How Game Theory Relates to Trump’s Comments to North Korea
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/08/11/What-Game-Theory-Tells-Us-About-Trump-s-Madman-Approach-North-Korea For many months, the world has watched apprehensively as North Korea, despite the demands of the United Nations, continues to test its nuclear missiles. From fears in Cuba that the missile would strike there to seeing missiles over Japan, this remains a very prominent issue. Many nations are taking different strategies in regards […]
Capturing User Engagement through Triadic Closure: How YouTube keeps you glued with their Feed Algorithm
With billions of users and millions of hours of engagement, YouTube represents one of the largest and most sophisticated recommendation systems in existence. Since its founding in 2005, this “pillar of the Internet” has continued to provide its users strong engagement with their platform, making abundant revenue based on their ad services allowing YouTube to […]
U.S., China, North Korea
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/sponsored/us-china-relations-game-strategic-reassurance In the article, the author writes that the U.S government is pushing China to have a tougher stance on North Korea. In order for China to take some actions, U.S. would withdraw its military forces that are stationed in the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ). In terms of the game theory, China and US are […]
Apply Network Theory to Criminal Intelligence
In the paper The application of network analysis to criminal intelligence: An assessment of the prospects, researcher Malcolm Sparrow highlights the extensive role network theory can play in the field of criminal intelligence–compiling and examining information to control/impede criminal activities. While network theory has been applied to the study of a variety of real life […]
Structural Balance in Mean Girls
Source: https://medium.com/@visakanv/an-analysis-of-power-in-mean-girls-a55c6dff0884 In Mean Girl’s North Shore High, there exists a few social components of the entire high school network. The first (and most notable) is the Plastics, a network containing Karen, Gretchen, Regina and Cady. The second network I will analyze is one consisting of Cady, Damien and Janis. The source I read above explains […]
Game of Thrones Social Network
https://qz.com/650796/mathematicians-mapped-out-every-game-of-thrones-relationship-to-find-the-main-character/ In this article, mathematicians ingeniously crafted a social graph of all the Game of Thrones characters in order to determine the most powerful character in the show. Andrew J. Beveridge and Jie Shan took on this network science masterpiece by searching for patterns in relationship dynamics by parsing the Game of Thrones Books. […]
Predicting Major Traffic Jams due to 2017 Solar Eclipse
This article forecasted major traffic jams during the most recent total solar eclipse. On August 21, 2017, many Cornellians were peacefully sitting on the lawn of the observatory watching the phenomenon occur. The eclipse was visible in the belt spanning across the US for the first time since March 1979. The next total eclipse to […]
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Third party punishment experiments: a modification of the PD
http://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/pdf/S1364-6613(04)00050-6.pdf The Prisoner’s dilemma is a highly theoretical situation and in my opinion, not very applicable. A big problem is that game theory assumes that each player maximizes utility, given the other player’s choices, but the precise definition of utility is lacking. Most game-theory applications assume individuals are rational, self-interested players, which I also feel […]
Game Theory for Parents
This article discusses how Game Theory could be applied to human behavior, especially behavior in children, so that parents could possibly find a way to mediate sibling rivalry amongst their children. In any given situation, people are more likely cooperate if cooperation results in more a maximized payoff for them. For example, in a situation […]
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