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Arup Biswas^1,2, Satya N Majumdar³, Arnab Pal^1,2

¹The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India.

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|December 12, 2025

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This study introduces threshold resetting for optimizing search processes, inspired by natural failures. Optimal resetting strategies can prevent significant losses in complex systems.

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Area of Science:

Complex Systems
Stochastic Processes
Optimization Theory

Background:

Many natural processes involve critical thresholds triggering failure, degradation, or state transitions.
Search processes often benefit from resetting mechanisms, but simultaneous, system-coupled resets are less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and analyze a new class of first-passage time optimization driven by threshold resetting.
To develop a unified framework for computing mean search times in correlated stochastic processes with collective resets.

Main Methods:

Development of a unified mathematical framework for correlated stochastic processes.
Analysis of mean search times for both ballistic and diffusive searchers under threshold resetting.
Introduction of a cost function to evaluate the impact of resetting on losses.

Main Results:

Identified diverse optimization behaviors arising from event-driven, system-coupled resets.
Demonstrated that optimal resetting strategies can effectively forestall larger losses, analogous to breakdown penalties.
The framework accommodates systems with multiple degrees of freedom.

Conclusions:

Threshold resetting offers a powerful mechanism for optimizing first-passage times in systems with critical thresholds.
The developed formalism provides a generalized approach to analyzing correlated stochastic processes with collective resets.
Optimal resetting can be a key strategy for mitigating risks and losses in complex natural and artificial systems.