Statistical Thermodynamics Approach to Complex Systems: The approach combines studies both from the bottom-up approach and top-down approach of statistical thermodynamics to complex systems. It relates the descriptive equations of stochastic coarse-grained dynamics with mathematically constructed thermodynamic quantities, alike the entropy, energy or temperature. Beside pure theoretical studies our research has also a data-mining and experimental side by gathering electronic data for proving the validity of our model hypothesis and testing the results.
The project PN-III-P4-ID-PCE2020-0647 entitled "Statistical Thermodynamics Approach to Complex Systems" is an Exploratory Research Project implemented at the Babeș-Bolyai University and funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, UEFISCDI. The director of the project is prof. dr. Néda Zoltán. The total budget of the project is 1 198 032 lei.
gathering relevant experimental data and analyzing them in view of the evolutionary models
bottom up approach that starts from microscopic evolution equations and targeting the equilibrium behavior of the system
top down approach where thermodynamic quantities are generalized for the investigated system and verified at microstate level
The extension of the methods of classical and modern statistical thermodynamics to non-physical complex systems is far from being a rigorously solved problem. Presently we do not have a well justified method for choosing among a variety of entropies or other complexity measures when we intend to characterize the complexity level of a system and our understanding is also incomplete for using other thermodynamic variables in a phenomenological description of these systems.
For the bottom-up approach we already guessed from recent studies based on generalized master-equations that the proper formula for entropy can depend on the category of the dynamics and stationary state at which the studied complex systems converge. Our objective is to study in detail some of the complex systems already mentioned in our review work [Biro, 2018a] and construct thermodynamic quantities for these based on the microscopic evolution equations (usually a dynamic master equation) and the systems stationary behavior. We have in mind to reconsider dynamical models on income and wealth distributions, stock-index dynamics, population abundance distributions in biological and complex systems, complex social and economic networks, earthquake/lightning statistics and particle production in high-energy accelerator experiments. These studies can lead us also in the direction of the non-equilibrium statistical physics, since processes and distributions arising during the non-equilibrium dynamical processes will be also investigated. The chosen systems are interesting for practical applications as well.
For the top-down approach we plan to construct thermodynamic quantities for the targeted complex system that helps in interpreting the observed stationary statistics and universally valid laws in the investigated system. If the thermodynamic quantities are rigorously defined we can construct equations of state that can predict interesting relations among the relevant parameters of the system. An immediate example in such sense is for example wealth in social systems, where we already know that a generalized entropy (the Tsallis q-entropy) could be appropriate. Maximizing this entropy for a fixed average wealth leads to the q-exponential distribution which seems appropriate to describe the whole shape of the wealth-distribution curves. One can go then further and look for other thermodynamic quantities for this system like the energy, temperature etc. Defining these quantities so that it is compatible with the q-additivity of the entropy could allow us to further proceed in a phenomenological description of the investigated system by discovering important relations among these. Regarding the measures characterizing the level of complexity in the targeted system-class a proper entropy or quantities related to this could be appropriate. We will start from the rigorously defined entropy and generalize this to other formulas, that are already used to quantify the level of inequality (Gini index for example) or other impurity measures.
Progress Report 2021
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Progress Report 2022
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Final Report
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I. Gere, S. Kelemen, G. Toth. TS Biro and Z. Neda, Wealth distribution in modern societies: Collected data and a master equation aproach, Physica A - Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, vol. 581, art. nr. 126194 (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2021.126194
A. Gergely, Cs. Paizs, R. Totos and Z. Neda, Oscillations and collective behavior in convective flows, Physics of Fluids vol. 33, art. 124104 (2021), DOI: 10.1063/5.0073347
I. Gere, Sz. Kelemen, TS. Biró and Z. Néda, Wealth Distribution in Villages. Transition From Socialism to Capitalism in View of Exhaustive Wealth Data and a Master Equation Approach, Front. Phys. vol. 10 art. 827143 (2022) DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2022.827143
TS. Biró, A. Telcs, M. Józsa and Z. Néda 2, f-Gintropy: An Entropic Distance Ranking Based on the Gini Index, Entropy, vol. 24, art. 407 (2022) DOI: 10.3390/e24030407
A. Gergely and Z. Néda, Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Oscillating and Interacting Convective Flows, Fluids vol. 7, art. 339 (2022) DOI: 10.3390/fluids7110339
TS. Biró, Z. Néda, Thermodynamical Aspects of the LGGR Approach for Hadron Energy Spectra, Symmetry vol. 14, art. 1807 (2022) DOI: 10.3390/sym14091807
T. S. Biró, Kaniadakis' Entropy Leads to Particle-Hole Symmetric Distribution, Entropy 24, 9, 1217 (2022) DOI: 10.3390/e24091217
T. S. Biró, Jean Cleymans, Stringy Thermal Model, Tsallis Quantum Statistics, Physics 4, 873-879 (2022) DOI: 10.3390/physics4030056
A. Kuki, F. Járai-Szabó, A. Gergely, I. Gere, Z. Néda, S. Lipcsei, D. Ugi, PD. Ispánovity, Z. Dankházi, I. Groma, Statistical analogies between earthquakes, micro-quakes and avalanches in the 1D Burridge-Knopoff model, Geofizika 40, 1-27 (2023) DOI: 10.15233/gfz.2023.40.4
T. S. Biró, A. Telcs, M. Józsa, Z. Néda, Gintropic scaling of scientometric indexes, Physica A, 618, 128717 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2023.128717
Z. Neda, T.S. Biro, G. Toth, I. Gere, Sz. Kelemen, The growth and reset model for social inequalities, 11-th Polish Symposium on Physics in Economy and Social Sciences, 01.07-03.07 2021
Z. Neda, A unified approach to wealth and income inequalities in modern societies, MECO47 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), 12-14 June 2022, Erice, Italy
M. Józsa, M. Ercsey-Ravasz and Zs.I. Lázár, Investigating brain wiring by simple statistical models, MECO47 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), 12-14 June 2022, Erice, Italy, PDF
Sz. Kelemen, I. Gere, T. Biro and Z. Neda, Wealth inequalities in different socio-economic situations, Exhaustive data and a general modelling framework, MECO 47 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), 12-14 June 2022, Erice, Italy, PDF
A. Gergely, B. Sándor, Cs. Paizs, R. Tötös, Z. Néda, Oscillation and synchronization of diffusion flames in a hydrodynamic approach, MECO 47 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), 12-14 June 2022, Erice, Italy, PDF
Z. Neda, The growth and reset dynamics in Complex Systems, BIODYNAMICS, A transdisciplinary approach - invited talk, Academia Romana si Institutul de Biodinamica, Bucuresti, 19-21 May, 2022
I. Gere, Sz. Kelemen, T.S. Biro and Z. Neda, Wealth inequality patterns based on exhaustive sampling. Data mining and modelling., Econophysics Colloqium 2022, August 24-26, 2022, Thessaloniki, online
Sz. Kelemen, M. Jozsa and Z. Neda, Estimation of the Gini coefficient from incomplete datasets., Econophysics Colloqium 2022, August 24-26, 2022, Thessaloniki, online
T. S. Biró, M. Józsa, S. Kelemen, I. Gere, and Z. Néda, The Local Growth and Global Reset (LGGR) model and its applicability for complex systems, MECO48 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), May 22-26, 2023, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
S. Kelemen, M. Józsa and Z. Néda, The Gini coeficient from incomplete data, MECO48 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), May 22-26, 2023, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
S. Kelemen, M. Józsa, T. Hartel, C. György, and Z. Néda, Tree size distribution in the perspective of the Local Growth and Global Reset (LGGR) model, MECO48 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), May 22-26, 2023, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
A. Gergely, A. Kuki, S. Lipcsei, Z. Néda, Stick-slip dynamics of a 1D Burridge-Knopoff type spring-block system on a treadmill, MECO48 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), May 22-26, 2023, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
B. Sandor, A. Rusu, K. Denes, Z.I. Lazar and M. Ercsey-Ravasz, Novel measures for state-transition networks, MECO48 (Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics), May 22-26, 2023, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
Attila Gergely, Sándor Szakács, Ágnes Gál, Mihai Ciocîrlan, Zoltán Néda, Fluctuations of CO2 concentration inside a mofette long-term, high-frequency monitoring and a simple model, SigmaPhi2023 (International Conference on Statistical Physics), July 10-14, 2023, Chania-Crete, Greece
Szabolcs Kelemen, Máté Józsa, Zoltán Néda, Handling incomplete information: Gini coefficient from coarse-grained data SigmaPhi2023 (International Conference on Statistical Physics), July 10-14, 2023, Chania-Crete, Greece
Tamas Biro, Andras Telcs, Mate Jozsa, Zoltan Neda, Gintropic limits and scaling for the Hirsch index SigmaPhi2023 (International Conference on Statistical Physics), July 10-14, 2023, Chania-Crete, Greece
Z. Néda, Wealth and income inequalities in the perspective of the LGGR model Econophysics Colloqium 2023, July 30 - August 5, 2023, Lipari, Italy, abstract book p. 17
T. S. Biró, Az entrópia története - Clausiustól a mesterséges intelligenciáig/ The History of Entropy - from Clausius to AI, TTK23 (XVI. Tudomány- és Technikatörténeti Konferencia), 2023, July 29 - August 2, 2023, Salonta, Romania, proceedings book p. 1-10
B. Sandor, A. Rusu, K. Denes, Z.I. Lazar and M. Ercsey-Ravasz, Measuring the dynamical variability of state-transition networks DDE2023 (XLIII Dynamics Days Europe), September 3-8, 2023, Napoli, Italy, abstract book p. 313
Z. Néda, Oscillation and Synchronization in Convective Flows DDE2023 (XLIII Dynamics Days Europe), September 3-8, 2023, Napoli, Italy
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Comprehensive databases for tree populations on the island of Barro-Colorado. The data is acknowledged for the Smithsonian Institute.
Download BCI dataEarthquake datasets with time elapsed (in seconds) from an arbitrary zero event and magnitude transformed into a quanta propotional to the total dissipated energy.
Download earthquake datasetsThe datasets used to calculate the wealth distribution for "comuna Sancraiu", Cluj county, Romania.
Download wealth distribution datasetsLightning datasets, curated from the Finnish Meteorological Instititute's weather reporting API data service for the year 2020.
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