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most citedAssembly Theory and its Relationship with Computational Complexity

2 citations · 2 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Developing the Statistical Mechanics of Evolving Assembly Spaces

Anisha K. Yeddanapudi, Abhishek Sharma, Ian Seet +1

A gap exists in connecting biological evolution within the framework of statistical mechanics. It has been hoped that statistical mechanics would provide us with a general predicti…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…

astro-ph.IM2026

Searching for Life-As-We-Don't-Know-It: Mission-relevant Application of Assembly Theory for Exoplanet Life Detection

Sara Walker, Estelle Janin, Evgenya Shkolnik +2

This white paper introduces a framework for applying Assembly Theory (AT) to planetary atmospheres as a biosignature framework suitable for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).…

physics.hist-ph2026

The Physics of Causation

Leroy Cronin, Sara I. Walker

Assembly theory (AT) introduces causation as a material property and establishes a metrology for objects produced by evolution and selection. The physical scale of causation is qua…

math.CO2025

Assembly Addition Chains

Leroy Cronin, Juan Carlos Morales Parra, Keith Y. Patarroyo

In this paper we extend the notion of Addition Chains over Z+ to a general set S. We explain how the algebraic structure of Assembly Multi-Magma over the pairs (S,BB proper subset…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Quantifying the Complexity of Materials with Assembly Theory

Keith Y Patarroyo, Abhishek Sharma, Ian Seet +3

Quantifying the evolution and complexity of materials is of importance in many areas of science and engineering, where a central open challenge is developing experimental complexit…

cs.CC2024★ 2 cited

Assembly Theory and its Relationship with Computational Complexity

Christopher P. Kempes, Michael Lachmann, Andrew Iannaccone +4

Assembly theory (AT) quantifies selection using the assembly equation and identifies complex objects that occur in abundance based on two measurements, assembly index and copy numb…