Decision Making in Honeybees
The decision-making process in honeybees is markedly different than our own, but each individual bee’s opinion is still affected by the information provided to it by others. During the search for a new living site, certain types of bees send out “scouts” that check for possible nesting sites. These scouts spend time at these locations […]
Supply and Demand for Internet Ads
In class, we’ve discussed the process by which websites and other media outlets sell their advertising slots to companies that wish to advertise their products. Different advertisers have values that they assign to getting clicks on their ads, and they will bid for advertising slots based on their own value for click and the amount […]
Hillary Clinton’s Google Manipulation?
Over the summer, there was a crazy, yet fearful accusation that Google may be manipulating the search results for Hillary Clinton. For this one of the most-watched elections of all times, both candidates, are using every resource and source of media to reach many people. Hillary Clinton has been more prominent with ads and campaign […]
HITS: Hubs and Authorities in the World Trade Network
As defined within the article, an application to Hubs and Authorities is in country economy within the world trade network. Specifically, authority values are larger for higher imports from large hub countries, and hub values are larger for countries with significant exports to higher authority countries. As stated in the article, after careful analysis, the […]
Are You Satisfied with Your Randomly-Picked Roommates?
Every year, students who just graduate high school arrive at college with full of excitement about their freshmen year. Many colleges require students to live in dorms and among these colleges, Stanford is famous for having a unique way of assigning freshman roommates. Students have no idea who they will be assigned to until move-in day. Thus, meeting freshmen […]
Power and Networks in “3 Rules for Rulers”
Have you ever wanted to become a benevolent dictator? How hard can it be to just do the right thing for once? Apparently it can be pretty hard. Since no man can govern alone, your success is based on a few key supporters. Think military, bureaucrats and the like. The support of these must be […]
Information Cascades and the Validity of Rotten Tomatoes Scores
Recently, a friend and I got into a debate about the validity of Rotten Tomatoes, the popular movie review-aggregating website found here: https://www.rottentomatoes.com. Both movie buffs, the two of us quibbled over whether or not any merit should be attached to the aggregated percentage of positive reviews the site provides. No, concluded my friend, because […]
Google and its Dynamic Search Algorithm
Content creators and real-world services are constantly trying to figure out ways to make themselves more well known. Through Google, you can find companies or people who will provide a service or a product in seconds, and usually consumers try to compare the services offered to find which one suits them the best. However, most people […]
The Fragile Structure of the Web
While in class we discussed the high level layout of the web as a simple bow-tie structure with some pages in the IN group where no links linked to them from the giant strongly connected cluster (SCC) and then some pages in the OUT group where they don’t link back to the SCC. However, while […]
Google Pixel’s time to shine?
2016 seems to be the Achilles’ Heel of smartphone manufacturers. Apple found widespread criticism of its decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the new iPhone 7 line, and Samsung (the primary Android smartphone manufacturer in the North American market) is still trying to find a solution to the exploding Note 7 disaster. Consumer trust […]
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