{"title":"Capacity improvement for mixed traffic flow by installing vehicle-to-vehicle devices on partial human-driven vehicles to serve connected automated vehicles","authors":"Yan Wang , Yanyan Qin , Zhongbin Luo , Hao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130763","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology in connected automated vehicles (CAVs) substantially improves traffic capacity. During initial CAV deployment phases, mixed traffic flow combining CAVs and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will inevitably co-exist on highways. The absence of V2V capabilities in HVs prevents them from providing V2V services to CAVs, thereby constraining CAVs’ capacity improvement in mixed traffic environments. To address this limitation, we propose equipping partial HVs with V2V communication devices, enabling these retrofitted HVs to transmit V2V information and create essential communication environment for CAVs. This study develops a mixed traffic capacity analysis framework that simultaneously incorporates CAV penetration rate and V2V installation rate of HVs, which aims to improve mixed traffic capacity by adjusting the V2V installation rate of HVs. Firstly, we classified car-following patterns within mixed traffic flow and calculate their probabilities. Secondly, a mixed traffic capacity model was constructed using fundamental diagram theory. Using the established model, critical values for V2V installation rate of HVs were analytically derived to achieve capacity improvements under varying CAV penetration rates. Finally, numerical experiments validated both the model’s reliability and theoretical derivations. Results demonstrate that the proposed model effectively quantifies how CAV penetration rate and V2V installation rate of HVs jointly influence mixed traffic capacity. Strategic adjustment of V2V installation rate of HVs based on each level of CAV penetration rates significantly enhances mixed traffic capacity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130763"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144262336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The adverse effects of large-scale vaccination on highly transmissible epidemics","authors":"Yinzuo Zhou , Yihan Liu , Xiyun Zhang , Jie Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130722","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130722","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we consider highly transmissible epidemics that incorporate a finite immunity period. Under the conditions where: (i) vaccines are partially effective, and (ii) hospital resources are limited, we find that large-scale vaccination may, however, lead to more cumulative infections as compared to small-scale vaccination. We demonstrate that the non-Markovian feature of the epidemic model plays an important role of this counterintuitive phenomenon, and we develop an approach to predict the thresholds of the epidemic process using a set of recurrent equations. Our findings may provide useful insights for administrative measures when encountering highly transmissible epidemics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130722"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing index tracking: A Random Matrix Theory approach to portfolio selection","authors":"Francesca Grassetti","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper proposes a novel methodology for index tracking that combines Random Matrix Theory with network-based eigenvalue centrality to construct compact and representative portfolios. The approach filters out noise and systemic effects from the asset correlation structure, enabling the identification of stock communities and the selection of their most influential members. A tunable parameter <span><math><mi>λ</mi></math></span> balances the trade-off between minimizing tracking error and maximizing excess return. Extensive empirical validation across diverse market conditions—classified using a volatility-based regime framework—confirms the robustness and adaptability of the method. This framework offers a scalable and computationally efficient solution for index tracking, suitable for both institutional investors and practical portfolio management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vinicius Gomes de Paula , Wanisson S. Santana , Clebson Cruz , Mario Reis
{"title":"Quantum thermodynamics of a power-law potential","authors":"Vinicius Gomes de Paula , Wanisson S. Santana , Clebson Cruz , Mario Reis","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130728","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Modeling quantum thermal machines provides a practical approach to describing the thermodynamic properties of quantum technologies and devices. For this purpose, power-law potentials are often employed as working mediums of quantum thermodynamic cycles to investigate the concepts of heat, work, and efficiency. With this in mind, we present the results for the Stirling and Otto numerical modeling of quantum thermal machines that use a general power law potential with a characteristic <span><math><mi>q</mi></math></span> exponent. We calculate its energy spectra, showing that it recovers the traditional forms of harmonic oscillator and 1-D potential well. We derive expressions for the reduced energy exchanges during a complete cycle and for the efficiency/coefficient of performance as a function of the exponent <span><math><mi>q</mi></math></span>, the bath temperatures, and the frequency ratio. From these results, we identify parameters that yield desired properties, such as optimized performance and transitions between different operation modes. The findings highlight the role of power-like potentials in optimizing quantum heat engines and support the design of tailored engines with specific performance characteristics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130728"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144254843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncertainty driven decision making and perturbation dynamics in evolutionary games on small-world networks","authors":"Helani Wickramaarachchi , Michael Kirley","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The efficiency of models that aim to interpret real world scenarios largely depends on how well they can reproduce empirical data. However, this task is challenged by uncertainties arising from dynamic environments. Recent studies on feedback-evolving games which characterize the interplay between the evolution of strategies and environmental changes, provide a theoretical framework to address this uncertainty problem. While previous studies assumed uncertainty caused by dynamic environments would impact all decisions equally, the proposed model reveals that decision-specific uncertainty influences the behavioral dynamics of a population differently. By introducing uncertainty as perturbations to a 2 × 2 payoff structure, the proposed model represents different aspects of real world uncertainty. This study reveals that perturbations applied to the off diagonal elements promote coexistence among strategies, whereas perturbations spanning the entire payoff matrix enhance cooperative behaviors. In contrast, perturbations introduced through the main diagonal and cost–benefit terms drive the system towards defective behavior. It is also evident that those findings remain consistently across various network structures. Expanding upon these findings, the study was extended to small-world networks, investigating the impact of key parameters such as the average degree (number of neighbors) and rewiring probability. Our results uncover intricate dependencies between these structural parameters and behavioral dynamics over time under various perturbation mechanisms. Overall, this research provides a comprehensive understanding of how external dynamics and network structures collectively shape evolutionary dynamics while highlighting the role of game transitions in evolutionary dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144262339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fractionation by persistent random walk and two-coefficient diffusion law","authors":"Ho-Youn Kim , Min-Yoo Kim , Yong-Jung Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Random movement of microscopic particles in heterogeneous environments leads to fractionation phenomena, with the Soret effect being one of the most representative examples. This raises a fundamental question: what characteristics of random movement give rise to such fractionation phenomena? We investigate whether the persistence of a random-walk system has such a property and show that fractionation occurs only when the persistence is anisotropic. This is shown by investigating the convergence of a heterogeneous persistence random-walk system to a resulting anisotropic diffusion equation. Numerical simulations of the diffusion equation are compared with a Monte Carlo method and solutions to the recursive relations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130718"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144272055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermodynamic properties of high-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnets with an arbitrary spin-S","authors":"Bin-Zhou Mi , Huai-Yu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130730","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130730","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study extends the Heisenberg ferromagnetic model to high-dimensional simple hypercubic lattice systems by using the double-time Green’s function method. Analytical derivation and numerical calculation were performed on the lattice structural factor, Curie temperature, and spontaneous magnetization. It is found that the spontaneous magnetization of <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span>-dimensional (<span><math><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></math></span>) Heisenberg ferromagnet with an arbitrary spin-<span><math><mi>S</mi></math></span> obeys the <em>T</em><sup><em>d</em>/2</sup> law at very low temperatures. This indicates that the low-temperature magnetization characteristics are closely related to the spatial dimension. The lattice structural factor is evaluated for <span><math><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></math></span> to 15. It is interesting to note that when the spatial dimension <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span> is very large, the Curie temperature is nearly proportional to the <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span> at any fixed spin-<span><math><mi>S</mi></math></span>, which means that the Curie temperature increases with the <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span> with no upper limit. In addition, it is observed that the larger the spin-<span><math><mi>S</mi></math></span>, the closer the normalized spontaneous magnetization versus the normalized temperature curves for different spatial dimension <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130730"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CardiacPINN: A Physics-Informed Neural Network with multi-head attention for non-invasive assessment of cardiac function","authors":"Yagang Wu , Jilong He , Zhoushun Zheng , Tianli Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate and rapid assessment of left ventricular (LV) contractility is crucial for managing cardiovascular diseases, yet current methods are limited by invasiveness or sparse data. To address these challenges, this study introduces CardiacPINN, a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) designed for fast, non-invasive, and physiologically consistent estimation of LV contractility. CardiacPINN utilizes a closed-loop lumped-parameter cardiovascular model with five compartments to capture pressure–volume interactions and integrates multi-scale Fourier features, hierarchical self-attention, and an adaptive physics-constrained loss balancing strategy to enforce hemodynamic laws and ensure numerical stability. Evaluated using synthetic datasets generated via Latin Hypercube Sampling and experimental swine data, CardiacPINN demonstrated a convergence rate up to 76% faster than a baseline PINN on swine datasets and achieved a root-mean absolute error one order of magnitude lower in key compartments like the vena cava and peripheral arteries. The model accurately reproduced pressure–volume loops in both synthetic and real swine data, the quantitative range of R<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> values achieved on the swine data for both LV pressure (0.88–0.99) and LV volume (0.59–0.97), effectively capturing contractility changes induced by dobutamine. These results indicate that CardiacPINN offers robust and efficient estimation of LV contractility across various physiological conditions, paving the way for real-time cardiac monitoring and personalized healthcare.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130717"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144254842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"XY-Ashkin–Teller phase diagram in d=3","authors":"Alpar Türkoğlu , A. Nihat Berker","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The phase diagram of the Ashkin-Tellerized XY model in spatial dimension <span><math><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></math></span> is calculated by renormalization-group theory. In this system, each site has two spins, each spin being an XY spin, that is having orientation continuously varying in <span><math><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>π</mi></mrow></math></span> radians. Nearest-neighbor sites are coupled by two-spin and four-spin interactions. The phase diagram has ordered phases that are ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic in each of the spins, and phases that are ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic in the multiplicative spin variable. The phase diagram distinctively exhibits a pair of symmetrically situated direct bifurcation points and a pair of symmetrically situated reverse bifurcation points of the phase boundaries. The renormalization-group flows are in terms of the doubly composite Fourier coefficients of the exponentiated energy of nearest-neighbor spins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130715"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144272060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relation between stochastic processes and thermodynamics of trajectories","authors":"V.V. Ryazanov","doi":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physa.2025.130760","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The process of fluctuations of trajectory observables of stochastic systems is related to processes with independent increments from risk theory. The first-passage times of variables of the thermodynamics of trajectories, in particular, dynamic activity, are considered. A correspondence between expressions of the theory of random processes and thermodynamics of trajectories, as well as deviations from such a correspondence for the process of fluctuations of trajectory observables, are established. The connections between general regularities of first-passage times in the theory of random processes and thermodynamics of trajectories are discussed. A more complete use of the theory of random processes in physical problems is proposed, and the possibilities of combining approaches of the theory of random processes and statistical physics are indicated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20152,"journal":{"name":"Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","volume":"674 ","pages":"Article 130760"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}