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  • Complex Systems Analysis
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Reliability Engineering

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  • Traditional reliability models often struggle with the dynamic and interconnected nature of modern systems.
  • Analyzing systems with both electrical and biological components presents unique challenges due to differing underlying dynamics.
  • The principle of maximum entropy offers a powerful framework for modeling uncertainty in complex systems.

Discussion:

  • This study introduces a novel maximum entropy framework to unify reliability analysis across disparate complex systems.
  • The approach effectively models the stochastic dynamics inherent in electric circuits and infectious disease spread, exemplified by COVID-19.
  • Integration of maximum entropy principles provides a principled way to handle incomplete information and derive robust reliability predictions.

Key Insights:

  • The developed maximum entropy method demonstrates superior performance in predicting system reliability compared to conventional techniques.
  • It provides a unified mathematical foundation for analyzing systems with diverse dynamic characteristics.
  • Accurate modeling of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission dynamics and electric circuit failures is achieved.

Outlook:

  • Future work will explore the application of this framework to other complex systems, such as financial markets and ecological networks.
  • Further refinement of the maximum entropy approach could lead to enhanced predictive capabilities for critical infrastructure.
  • This research opens new avenues for interdisciplinary reliability studies, bridging engineering and epidemiology.