7 papers
Foundations of entropy in complex systems
Jan Korbel
This chapter reviews the foundations of entropy and their extensions to complex systems. We first discuss the relation between Boltzmann's formula, multiplicity, coarse-graining, a…
Computational foundations of the human world
Marcus J. Hamilton, Abhishek Yadav, Harrison Hartle +10
Human societies continuously transform scattered information into collective judgments and coordinated action, whether through markets discovering prices, governments allocating re…
Quo vadis, stochastic thermodynamics?
Jan Korbel, Artemy Kolchinsky, Sarah A. M. Loos +4
Stochastic thermodynamics is a framework for describing non-equilibrium processes at the level of fluctuating trajectories, where the state of a system evolves as a stochastic time…
Empirical validation of the polarization transition in a double-random field model of elections
Jan Korbel, Remah Dahdoul, Stefan Thurner
We model bipartisan elections where voters are exposed to two forces: local homophilic interactions and external influence from two political campaigns. The model is mathematically…
What does it mean for a system to compute?
David H. Wolpert, Jan Korbel
Many real-world dynamic systems, both natural and artificial, are understood to be performing computations. For artificial dynamic systems, explicitly designed to perform computati…
Thermodynamics of exponential Kolmogorov-Nagumo averages
Pablo A. Morales, Jan Korbel, Fernando E. Rosas
This paper investigates generalized thermodynamic relationships in physical systems where relevant macroscopic variables are determined by the exponential Kolmogorov-Nagumo average…