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A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Information".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2023) | Viewed by 16811

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Dr. Irina Basieva

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International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Cognitive Science, Linnaeus University, S-35195 Växjö, Sweden
Interests: quantum mechanics; probability; laser physics; telecommunications; artificial intelligence; cognitive psychology; decision making; rationality

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Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this issue is to provide an overview of the latest challenges and achievements in the domain of the application of quantum models in a wide range of sciences, including but not limited to cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, biology, and artificial intelligence.

While being perfectly linear, quantum probabilistic models naturally cover such unorthodox phenomena as the question-order effect, conjunction and disjunction effects, positive or negative interference, update on zero prior, etc. At the same time, in certain aspects quantum models may be more restrictive than classical ones.

Variability and randomness are of a different nature in classical and quantum models.

There are known cases when quantum model research in cognitive psychology stimulated research in quantum physics, in particular, on the problem of combining the question-order effect and response replicability.

How exactly the electrochemical processes in the brain lead to specific rumination outcomes is an immensely difficult "micro-macro" problem. Potentially, we can analyze the relative success of the different learning techniques to better understand what is going on in the mysterious black box of the intellect, artificial or human.

We hope that this issue will advance awareness and stimulate further development of the quantum model applications to decision-making under uncertainty.

Dr. Irina Basieva
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quantum probability approach in social sciences
quantum-like models
quantum inspired algorithms
cognitive psychology
behavioral economics
QQ equality
open systems

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A Quantum Model of Trust Calibration in Human–AI Interactions

by Luisa Roeder, Pamela Hoyte, Johan van der Meer, Lauren Fell, Patrick Johnston, Graham Kerr and Peter Bruza

Entropy 2023, 25(9), 1362; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25091362 - 20 Sep 2023

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This exploratory study investigates a human agent’s evolving judgements of reliability when interacting with an AI system. Two aims drove this investigation: (1) compare the predictive performance of quantum vs. Markov random walk models regarding human reliability judgements of an AI system and (2) identify a neural correlate of the perturbation of a human agent’s judgement of the AI’s reliability. As AI becomes more prevalent, it is important to understand how humans trust these technologies and how trust evolves when interacting with them. A mixed-methods experiment was developed for exploring reliability calibration in human–AI interactions. The behavioural data collected were used as a baseline to assess the predictive performance of the quantum and Markov models. We found the quantum model to better predict the evolving reliability ratings than the Markov model. This may be due to the quantum model being more amenable to represent the sometimes pronounced within-subject variability of reliability ratings. Additionally, a clear event-related potential response was found in the electroencephalographic (EEG) data, which is attributed to the expectations of reliability being perturbed. The identification of a trust-related EEG-based measure opens the door to explore how it could be used to adapt the parameters of the quantum model in real time. Full article

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On Laws of Thought—A Quantum-like Machine Learning Approach

by Lizhi Xin, Kevin Xin and Houwen Xin

Entropy 2023, 25(8), 1213; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25081213 - 15 Aug 2023

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Incorporating insights from quantum theory, we propose a machine learning-based decision-making model, including a logic tree and a value tree; a genetic programming algorithm is applied to optimize both the logic tree and value tree. The logic tree and value tree together depict the entire decision-making process of a decision-maker. We applied this framework to the financial market, and a “machine economist” is developed to study a time series of the Dow Jones index. The “machine economist” will obtain a set of optimized strategies to maximize profits, and discover the efficient market hypothesis (random walk). Full article

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Contextuality in Collective Intelligence: Not There Yet

by William Sulis and Ali Khan

Entropy 2023, 25(8), 1193; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25081193 - 11 Aug 2023

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Type I contextuality or inconsistent connectedness is a fundamental feature of both the classical as well as the quantum realms. Type II contextuality (true contextuality or CHSH-type contextuality) is frequently asserted to be specific to the quantum realm. Nevertheless, evidence for Type II contextuality in classical settings is slowly emerging (at least in the psychological realm). Sign intransitivity can be observed in preference relations in the setting of decision making and so intransitivity in decision making may also yield examples of Type II contextuality. Previously, it was suggested that a fruitful setting in which to search for such contextuality is that of decision making by collective intelligence systems. An experiment was conducted by using a detailed simulation of nest emigration by workers of the ant Temnothorax albipennis. In spite of the intransitivity, these simulated colonies came close to but failed to violate Dzhafarov’s inequality for a 4-cyclic system. Further research using more sophisticated simulations and experimental paradigms is required. Full article

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The No-Cloning Life: Uniqueness and Complementarity in Quantum and Quantum-like Theories

by Arkady Plotnitsky

Entropy 2023, 25(5), 706; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25050706 - 24 Apr 2023

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This article considers a rarely discussed aspect, the no-cloning principle or postulate, recast as the uniqueness postulate, of the mathematical modeling known as quantum-like, Q-L, modeling (vs. classical-like, C-L, modeling, based in the mathematics adopted from classical physics) and the corresponding Q-L theories beyond physics. The principle is a transfer of the no-cloning principle (arising from the no-cloning theorem) in quantum mechanics (QM) to Q-L theories. My interest in this principle, to be related to several other key features of QM and Q-L theories, such as the irreducible role of observation, complementarity, and probabilistic causality, is connected to a more general question: What are the ontological and epistemological reasons for using Q-L models vs. C-L ones? I shall argue that adopting the uniqueness postulate is justified in Q-L theories and adds an important new motivation for doing so and a new venue for considering this question. In order to properly ground this argument, the article also offers a discussion along similar lines of QM, providing a new angle on Bohr’s concept of complementarity via the uniqueness postulate. Full article

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Quantum Circuit Components for Cognitive Decision-Making

by Dominic Widdows, Jyoti Rani and Emmanuel M. Pothos

Entropy 2023, 25(4), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25040548 - 23 Mar 2023

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This paper demonstrates that some non-classical models of human decision-making can be run successfully as circuits on quantum computers. Since the 1960s, many observed cognitive behaviors have been shown to violate rules based on classical probability and set theory. For example, the order in which questions are posed in a survey affects whether participants answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’, so the population that answers ‘yes’ to both questions cannot be modeled as the intersection of two fixed sets. It can, however, be modeled as a sequence of projections carried out in different orders. This and other examples have been described successfully using quantum probability, which relies on comparing angles between subspaces rather than volumes between subsets. Now in the early 2020s, quantum computers have reached the point where some of these quantum cognitive models can be implemented and investigated on quantum hardware, by representing the mental states in qubit registers, and the cognitive operations and decisions using different gates and measurements. This paper develops such quantum circuit representations for quantum cognitive models, focusing particularly on modeling order effects and decision-making under uncertainty. The claim is not that the human brain uses qubits and quantum circuits explicitly (just like the use of Boolean set theory does not require the brain to be using classical bits), but that the mathematics shared between quantum cognition and quantum computing motivates the exploration of quantum computers for cognition modeling. Key quantum properties include superposition, entanglement, and collapse, as these mathematical elements provide a common language between cognitive models, quantum hardware, and circuit implementations. Full article

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On Applicability of Quantum Formalism to Model Decision Making: Can Cognitive Signaling Be Compatible with Quantum Theory?

by Andrei Khrennikov

Entropy 2022, 24(11), 1592; https://doi.org/10.3390/e24111592 - 02 Nov 2022

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This note is devoted to the problem of signaling (marginal inconsistency) in the Bell-type experiments with physical and cognitive systems. It seems that in quantum physics, this problem is still not taken seriously. Only recently have experimenters started to check the signaling hypothesis for their data. For cognitive systems, signaling was statistically significant in all experiments (typically for decision making) performed up to today. Here, one cannot simply ignore this problem. Since signaling contradicts the quantum theory of measurement for compatible observables, its statistical significance in experiments with humans can be considered as an objection for quantum-like modeling—applications of quantum theory to cognition, decision making, psychology, economics and finance, social and political science. In this paper, we point to two possible sources of signaling generation that are consistent with quantum measurement theory. Thus, the signaling objection for quantum-like modeling is not catastrophic. One of these sources is the direct physical signaling about selection of experimental settings, questions or tasks in quantum-like studies. Another possible source is a state modification dependent on experimental settings. The latter was a rather common source of signaling in quantum physics. Since the physical size of the brain is very small comparing with the light velocity, it seems to be impossible to prevent the direct physical signaling (with electromagnetic waves) between the brain’s areas processing two questions a and

b

. However, if, for these questions, not the electromagnetic waves, but electrochemical communication plays the crucial role, the experimenter may hope to make signaling weaker by answering the questions faster. The problem of question-dependent mental state modification seems to be solvable via smarter experimental design. This paper can be useful both for physicists interested in quantum foundations and for researchers working in quantum-like studies, e.g., applying the quantum theory to model decision making or psychological effects. This paper is solely about quantum theory. Thus, we do not consider general contextual probabilistic models. Full article

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Open Systems, Quantum Probability, and Logic for Quantum-like Modeling in Biology, Cognition, and Decision-Making

by Andrei Khrennikov

Entropy 2023, 25(6), 886; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25060886 - 01 Jun 2023

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The aim of this review is to highlight the possibility of applying the mathematical formalism and methodology of quantum theory to model behavior of complex biosystems, from genomes and proteins to animals, humans, and ecological and social systems. Such models are known as quantum-like, and they should be distinguished from genuine quantum physical modeling of biological phenomena. One of the distinguishing features of quantum-like models is their applicability to macroscopic biosystems or, to be more precise, to information processing in them. Quantum-like modeling has its basis in quantum information theory, and it can be considered one of the fruits of the quantum information revolution. Since any isolated biosystem is dead, modeling of biological as well as mental processes should be based on the theory of open systems in its most general form—the theory of open quantum systems. In this review, we explain its applications to biology and cognition, especially theory of quantum instruments and the quantum master equation. We mention the possible interpretations of the basic entities of quantum-like models with special interest given to QBism, as it may be the most useful interpretation. Full article

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