sensing and communication); trade-offs; channel models; sensing and communication; vehicular communications; industrial applications; resource optimization

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

Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Analytics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kichun Lee

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1149 | Submission Open

Keywords: information; probability; divergence; statistical inference; data compression; data visualization; community detection; outlier detection; feature selection; data mining; machine learning; pattern recognition; neural networks; applications of data analysis

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

Advances in Information Theory and Machine Learning for Computational Imaging

edited by Shirin Jalali

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational imaging; inverse problems; deep learning for imaging; information theory in imaging; model-based deep learning; deep unfolding; phase retrieval; coherent imaging; physics-informed machine learning; optimization in imaging; statistical imaging methods

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

Multiscale Entropy Approaches and Their Applications: Fourth Edition

edited by

Anne Humeau-Heurtier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiscale entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; permutation entropy; fuzzy entropy; distribution entropy; dispersion entropy; ensemble entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Decision Optimization in Information Theory and Game Theory, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marek Szopa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision optimization; game theory; quantum game theory; negotiation; machine learning; deep learning; Pareto optimization

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

Quantum Thermal Machines

edited by

Nathan M. Myers

,

Francisco Peña

and

Sebastian Deffner

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum thermodynamics; quantum heat engines; quantum information engines; quantum statistical mechanics; open quantum systems; quantum work and heat; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; finite-time thermodynamics; cyclic thermal machines; autonomous and continuous thermal machines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Information Security

edited by Wei Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; information security; cryptography; secure computation; attacks; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information Theory in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Marco Piangerelli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; artificial intelligence; entropy; machine learning; mutual information; anomaly detection; representation learning; predictive maintenance; statistical inference; explainable AI

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

Information Theory for Future Communication Systems

edited by Min Li,

Lawrence Ong

, Congduan Li and

Mingmin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; coding theory; information-theoretic security and privacy; integrated sensing and communication; future wireless systems; machine learning-driven wireless communications

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

Statistical Machine Learning with High-Dimensional Data and Image Analysis: Second Edition

edited by

Lei Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical machine learning; high-dimensional data; image processing; data mining; pattern recognition; deep learning; big data; computer vision; multimedia

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

Statistical and Physics-Based Interpretation of AI and Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Data

edited by

Gastone C. Castellani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical interpretation of learning rules; diffusion processes in AI; complex networks; AI methods for biomedicine; integration of multi-omic data; AI for medical imaging; biophysics-inspired learning rules

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

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Plasmas

edited by

Gianpiero Colonna

, Annarita Laricchiuta and

Elena Kustova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: equilibrium plasma; non-equilibrium plasma; Chapman– Enskog method; multi-temperature models; state-to-state models; excited states

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Pavel Kraikivski

submission deadline 9 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical modeling; biological systems; computational methods; network dynamics; systems-oriented approaches; data analysis tools; regulatory networks; complex biological mechanisms; mechanistic approaches

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

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Machine Learning and AI

edited by

Songze Li

and Linqi Song

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3324 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; coding theory; data compression; quantum computing; semantic information theory; statistical learning theory; reinforcement learning; large language models; federated learning; security and privacy; unbiasedness and fairness

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

Complexity and Synchronization in Time Series

edited by

Lev Guzmán-Vargas

and

Daniel Aguilar-Velázquez

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series synchronization; entropy analysis; fractal analysis; signaling networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Topics from the 2025 Biennial Symposium on Communications

edited by

Sébastien Roy

, Claude D’Amours,

Abdellah Chehri

and Dave Touchette

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; quantum communications; coding; signal processing; cybersecurity; ultra-low-power communications; massive MIMO; advanced beamforming; IoT; ultra-dense networks

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

Informational Coordinative and Teleological Control of Distributed and Multi Agent Systems

edited by

Eugene Kagan

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3970 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed system; multi agent system; informational control; uncertainty; entropy criterions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

The Future of Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum AI, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas (Andrzej) Wichert

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum-inspired machine learning; quantum-inspired AI; quantum genetic algorithms; quantum machine learning applications; linear algebra-based quantum machine learning; quantum kernels; efficient preparation of data; quantum programming languages; variational algorithms; quantum decision trees; quantum neural networks; quantum annealing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Mereologies and Quantum Inspired Set Theories and Logics

edited by

Federico Holik

and

Juan Pablo Jorge

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mereology; quantum-inspired set theory; non-standard set theories; quasi-set theory; quasets theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy and Optimal Control: Theory and Applications

edited by

Hanz Richter

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal control; thermodynamic optimization; port-Hamiltonian systems; multi-domain systems; control theory; exergy and entropy generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy-Based Fault Diagnosis: From Theory to Applications

edited by

Xiaoan Yan

, Ling Xiang,

Jinde Zheng

and

Zhi-Xin Yang

submission deadline 16 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4395 | Submission Open

Keywords: information entropy; sample entropy; permutation entropy; fuzzy entropy; dispersion entropy; hierarchical entropy; multiscale entropy; condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; fault prognostics; anomaly detection; feature extraction; machinery equipment

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

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI