RankBrain: Google’s Solution to PageRank’s Comprehension Problem
With technology advancing at a dramatic pace, companies are more frequently turning to artificial intelligence research. Google has been one of the biggest proponents of such research, specifically focusing on machine learning. Such efforts have resulted in their fairly new program, RankBrain, which is implemented to help produce more accurate results when using the popular […]
Cheating on eBay
http://www.bbc.com/news/10494724 It may not seem like a surprise to many that on eBay there are many ways to cheat and act unethically. With so many buyers and sellers on this online market platform, there are bound to be a few people, buyers and sellers, who will resort to unethical methods for higher monetary gain. In this […]
Game Theory in Climate Change
Climate change has been a concern for the world population for years, as the increasing emerge of extreme weathers seemed to confirm the upcoming calamity of the Earth. The Earth’s finite capacity to absorb additional CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels is approaching to its destination, yet the self-centered motivations of governments, businesses, and people lead […]
US-Iran Nuclear Deal motivations: Game Theory
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/18/486151700/a-year-after-iran-nuclear-deal-what-has-changed The article delineated the sentiments of Iran and the United States a year after the 2015 US-Iran Nuclear Deal, where Iran complied with the terms stated and put 19,000 centrifuges in storage and under international scrutiny, shipped out 98 percent of its low-enriched uranium and opened up nuclear facilities to international inspectors. Iran is […]
J.C. Penney’s and the Ethics of Page Rankings
Google and other search engines use methods to decide what the most relevant websites are that should show up first when someone inputs something in their search bar. J.C. Penney’s is a company that found a way to cheat the system of Google’s search engine optimization methods, that the link to their website would show […]
Price Gouging and Market Clearing Prices
Price gouging refers to when a seller greatly increases the price of a product to the point where it may be considered unethical. It is commonly caused by a supply or demand shock, where people may have no choice but to pay the prices set by sellers. Price gouging laws serve to ensure that there […]
Theory Behind Matching Markets Sparks Kidney Donor Revolution
In the United States, over 100,000 people are patiently waiting for a kidney transplant. If possible, a friend or family members would come forth, willing to donate a kidney to their loved one. Unfortunately, in most of these cases, the donor-patient pairs are incompatible and the patient is added to a waiting list for a […]
Using Online Resources to Measure Website Popularity
http://www.bloggingspell.com/alexa-traffic-ranking/ What criteria do we use to determine whether a website is popular? How do we know if a certain website is more popular than another? There are numerous online resources dedicated to answering such types of questions, each using a slightly different algorithm. One of the most known analytics services is Alexa. When searching up a website […]
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