Strong Ties in Your Job Search
Students everywhere know the importance of having strong connections in the workforce. Some students attend many networking events and are constantly and actively searching to make new connections. People in the workforce across many different professions are connected daily through social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and even through social networks that focus on connecting people […]
The Business Applications of the Prisoner’s Dilemma
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/110513/utilizing-prisoners-dilemma-business-and-economy.asp The Prisoner’s Dilemma is one of the prototypical examples that come to mind when first diving into the idea of Game Theory. The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a situation in which there are two prisoners, both of which are being accused of committing a crime together and are being interrogated separate from one another. They […]
Public State College Acceptance and Wealth: Game Theory
It is no question that public state colleges accept more in-state students than out of state students. Most public colleges are funded by the state and therefore in-state students have an advantage over out-of-state students. In-state students receive cheaper tuition and have higher acceptance rates than out-of-state students. Despite the cost difference, according to the […]
The strength of direct ties: Evidence from the electronic game industry
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016771871100083X?via%3Dihub To make a commercially successful electronic game, or video game, you must work on a team with many other developers. Members of these teams vary greatly in terms of industry knowledge, specialties, fame, and success. Claussen, Falk, and Grohsjean ask whether we can take a single network theoretic characteristic of a member of a […]
The Social Network of Twitter Bots
Source It’s no secret that modern social media is cluttered with bots. While some may be helpful, many are malicious or harmful. For example, the many bots that post phishing links disguised as promotions in Youtube or Facebook comments. This paper, by researchers at the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research in Indiana University and Information […]
Climate Change and Game Theory: Conference of Parties
http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/cop21-can-game-theory-predict-a-global-deal-on-climate-change/ With COP 23 approaching this November in Bonn, Germany, discussion regarding emission regulations and global climate change policy is especially relevant. The Conference of Parties is a universal project, the supreme decision making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to which the world’s nations must agree to comply regardless of […]
A cost-effective rumor-containing strategy
This paper focuses on how effective different methods are at preventing the spread of rumors across large social networks, such as over social media on a national or international scale. One such example presented in the introduction of the paper was a false tweet in 2013 that claimed 2 bombs to have exploded at the […]
Fighting Terrorism Through Social Network Analysis
In the years following the 9/11 terrorist attack, the debate about the balance between privacy rights and security has flourished. In 2013, The Guardian released a report that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been collecting the phone records of millions of Americans. While many Americans were concerned about this believed violation of privacy, fewer […]
The Network Structure – Altruism
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/cooperation-networks/538842/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-090617&silverid=%%RECIPIENT_ID%% Humans by nature show a level of altruism that creates an evolutionary puzzle. Why do individuals help others at the expense of themselves? In an evolutionary sense, why help others at the expense of not passing on genetics? The article investigations this question by creating a network to model systems of cooperation and conflict. […]
The Quixotic Nature of Man and Its Practicality
The Prisoner’s Dilemma, perhaps one of the most familiar and iconic scenarios in Game Theory. Simple, yes. But so devilishly, deceptively simple- like playing a game of rock, paper, scissors. Game Theory suggests that the best, most rational situation, that is, the Nash Equilibrium is to sell out the other prisoner. Yet somehow, […]
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