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Colonel Blotto, Game Theory, and the Election

Colonel Blotto, in essence a simple game, may actually be able to help us in predicting the election in November. A recent Forbes article summarizes the game and its applications. Put simply, the game describes a Colonel who is waging war. He must divide his troops into a number of regions, and his opponent must […]

Playing Matchmaker for Students and High Schools

In an article from the New York Times, game theory and matching appear in the form of solving New York City’s high school application process nightmares: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/nyregion/how-game-theory-helped-improve-new-york-city-high-school-application-process.html.  Before a matching algorithm by economists Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke), Parag Pathak (M.I.T.) and Alvin E. Roth (Stanford) was created, NYC would have students select several schools in order of preference. […]

Braess’ Paradox in Social Networks

MIT Technology Review is a global media company found at MIT which boasts in being “the first to report on important new technologies that will affect your organization, your career, your life.” This article was listed under emerging technologies; I thought this article was interesting because it applies a concept we learned onto other areas. We learned that Braess’ Paradox is […]

Game Theory Perspective on the Patent War between Apple and Samsung

Apple and Samsung are the largest producers of smart phones and tablets in the current market. However, these two firms are far from ever forming a partnership. The animosity between Apple and Samsung is deeply embedded in our modern market. Even consumers of the products partake in the war by battling to defend the honor of […]

Matching doctors to residencies and the Gale-Shapley algorithm

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Science was awarded to Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for their work in matching markets and stable allocations. Their work has been a great contributor to the development of the NRMP. The NRMP (National Residency Matching Program) is used to match fresh medical graduates to the optimum residency position. […]

Urban Planning: Shall we go back to simpler times?

Source of discussion: Want less traffic? Build fewer roads! By Josefina Alvarez   Our cities are constantly growing denser and larger. With this perpetual motion, they are inevitably growing more complex. As a result, Urban Planning is an industry that is getting exceedingly important. One integral part of urban planning is transportation planning. Urban planners work […]

The Beauty of Nash Equilibrium

John Nash, an American mathematician, was responsible for coining the famous ‘Nash Equilibrium’ that we’ve used at least once in our life. Yes, if you have played a game or been in a situation with more than one outcome, the theorem could have possibly be applied. For a situation that involved two or more players, Nash developed […]

Game Theory Explaining Donald Trump’s strategies

The given article covers Trump’s utilization of ignorance and ambiguity to pull out his opponents into the metaphorical battlefield where Trump thinks he can win. The strategy is dangerous but seemingly has worked thus far. The article covers three primary points of his strategy: unpredictability, rationally irrational, and extreme views causing others to respond in […]

Why Men should Always Swipe Right: The Game Theory of Tinder

https://www.buzzfeed.com/s4a04b9190/yes-men-always-swipe-right-the-game-theory-of-ti-rv5q This Buzzfeed article discusses how game theory can be applied to using the dating app Tinder. For those who are not familiar, there are essentially two moves a “player” using the app has. You can swipe right to “like” another player or left to “pass.”  If they’ve also “liked” you, a match is created […]

How Strong and Weak ties help you find a job

In this research article by Facebook illustrates how strong and weak ties play role in finding a job, and discusses which tie is more effective than the other in certain purposes. It is given fact that networking is very very important in finding a job. But we want to know about who is more helpful: […]

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