How Does Game Theory Affect Disease Outbreaks?
Link to article: https://theconversation.com/game-theory-can-help-prevent-disease-outbreaks-102934 Disease can easily spread from one individual to another, but understanding how individuals interact to one another correlates directly to game theory. Specifically, this article sheds light on the game theory behind vaccinations, and how two different groups choose their strategies. For instance, a family faced with the decision of receiving […]
Positive and Negative Relationships in the Premier League
It would be an understatement to say that there are rivalries in the Premier League. For almost a century, some of these teams had the pleasure of sharing a town and cheering against each other. One of the most iconic rivalries is the North London Derby, which consists of the teams Arsenal F.C and Tottenham […]
Game Theory in the English Premier League
The English Premier League is the world’s foremost collection of global soccer talent; every weekend, fans around the world tune in to watch the brightest stars on the biggest stage. Each season, 20 teams compete to win one of the most prestigious trophies in sports. In the PL, the main power and prominence are associated […]
100 Prisoners and a Lightbulb
While working on the second homework for this class I was suddenly reminded of an old riddle, simple in setup but fiendishly difficult to solve. Here’s how it goes: There are 100 prisoners in solitary cells. There’s a central living room with one light bulb; this bulb is initially off. No prisoner can see […]
Ego Networks in Studies of Substance Use Disorder Recovery
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004735/ Many researchers have frequently focused their studies on abstract concepts such as a person’s social support or their access to recovery-oriented organizations, but these studies lack the ability to study changes in social relations or to accommodate differences in people’s social networks. This study focuses on how ego networks can be used to predict […]
Strong tie networks and echo chambers
https://medium.com/s/social-network-theory/from-brexit-to-climate-change-how-social-networks-lead-to-echo-chambers-96aac48cbfd0 In light of scandals such as Cambridge Analytica, there has been an increased focus on echo chambers and how they form. Named after the sound-bound hollow enclosure which reverberates your sounds, echo chambers can have a particularly detrimental effect on society. Facebook is best known for its population of echo chambers, where its AI […]
The Downfall of Snapchat
Articles: https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/12/technology/snapchat-sell-rating-stock/index.html https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/snap-ipo While I was looking at some of the previous blog posts for inspiration and an idea of what my post should look like, I noticed that all the previous posts about Snapchat were about its rise to popularity or its comparison to Instagram, none about its fall. On March 2nd 2017, Snap, […]
Game Theory in UK-EU Brexit negotiations
https://theconversation.com/game-theory-offers-a-better-way-forward-in-britains-eu-drama-61226 The above article links applications of game theory to a prominent, ongoing political situation in the world today; Brexit. It reflects on then-PM (Prime Minister) David Cameron’s pledge to call a referendum in 2016 to let British voters decide if their country was to remain in the 28-member strong European Union. In essence, […]
How Game Theory Explains the Leaks in the Trump White House
In a relevant twist on the prisoner’s dilemma and dominant strategy, John Cassidy writes of the game theory engrained in the White House’s culture in this article from The New Yorker. He starts by laying out the prisoner’s dilemma that we discussed in class; if both prisoner’s don’t confess, they will be better off. However, […]
The Game theoretical take on the decisions of the two boats in The Dark Knight
In the Dark Knight, the Joker (antagonist) takes over two ships: one carrying passengers on their way out of the city harbour and one carrying criminals. He then reveals he has placed detonators on both ships, and the remote to set off the detonator for a given ship is in the opposite ship. The passengers […]
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