Cancer & Graphs: More in Common than You Might Think
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of acute leukemia in adults, is characterized by defective differentiation and excessive accumulation of immature blood cells in bone marrow and blood. One of the most successful treatments of AML is of its subtype, acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). APL is characterized by an arrest of white blood […]
Missing Data Bridges in Space Missions
https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2016/sep/05/philae-has-been-found-now-every-ounce-of-science-can-be-wrung-out-of-it Space exploration and analysis rely heavily on successful data transfer between its space probes out in space and its space centers here on Earth. As described in the article, on November 12, 2014 the Philae space probe failed to anchor itself to the comet when landing and bounced along the surface, coming to rest […]
Game Theory for Parents
http://www.wsj.com/articles/game-theory-secrets-for-parents-1405005848 This article from the WSJ discusses how game theory can be useful in many aspects of life, including parenting. The idea that a decision maker’s outcome depends on decisions made by others is the key component of game theory and thus can be applied to all aspects of decision making in life. While game […]
Game Theory in Greek Debt Crisis
Game Theory applies when two parties have incomplete information about each other’s intension while the outcomes for each of them depend on the actions of both. About a year ago, the Greek government was facing serious debt, which led to a threat for it to exit the Eurozone if Eurozone did not offer a bailout […]
Is Competition Always a Good Thing?
http://create.usc.edu/sites/default/files/publications/regulationgamesbetweengovernmentandcompetingcompanies-oil_0.pdf Risk is often involved in industry as companies attempt to gain an edge over their competitors. This becomes a part of the “regulatory game” between the government and companies. The authors of the academic paper above chose to investigate using mathematical analysis, how exactly competition changes the game. They used the relationships between […]
Investors vs. the Federal Reserve
Today in the United States of America, we are stuck in an economic paradox. The Federal Reserve has kept a policy of emergency stimulus for nearly a decade. The question becomes, how much does our economy rely on the easy money policies of the Federal Reserve, and what are the driving factors behind the decision […]
Supreme Court Nominations and Game Theory
A few months ago, news broke out that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died of natural causes in Texas. Naturally, the country started scrambling in order to predict what would moves President Obama and the Senate would take in the midst a particularly feisty election cycle. While Scalia sat on the Supreme Court, he tended […]
LinkedIn: The Strength of Weak Ties
Nowhere online is networking as explicitly obvious as LinkedIn, with its stated purpose being “To connect the world’s professionals [by giving] access to people, jobs, news, updates, and insights.” LinkedIn members often receive connection requests from virtual strangers. What is the best policy to take in reacting to these requests? On the one hand, you […]
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