“Winning Time” and Game Theory
When I was told to write a blog post for a class, my first hope was that I could somehow relate a topic to my favorite sport, so naturally I Googled “game theory basketball.” Low and behold, one of the first hits satisfied my desire. For their final paper in a game theory class, some […]
Network Analysis for the Prosecution or Prevention of Terrorism?
The link referenced below is of a paper submitted to first Monday, a peer review journal. The author of the paper, Valdis Krebs, discusses the use of networks to analyze links between terrorism and the idea of using this network analyze to prosecute or combat terrorists. This article introduced a few new points about networks […]
TV Viewership and Twitter Conversations
Recently, Twitter has started working with television shows on a new interactive experience for the viewer. Twitter has been saying for years that involvement on Twitter regarding television programs improves ratings and now there is substantial evidence. Nielson has performed a study that supports the claim that Twitter conversation can cause people to turn on […]
The market for Apples
A common challenge for companies is to find the reservation price of their customers in order to gain the most profits from the highest number of people possible. Unfortunately, most sellers must price their product at a single price, losing those unwilling to pay at this price and missing gains from those that would have […]
Big Data Connects Users to their Worlds in Incredible New Ways
The importance of online social networks has moved well beyond the margins of connecting and communicating with friends. New startups and services allow users to find and provide the answers to a wide range of topics. Whether one wants to discover the quietest place in Tokyo to read a novel, or what political topics are […]
Newcomb’s Dilemma
Newcomb’s Dilemma is an exercise in Game Theory that involves two boxes, one that contains $1,000 and a mystery box that contains either $1 million or nothing. You are given a choice whether to pick between both boxes or just the mystery box, but you are facing an adversarial host who is incredibly accurate (say […]