Curing Congestion, the Truth Behind Traffic
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/5323723-151/guest-column-wider-roads-wont-solve-congestion-problem “Guest column: Wider roads wont solve congestion problems” begins with the simple line “Build it and they will come” which manages to capture the essence of the entire piece. The article employs a two step method to analyzing the problem of traffic congestion in Oregon. Frazier begins with an examination of the effects of […]
Online Information Cascade in Response to Crisis
This study is focusing on information cascade on Twitter during crisis situations. The researchers demonstrated a model of the diffusion of actionable information in the context of an armed robbery occurred near to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) campus. Based on the results, the researchers explained their findings about the following three aspects of information […]
Twitter Ranking Algorithm
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-networks/how-twitters-feed-algorithm-works-explained-twitter The article presents an interesting case for how Twitter’s revamped ranking algorithm for content presentation has contributed to its steady increase in user activity over the past few quarters. For instance, the algorithm gathers tweets and activities of people followed by the user and scores them with a relevance model that predicts how interesting […]
Poker AI Outbluffs Humans
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/libratus/ In this article from Wired, the author details the accomplishment of a poker AI finally defeating top poker pros in a statistically significant sample. What separated Libratus from other, less successful AIs was an ability to identify weak points within the strategies of the pros and almost immediately exploit them while simultaneously randomizing its […]
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