Entropy and Irreversibility in Biological Systems
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Entropy and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 4688
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Interests: complex systems; complex networks; network science; data mining
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2. Center for Translational Neurophysiology for Speech and Communication, Italian Institute of Technology, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: electroencephalography; magnetoencephalography; network science; brain dynamics; scaling properties of brain fluctuations
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Dear Colleagues,
The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the availability of biological data, thanks to the introduction of new large-scale techniques, to screening programs applied to the general population, and to the availability of open-access data banks. However, the collection of data is not equivalent to the acquisition of knowledge, and data are only as significant as the analyses performed on them. When the objective of the analysis is to detect patterns, subsequently, the most crucial concepts are entropy (how they are distributed) and irreversibility (how they evolve with time).
In this Special Issue, we welcome contributions applying the concepts of entropy and irreversibility to biological systems at all scales, from processes inside the cell to the whole human body, in health and pathologies. Potential topics of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: metrics of entropy and irreversibility for biological time series; analysis of EEG, MEG, and EKG data; and analysis of postural and gait data.
Dr. Massimiliano Zanin
Dr. David Papo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- entropy
- irreversibility
- neuroscience
- biology
- pathologies
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