Koherenciascanoló

Koherenciascanoló is a theoretical framework and device concept for assessing coherence across heterogeneous data streams and narratives. It integrates ideas from information theory, signal processing, and network science to scan for consistent, contextually linked patterns within time series, texts, or sensor data. The core idea is to quantify how well elements align to a global or local theme, rather than merely measuring pairwise similarity.

Origin and etymology: the term is a portmanteau of koherencia (coherence in several languages) and scanoló (from scanning and analysis). It was coined in the early 2020s by researchers exploring cross-domain coherence metrics.

Method: Data are ingested and standardized. A coherence metric is defined (for example, a function combining mutual information, phase-locking, and graph modularity). A sliding window or multi-scale analysis scans across dimensions (time, space, modality). Outputs include coherence scores, maps, and anomaly detections.

Applications: used in literary analytics to track thematic consistency; in social network analysis to identify cohesive communities; in neuroscience and signal processing to detect synchronized activity; in multimodal AI to assess alignment across modalities.

Limitations: the concept remains heterogeneous and parameter-sensitive; different domains require different coherence definitions; interpretation requires careful domain knowledge; computationally intensive for large datasets.

See also: coherence, cross-correlation, mutual information, signal processing, network analysis.