Entropy

Non-Equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Dynamics

edited by Ricardo Puebla and Fernando Gómez-Ruiz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4073 | 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)

Entropy Methods for Cardiorespiratory Coupling Analysis

edited by

Mirjana M. Platiša

,

Beatrice Cairo

and

Riccardo Pernice

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2951 | Submission Open

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

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

Non-Extensive Entropies: Properties and Applications

edited by

Orlando Luongo

and

Hernando Quevedo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-extensive entropy; thermodynamics; dark energy; dark matter; inflation; cosmological tensions; quantum gravity; observational cosmology; cosmological constant

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

Diagnosis and Prognosis of Incipient Faults Using Information Processing or Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

edited by

Claude Delpha

,

Demba Diallo

and

Khalid Dahi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: incipient faults; resilience; statistical and information measures; machine and deep learning; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

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

edited by

Daniel Chicharro

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

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

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

Bayesian Network and Signal Processing

edited by

Carlos Dias Maciel

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian network; large-scale models; quantum-inspired network; distributed inference; probabilistic models

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

Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Algorithms

edited by Qi Zhao, Fei Shi and

Banghai Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum entanglement; quantum algorithms; quantum computing; quantum simulation; quantum teleportation; quantum error correction; entanglement detection; quantum networks; quantum computational advantage; hybrid quantum-classical algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Active Inference in Cognitive Neuroscience

edited by

Ivilin Stoianov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5522 | Submission Open

Keywords: active inference; predictive coding; free energy principle; prediction errors; neurocomputational modeling; perception; motor control; cognitive control; decision making; cognitive neuroscience; neuropsychology; psychiatry

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

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sébastien Roy

and Julian Cheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2308 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna selection; massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); physical-layer security; cell-free MIMO; green communications; machine learning; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); relaying and cooperation; self-organization; modulation and waveform design; integrated sensing and communication

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

Emergent Dynamics of Complex Systems: From Synchronization to Clustering

edited by Zhigang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1343 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; emergence; self-organization; synchronization; swarming; chaos; nonlinear dynamics; statistical physics; phase transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Cutting-Edge AI in Computational Bioinformatics

edited by Lin Gao and

Shixiong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; bioinformatics; single-cell; multi-omics integration; drug discovery; disease prediction; biomedical imaging; RNA/protein structure prediction; information theory; systems biology; explainable AI

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

Recent Advances in Refractory High Entropy Alloys, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yucheng Wu

and

Shunhua Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open

Keywords: refractory high entropy alloy; high-temperature application; mechanical property; deformation mechanism; corrosion and oxidation behavior; radiation damage; tungsten alloy; refractory alloy; processing; nuclear application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Entropy Analysis of ECG and EEG Signals

edited by Marcelo Risk

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: heart rate variability; blood pressure variability; blood volume variability; and other cardiovascular time series; energy sub-band decomposition; inter-spike times; and other neurological time series; clinical applications of nonlinear times series analysis

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

Dynamics Beyond the Hamiltonian: Dissipation in Classical Metriplectic Systems and Quantum Non-Unitary Systems

edited by

Massimo Materassi

and

Frédéric Barbaresco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: metriplectic formalism; generic formalism; quantum open systems; dissipation; collisional plasmas; trophic webs with losses; maximum and minimum entropy production principles; non-unitary quantum systems; macroscopic limit of quantum systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Equilibria of Complex Systems

edited by Mathieu Lazerges and Sylvain Marque

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; equilibrium; kinetics; thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Decoding Earthquake Complexity: From Earthquake Ruptures and Slip Styles to Seismic Sequences and Faulting

edited by

Davide Zaccagnino

,

Filippos Vallianatos

and

Robert Shcherbakov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault system behavior; complexity in seismicity; earthquake clustering; earthquake triggering; preparatory processes; complexity in faulting; fault slip styles; fractality; synchronization; earthquake cycle-related crustal deformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information Dynamics: Entropy-Driven Evolutionary Machine Learning

edited by

Diego Oliva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning (ML); evolutionary algorithms (EAs); entropy; uncertainty; information theory; optimization; entropy-driven evolutionary machine learning; information-theoretic measures; evolutionary operators; complex real-world problems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Random Walks and Stochastic Processes in Complex Systems: From Physics to Socio-Economic Phenomena, Second Edition

edited by

Trifce Sandev

and

Alexander Iomin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: random walks; stochastic equations; kinetic equations; diffusion; geometric Brownian motion; voter model; econophysics; sociophysics

Alive or Not Alive: Entropy and Living Things

edited by

Krzysztof Wojciech Fornalski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium statistical physics; stochastic thermodynamics; entropy dissipation; dissipative adaptation; self-adaptation; adaptive response; physics of life; nonlinear dynamics; complex systems; far-from-equilibrium

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

Kinetic Analysis and Engineering of (Bio)chemical Reactions—in Honor of the 85th Birthday of Professor Gregory Yablonsky

edited by

Peter Strizhak

,

Necip B. Üner

and Rebecca Fushimi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: reaction mechanisms and pathways; chemical equilibrium; chemical reaction engineering; multiphase reactions; transport effects in observed kinetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Thermodynamic Analysis and Process Intensification: Second Edition

edited by

Yasar Demirel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic analysis; process intensification; process irreversibility; information processing; energy efficiency; resource conservation; energy conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Quantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology

edited by János A. Bergou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum measurements; quantum sensing; quantum metrology; quantum Fisher information; quantum state tomography; positive operator-valued measure (POVM); Cramer– Rao bound

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Joint Sensing, Communication, and Computation

edited by

Onur Günlü

and Rafael Schaefer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); future communication systems; trustworthy 6G; sensing-assisted communication; communication-assisted sensing

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

Opportunities and Challenges of Network Science in the Age of AI

edited by Linyuan Lü and

Qingchun Meng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: network science; complex networks; artificial intelligence (AI); graph machine learning; generative AI; entropy; statistical physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

New Advances in Quantum Communications and Quantum Computing

edited by Mariella Minder and David Lucas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum key distribution; quantum computing; quantum networks; quantum communication infrastructure; postquantum cryptography; quantum algorithms; quantum information theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Modeling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Fluids

edited by Jia Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flows; complex fluids; continuum and kinetic theory; multiscale modeling; phase-field methods; non-equilibrium thermodynamics; structure-preserving numerical methods; entropy-based modeling; soft matter physics; scientific computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Network Data Mining: Causality, Complexity and Scalability

edited by

Lianyong Qi

, Wenwen Gong, Yang Zhang,

Xuyun Zhang

and Yanwei Xu

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: networked systems; information theory; complex networks; algorithmic complexity; network data mining

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

Advancing Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning: Innovative Frameworks and Protocols

edited by

Lihua Wang

and

Rongxing Lu

submission deadline 9 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; privacy preserving; homomorphic encryption; differential privacy; secure multiparty computation; privacy-enhancing technologies; distributed AI; applied cryptography

Recent Advances in High Entropy Alloys

edited by Hui Xu and

Zhong Li

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7709 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloys/materials; medium-entropy alloy/materials; alloy design; synthesis methods; magnetic properties; mechanical properties; electrocatalysis; irradiation; microstructure; modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Methods in Artificial Intelligence and Information Processing, Third Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and Marko S. Andjelković

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7447 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; neural networks; compression; entropy coding; speech and image processing; biomedical signal processing

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

Percolation in the 21st Century

edited by Robert M. Ziff

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5474 | Submission Open

Keywords: percolation; explosive percolation; percolation on complex networks; physics; mathematics; engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Bayesian Networks and Causal Discovery

edited by Xiaoguang Gao and Zidong Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2095 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian network; directed acyclic graphs; causal discovery; structural equation model; structure learning; parameter learning; causal inference; neural networks and their applications

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

Inverse Problems: Advanced Methods and Innovative Applications

edited by

Andrea Murari

,

Teddy Craciunescu

and Ivan Wyss

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 796 | Submission Open

Keywords: parameter estimation; Bayesian statistics; machine learning; neural computation; genetic programming; image processing; information theory; network theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerance

edited by

Jianxin Chen

, Ke Liu and

Linghang Kong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum error correction; fault-tolerant quantum computing; hardware-aware QEC strategies; scalable decoding architectures; quantum LDPC code; surface code; color code

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Spectral Graph Theory, Topological Indices of Graph, and Entropy: Second Edition

edited by

Kinkar Chandra Das

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: algebraic graph theory; topological indices of graphs; structural graph theory; pure graph theory; energy of graphs; combinatorics; discrete mathematics; extremal graph theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Entropy Method for Decision Making with Uncertainty

edited by

Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12365 | Submission Open

Keywords: rough sets; fuzzy sets; expert systems; distributed learning; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM); game theory; decision making; uncertainty; decision support systems; information fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Thermodynamics and Climate Change

edited by

Ivan Kennedy

, James Chapman and Migdat Hodzic

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; climate change; Gibbs energy; statistical mechanics; environmental chemistry; quantum field theory; climate science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Network- and Information-Theoretic Approaches in the Study of Action and Perception

edited by Ioannis Delis and David O’Reilly

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open

Keywords: synergy; redundancy; encoding; decoding; brain networks; muscle networks; interaction information; population coding; EEG; EMG

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

Entropy in Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Edition

edited by

George Manis

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3481 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; nonlinear analysis; biomedical engineering; entropy in biomedical applications; entropy in biomedical signals analysis; entropy in biomedical imaging; entropy in machine learning; fast computation of entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Bayesian Hierarchical Models with Applications

edited by Maura Mezzetti and

Ilia Negri

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1824 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian inference; MCMC; multilevel model; random effects; model comparison; posterior distributions; Stan

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

Kolmogorov Complexity and Applications: Theoretical Achievements and Practical Tools

edited by Dragutin T. Mihailović

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 524 | 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 68 | 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 13134 | 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 6030 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2599 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2026 | 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)

Shortcut to Adiabaticity in Classical and Quantum Systems

edited by Jing Li and

Andreas Ruschhaupt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1069 | 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)

Geometry in Thermodynamics, 4th Edition

edited by

Michael Parker

,

Chris Jeynes

, Stuart Walker and

Luisberis Velazquez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1038 | 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)

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 321 | 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)

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 271 | 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)

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