Impact of Network Activity on the Spread of Infectious Diseases
In this article, the researchers, Karin Lebi, Hartmut H. K. Lentz, Beate Pinior, and Thomas Selhorst, study the effects the trade of livestock can have on the spread of infectious diseases. Their research focuses on the trade network of the German pig, and how the frequency of the trade of this animal can either decrease […]
Currency Arbitrage as Modeled by Networks
We all are familiar with conversion rates. A dollar is 100 pennies. One pound is 16 ounces. A million dollars is ten thousand 100 dollar bills. However, sometimes these conversions don’t work out so nicely. Imagine someone, let us call him or her person A, says 400 apples is worth 300 oranges to me and […]
A Look at Wikipedia’s Ontology and its Underlying Connectivity
Tracking data and information in Wikipedia articles has been a popular topic as long as the website has been around–and, so long as the site continues to grow, the field will exist. Wikipedia even contains an entire sub-community within its site for referencing its own articles, dedicated to analyzing the information supported [1,2]. In the […]
How social networks can save lives when disaster strikes
https://phys.org/news/2018-09-social-networks-disasters.html In the attached article, the author uses data from social media networks to analyze evacuation patterns based on information that these people shared publicly on social media, before and after hurricanes. The resulting finding was that social networks, especially to those beyond immediate family, influence decisions to leave or stay before disasters. The social […]
Job Matching
The majority of adult life is spent working, and having the right job can define a person’s quality of life and happiness. It is crucial that people are able to have jobs that they not only enjoy but that they fit well with. The factors that make this search for the ideal job fit so […]
The Power of Relationships and Networks in Crazy Rich Asians
“Crazy Rich Asians” is a blockbuster hit that signified a huge step for the Asian American community in breaking into Hollywood. It depicts an exciting love story between the main characters, Nick Young and Rachel Chu, and how despite the vast differences between their backgrounds, their relationship can overcome any obstacles — including family members. […]
Ascending Bid Auctions with Sealed Bids
https://site.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/cho_s_empirical_analysis.pdf This paper is about a type of auction that a rental car company uses to sell cars. In this auction, people don’t know the other bidders’ bids and they can keep submitting bids for a specific amount of time. At any point in time, if a bidder has the highest bid, (s)he will know. […]
Two Hawks & Their $200 billion Trade Game
https://www.wsj.com/articles/both-sides-can-win-the-trade-war-1534200232 Since January of 2018, the US and China have been playing a trade game. Game theory deals with situations where players have different strategies and respective payoffs. Since June of 2018, US and China have both used intense hawkish strategies – stating that each would impose billions of dollars of tariffs on the other’s […]
Game Theory can prevent disease outbreaks
https://phys.org/news/2018-09-game-theory-disease-outbreaks.html Game Theory can prevent disease outbreaks, written by Istvan Zoltan Kiss And Nicos Georgiou starts off by using a specific example of when a flight from Dubai to New York was cancelled due to several passengers having flu like symptoms. It also argues that even though it might seem like a “no brainer” to always […]
Who obeys/disobeys hurricane evacuation orders?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/opinion/hurricane-maria-staying-home.html With Hurricane Florence running its course in the Carolinas this weekend, the author of this New York Times opinion piece explores the reason why people choose to disobey hurricane evacuation orders. The author explores a variety of reasons people have chosen to stay in mandatory evacuation zones. Factors that play into a person’s […]
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