3 papers
cs.CY2026
From Compressing Complexity to Accommodating Complexity: How AI Transforms Standardization and Individualization
Li Li, Yu Cao
Why do societies composed of individuals pursuing individuality repeatedly generate highly standardized systems? This paper argues that the answer lies in the evolution of informat…
physics.soc-ph2026
Citation Pathways in the AI Era: Interpretive Knowledge Nodes, Citation Compression Layers, and the Measurement Boundary of Scholarly Impact
Li Li, Yu Cao
This article identifies "citation pathway" as a long-neglected analytical dimension in scientometrics. Traditional evaluation metrics focus on measuring citation counts while payin…
cs.CY2026
Grade Encoding and the Structural Representation of Student Academic Trajectories
Li Li, Yu Cao
Does the conversion of academic assessment from percentage scores to letter grades merely represent an adjustment in information precision, or does it systematically alter the unde…