The Not So Fun Game Of Political Gridlock
Political Gridlock and Game Theory If you’ve been paying attention to politics over the last four years you would know it has been an unfortunate story of government gridlock on some of the most important issues including immigration, federal debt, gay rights, entitlement reform and so much more. What few political accomplishments have come to […]
The Strength of Weak Ties in Breaking Bad
www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/breaking-bad-and-the-strength-of-weak-ties AMC’s Breaking Bad became one of the most popular TV shows of this century, if not all time. While Walt and Jesse get most of the attention from the show, another very interesting character is Saul, Walt’s lawyer. Even though Saul is a lawyer by profession, Walt and Jesse rely on him to use his […]
Walk Less – Take the Shortest Path!
When you have to go from the Johnson Museum of Art to Collegetown Bagels, which way do you take? Do you go via the Arts Quad, via West Campus or via Statler Hotel? You’d instantly think “The Arts Quad, of course!”. The answer seems obvious, but it many cases, that’s not the case. When you […]
Analysis of Social Networks in Urban Planning Decisions
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/the-future-role-of-social-networks-in-urban-planning/ The Future Role of Social Networks in Urban Planning Cities have always been composed of diverse, intricately related social networks. However, the innate complexity and dynamism of the networks made collecting and tracking information on them in a reliable manner for city planners a daunting task. As such policy meant to affect a certain […]
A Game of Nodes
https://www.macalester.edu/~abeverid/thrones.html As one of the highest grossing TV series of the decade, Game of Thrones has successfully pulled in viewers with its intricate and dynamic plot lines over the 6 seasons aired so far. A very unique aspect to this show is the vast number of characters placed around the fictional world of Westeros that […]
Game Theory in Pitch Selection- Baseball
http://www.fangraphs.com/community/how-game-theory-is-applied-to-pitch-optimization/ The game of baseball is almost entirely based upon the interactions between the pitcher and batter. Both parties are constantly trying to gain an advantage over the other in order for a winning outcome. As the game of baseball has evolved, different strategies have been used in order to exploit a batter’s or pitcher’s […]
Game Theory and Marriage
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/13/marriage-and-the-art-of-game-theory.html The article Marriage and the Art of Game Theory applies the concept of game theory to marriage. Game theory is the study of how we make decisions in strategic situations. Game theorists use math and models of conflict and cooperation to determine the best course of action in a given situation. It can be […]
Apple pushes iPhone video app to capitalize on social network popularity
When we think of social networking sites, we think of Facebook, Linkedin, tumblr, tinder, maybe even myspace or aim messenger. Any site, really, that you can make new connections and communicate with your current connections. Especially Facebook, which was definitely where I and probably many others discovered the concept of a “social network” for the […]
What Game Theory Can Tell Us About Iran’s Nuclear Intentions
http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/what-can-game-theory-tell-us-about-iran%E2%80%99s-nuclear-intentions According to Yale dean Edieal J. Pinker game theory can tell us a lot about the nuclear intentions of Iran. Iran has been a key issue in American foreign policy because of its influence in the Middle East and the potential threat to American allies such as Israel. In the summer of 2015 […]
Friendship Networks and Mobile Data
Link to article: http://www.pnas.org/content/106/36/15274.full.pdf The article “Inferring Friendship Network Structure by Using Mobile Phone Data” by Eagle, Pentland, and Lazer critiques the study of social networks through an analysis of the Reality Mining study. Through the analysis of this specific study, the authors argue that behavioral data as well as self-report data give rise to […]
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