Network Analysis and Nuclear Weapons
With the new Iranian Nuclear deal, the question of how to properly discover secret nuclear weaponry is very prevalent. There are many detectors, seismic station, listening stations for atmospheric infrasound, and satellites that can spot nuclear weapon tests and sites. However, it is always better to stop a country from building nuclear weapons before they […]
The Foundation of the Criminal Network
In Passion Within Reason, Robert H. Frank explains how emotions that are seemingly irrational influence networks in ways that tangibly serve us. He revisits the classic “Prisoner’s Dilemma” with the new perspective of seeing how irrational emotions solve “the commitment problem,” the fact that each player cannot commit to the other player because of self-motivated […]
Game Theory in Biology
Game theory has numerous applications in a variety of fields, one of the most interesting being in oncology. Cancer is one of the most extensively researched diseases and is often studied from multiple approaches. Using principles from game theory, some scientists are trying to predict and understand the social interactions of cancer cells. Within a tumor there […]
Online Auctioning is Dying Out on EBay
This article focuses on the reasons behind the decline of the online auctions. According to a statistical analysis from Stanford University, most of EBay’s products are not sold through auctions anymore, although most people still associate the company as the biggest auctioning website. The article then goes on and talks about why there’s such a […]
Manipulating a Network to Force Strong Ties and Deliver Relevant Content
Social Networks are typically designed to help people discover new content—whether they want to discover it or not. What if there were smaller more intimate networks though, networks vetted for content relevant to their user base. Could a network like that succeed? A social sharing site titled Quibb is trying to achieve that very goal. The founder […]
Game Theory and the Republican Primary
Game theory as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the analysis of a situation involving conflicting interests in terms of gains and losses among opposing players. While learning about game theory in an academic setting, it is easy to forget how such a wide encompassing theory can be applied to a seemingly unlimited number of […]
A novel view of 18th and 19th century world trade
In a high school history class, students learn about the transatlantic slave trade through dull textbook readings, but never is what is happening to trade in the rest of the world talked about. This map uses US ship logs from the Maury Collection to display thousands of paths overlaid to show an outline of trade […]
Can Game Theory help to prevent rape?
This article discusses how under reporting of rape is so prominent among college students and how some concepts in game theory can help prevent further assault to other students by the same perpetrator. According to the article, only 11 percent of the rapes in college campuses are reported. The main reasons these victims are hesitant […]
Unfortunate Prisoner’s Dilemma in College Campus Sexual Assault Problem
Sexual on college campuses is a very serious problem. 1 in 5 recent female graduates say they were sexually assaulted while in college. Only 20 percent of rapes on campuses are even reported. Only 16% of these students ever receive any help. The statistics speak for themselves very powerfully. Students have known sexual assault is […]
Google’s wicked fast datacenter network
We all know Google search is fast, but nobody ever really stops to appreciate how fast. In order to serve the millions of people that use search every single day, Google has built 12 massive datacenters filled with thousands of servers. The servers are interconnected via a network of physical cables and routers that are […]
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