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Conformal mapping models are used to study competition of noise and anisotropy in Laplacian growth. For that, a new family of models is introduced with the noise level and directional anisotropy controlled independently. Fractalization is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-04-12 M. G. Stepanov , L. S. Levitov

We present a numerical study of the application of the Shannon entropy technique to the planar restricted three-body problem in the vicinity of first-order interior mean-motion resonances with the perturber. We estimate the diffusion…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-08 C. Beaugé , P. M. Cincotta

Shannon Entropy is the preeminent tool for measuring the level of uncertainty (and conversely, information content) in a random variable. In the field of communications, entropy can be used to express the information content of given…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Bill Kay , Audun Myers , Thad Boydston , Emily Ellwein , Cameron Mackenzie , Iliana Alvarez , Erik Lentz

Two-dimensional structures grown with Witten and Sander algorithm are investigated. We analyze clusters grown off-lattice and clusters grown with antenna method with $N_{fp}=3,4,5,6,7$ and 8 allowed growth directions. With the help of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 Anton Yu. Menshutin , Lev. N. Shchur

Ever since Claude Shannon used entropy for his "Mathematical Theory of Communication", entropy has become a buzzword in research circles with scientists applying entropy to describe any phenomena that are reminiscent of disorder. In this…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Temitayo Adefemi

Shannon's entropy is one of the building blocks of information theory and an essential aspect of Machine Learning methods (e.g., Random Forests). Yet, it is only finitely defined for distributions with fast decaying tails on a countable…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Jialin Zhang , Jingyi Shi

The problem of Shannon entropy estimation in countable infinite alphabets is addressed from the study and use of convergence results of the entropy functional, which is known to be discontinuous with respect to the total variation distance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Jorge F. Silva

In the present work we investigate phase correlations by recourse to the Shannon entropy. Using theoretical arguments we show that the entropy provides an accurate measure of phase correlations in any dynamical system, in particular when…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-24 P. M. Cincotta , C. M. Giordano

Using off-lattice noise reduction it is possible to estimate the asymptotic properties of diffusion-limited aggregation clusters grown in three dimensions with greater accuracy than would otherwise be possible. The fractal dimension of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Neill E. Bowler , Robin C. Ball

Shannon information has, in the past, been applied to quantify the genetic diversity of many natural populations. Here, we apply the Shannon concept to consecutive generations of alleles as they evolve over time. We suppose a genetic system…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2015-12-17 J. S. Glasenapp , B. R. Frieden , C. D. Cruz

We present the Shannon entropy as an indicator of spatial resolution for morphology of resonance mode pattern in dielectric micro cavity. We obtain two types of optimized mesh point for the minimum and maximum sizes, respectively. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-24 Kyu-Won Park , SongKy Moon , JinUk Kim

Clustering is a common task in machine learning, but clusters of unlabelled data can be hard to quantify. The application of clustering algorithms in chemistry is often dependant on material representation. Ascertaining the effects of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Samantha Durdy , Michael W. Gaultois , Vladimir Gusev , Danushka Bollegala , Matthew J. Rosseinsky

We show that electronic-entropy effects in the size-evolutionary patterns of relatively small (as small as 20 atoms), simple-metal clusters become prominent already at moderate temperatures. Detailed agreement between our…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2009-10-31 Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman

We introduce a novel entropy-related function, \textit{non-repeatability}, designed to capture dynamical behaviors in complex systems. Its normalized form, \textit{mutability}, has been previously applied in statistical physics as a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-04 Eugenio E. Vogel , Francisco J. Peña , G. Saravia , P. Vargas

Shannon entropy was defined for probability distributions and then its using was expanded to measure the uncertainty of knowledge for systems with complete information. In this article, it is proposed to extend the using of Shannon entropy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Vasile Patrascu

This paper studies the problem of estimating the differential entropy $h(S+Z)$, where $S$ and $Z$ are independent $d$-dimensional random variables with $Z\sim\mathcal{N}(0,\sigma^2 \mathrm{I}_d)$. The distribution of $S$ is unknown, but $n$…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Ziv Goldfeld , Kristjan Greenewald , Yury Polyanskiy

We develop a coarse-grained stochastic theory for axonal growth on micropatterned substrates using the Shannon--Jaynes maximum entropy principle. Starting from a Langevin description of growth cone motion, we infer the effective…

Biological Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 Julian Sutaria , Cristian Staii

In this work, we develop a general method for estimating the Shannon entropy of a bidimensional sequence based on the extrapolation of block entropies. We apply this method to analyse the spatial configurations of cities of different…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-09-04 E. Brigatti , V. M. Netto , F. N. M. de Sousa Filho , C. Cacholas

In a recent paper (Bogoyavlenskiy V A 2002 \JPA \textbf{35} 2533), an algorithm aiming to generate isotropic clusters of the on-lattice diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model was proposed. The procedure consists of aggregation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. G. Alves , S. C. Ferreira

We have presented a new axiomatic derivation of Shannon Entropy for a discrete probability distribution on the basis of the postulates of additivity and concavity of the entropy function.We have then modified shannon entropy to take account…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. G. Chakrabarti , Indranil Chakrabarty
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