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The aim is to define and detect geometrically decoupled systems in various infrastructures.

March 23, 2026Open Access

AZI: Anti-Zombie Infrastructure — Detecting and Reconnecting Geometrically Dead Systems

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The aim is to define and detect geometrically decoupled systems in various infrastructures.
Introduces the AZI framework for identifying zombie systems
Utilizes d-cascade effective dimensionality as a coupling health proxy
Operationalized via a distributed fellowship network for research collaboration
Identified high d* and unchanging d-trajectory as indicators of decoupling in systems
Proposed reconnection rather than replacement as the first intervention approach

Abstract

Introduces zombie systems — institutions and infrastructure running on momentum after coupling geometry has dissolved. AZI is a framework for detecting geometrically decoupled systems using d-cascade effective dimensionality as a coupling health proxy. A system with high d* and unchanging d-trajectory is geometrically decoupled; reconnection (not replacement) is the first intervention. Operationalized through a distributed fellowship network with a public research page interface. Extends GCT from physical systems to institutional and governance substrates.

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James E. Dunn (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c08b6ba48f6b84677f8918 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19141968

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