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Tinder and Nash Equilibrium

https://qz.com/996851/why-we-need-a-dating-app-that-understands-nashs-equilibrium/   Article: “Why we need a dating app that understands Nash Equilibrium”   If you’re a girl on Tinder, chances are that finding matches is pretty easy for you. If you’re a guy, chances are that someone’s told you to swipe right on every profile you see. The linked article tries to explain this […]

Game Theory in High School Admissions

  http://news.mit.edu/2012/profile-pathak-0501   MIT professor, Parag Pathak has come up with a new way to apply game theory to the high school admissions process for students in New York and Boston. Professor Pathak’s work arose due to the ongoing issue students were facing in New York and Boston. These students were faced with the issue […]

The Struggle for Control of Papua New Guinea

http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~nkomarov/450/AmberPaper.pdf In military conflicts game theory is often used to describe a set of decisions and outcomes to choose an optimal strategy. One of the classic examples of game theory in military strategy is two mountain passes leading into a territory. If a defender defends the pass the attacker goes through defenders win otherwise the […]

Game Theory of Honesty/Deceit in Animals

https://www.quantamagazine.org/hunger-game-is-honesty-between-animals-always-the-best-policy-20130109/ This article, titled “Hunger Game: Is honesty between animals always the best policy?” was published by Quanta Magazine, an online publication dedicated to developments in mathematics, physics, computer science, and other sciences. According to the article, a model of communication between animals suggests that members of the same species have evolved to be only […]

Game Theory and Hack-A-Shaq

  In the sport of basketball when a team fouls the opposing team’s player, the opposing team is given the opportunity to shoot 2 free throws, and each basket made is worth a point. From this information, one would assume you don’t want to be fouling a player because your payoff would be negative, but […]

Game Theory and Disease Outbreaks

Article link: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-game-theory-disease-outbreaks.html The article discusses game theory’s role in public health, primarily through preventing outbreaks and the spread of disease. The authors, Kiss and Georgiou, introduce the article with a quick explanation of game theory while utilizing the example of vaccinations. Downsides to vaccinations exist. For example, it costs money, can cause mild illness in […]

Game Theory in DotA2 Drafting

source: http://guidescroll.com/2014/08/dota-2-captains-guide/ Defense of the Ancient 2, also known as DotA2, is a famous Multiplayer Battle Arena (MOBA) game that involves two teams of 5 players, with each team trying to defend their own base and destroy their opponent’s base. After over 10 years of development, DotA2 had become one of the most popular and profitable […]

Using Game Theory to Simplify the Blood Supply Chain

The act of donating blood is one of the most immediate methods of helping those in need. But, in a time where fewer than 10% of humans in the United Stated eligible to donate blood actually do so in a given year, it is imperative that all blood donations are handled, stored, and shipped properly […]

Game Theory’s Relevance in League of Legends

Online video game League of Legends, released by Riot Games in October of 2009, has developed a universal fan base through its massive player base and e-sports leagues and competitions worldwide, and is now one of the largest online games in the world.  Recent figures show that League of Legends has an active player base […]

Selling A Company Via Auctions

The article “5 Reasons You Should Use an Auction to Sell Your Company” was very interesting because it focused on sides of auctions that we did not focus on in class: the seller and human psychology. In the article, they talk about the different reasons why you should auction your company rather than sell it […]

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