Intelligent Information Technology, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Processes".

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This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue entitled “Intelligent Information Technology”. It aims to explore recent advances and emerging trends in intelligent information technologies and their wide-ranging applications. It serves as a platform for researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to share innovative ideas, cutting-edge research, and practical solutions that address the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.

We welcome high-quality submissions that present original research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, intelligent information processing, data-driven applications, AI-enhanced communication systems, and next-generation computing technologies.

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Keywords

  • information systems
  • information processes
  • information theory
  • information applications
  • communication theory and techniques
  • artificial intelligence
  • information security
  • internet technologies
  • wireless networks
  • big data management and processing

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A Novel Approach to the Collatz Conjecture with Petri Nets
by David Mailland and Iwona Grobelna
Information 2025, 16(9), 745; https://doi.org/10.3390/info16090745 - 28 Aug 2025
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The Collatz conjecture is a famous unsolved problem in mathematics, known for its deceptively simple rules that generate complex, unpredictable behaviour. It can be efficiently modelled using a Petri net that represents its inverse graph, where each place corresponds to an integer and [...] Read more.
The Collatz conjecture is a famous unsolved problem in mathematics, known for its deceptively simple rules that generate complex, unpredictable behaviour. It can be efficiently modelled using a Petri net that represents its inverse graph, where each place corresponds to an integer and each transition encodes an inverse rule. The net, constructed up to a bound n, reveals the tree-like structure of predecessors and highlights properties such as recurrence, reachability, and liveness. Token flows simulate possible trajectories towards 1. This formal approach enables the investigation of the problem through discrete event systems theory and opens perspectives for parametric or inductive extensions beyond the bounded domain. The model proposed provides a structured framework for visualising and analysing the inverse dynamics of the conjecture. Some key numerical results highlight the challenges of working within a finite domain: for nmax=1000, the constructed Petri net comprises 1000 places and 667 transitions, including 417 source nodes (no predecessors), 333 sink nodes (no successors), and 218 isolated orphans, i.e., nodes only reachable via Div2 transitions with no incoming 3n+1 edge. Full article
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