Ising Model—100 Years Old and Still Attractive
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Statistical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 92
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Interests: modeling of complex systems; multiagent systems; reinforcement learning; emergence and evolution of language; complex networks; statistical mechanics in complex networks; population dynamics; opinion formation; applications of statistical mechanics to computer sciences
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Dear Colleagues,
Intended to describe ferromagnetism, the Ising model was actually proposed in 1920 by the physicist Wilhelm Lenz. Although initial analysis by Ernst Ising was a bit disappointing, subsequent studies lead to enormous research activity and myriads of modifications. After a century of intensive studies the Ising model remains a powerful tool for describing a wide range of interacting many-body systems, even outside the realm of physics. Various applications include opinion formation, social network analysis, and econophysics, as well as computer sciences, computational biology, and neuroscience. In the era of big data and artificial intelligence, the Ising model is poised to continue drawing scientists’ attention for quite some time. The objective of this Special Issue is to collect papers that describe recent results related to the Ising model or introduce original techniques for its analysis. Papers that explore novel areas of applications of Ising models are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Adam Lipowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- spin models
- statistical mechanics
- Monte Carlo simulations
- phase transitions
- sociophysics
- econophysics
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- inference
- computational biology
- neuroscience
- optimization
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