New Scientific Discoveries through Graph Theory
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/can-scientific-discovery-be-automated/524136/ In recent years, science has been facing a crisis: the deterioration in quality of scientific journals and papers. Part of it is due to the sheer volume of scientific literature that is published annually, which has hit 1.2 million in the past year; as the average number of scholarly article read by scientists […]
China, North Korea, Iran, the United States, and Triadic Closure
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/china-s-diplomatic-ties-ally-north-korea-are-fraying-n799736 and http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/rouhanis-reelection-means-continued-iran-china-engagement/ The article I read about was describing the relationships that China has with North Korea (DPRK). Many political strategies see China as one of the few countries that have ties with DPRK and can thus impact country policy, something that is particularly advantageous in today’s contentious times. This idea […]
How Durant’s decision affect the NBA’s social network
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/07/04/kevin-durant-warriors-draymond-green-stephen-curry-klay-thompson-steve-kerr/86672890/ https://www.si.com/nba/2016/07/12/kevin-durant-warriors-superteam-black-lives-matter-bathroom-law-fouls https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/7/4/12093760/nba-players-tweets-kevin-durant-signs-golden-state-warriors With just a month until the NBA season opener, many basketball fans will be boycotting the ‘17-‘18 season due to a decision made by one Kevin Durant back in July 4, 2016 to join the Golden State Warriors. On its surface, his decision to join a team that had just broken the […]
The Korean Crisis and Game Theory
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/16/what-game-theory-tells-us-about-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/ This article explains on a basic level how we can use principles of game theory to model and make statements about the actions of the players in the Korean nuclear crisis. Specifically, they cite the game as being similar to a repeated prisoners’ dilemma, with the “confess” and “don’t confess” options being replaced […]
The Game of Climate Change
Many were shocked this past summer when the U.S, under the Donald Trump administration, decided to pull out of the Paris Agreement. Aside from the lingering curiosity for the reason behind the U.S withdrawal, there is also growing concern for what implications and consequences the U.S decision will have on the current climate change negotiations. […]
Discussion on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Duet in Game Theory
In any basic Macroeconomic class, it is always taught that we have two major policies consisted in Macroeconomic policy implemented almost in every country, which are monetary policy and fiscal policy. Monetary policy, which is usually controlled by central bank of the country, is concerned with the money supply circulation in the country; on the […]
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