How Network Analysis can be used to the Detriment of Society
Source: https://ccp.jhu.edu/2018/08/13/misinformation-viral-fake-news/ In our discussions of graph theory, game theory and markets, we mainly focused on the positive outcomes that could result from analysis of networks. These included search engines that have made information easily accessible to people and social networking sites such as LinkedIn that have made it easier for people across the globe to […]
Real World Ranking Factors – Authority Scores and PageRank in Google and Others
Link: Real World Ranking Factors This article discusses the factors that Google uses to rank pages in search results. The article addresses past ways of ranking, other engines’ ranking factors, and theorizes how Google currently ranks pages. The article mentions that artificial intelligence is employed heavily in ranking pages. The most relevant fact about this […]
Bidding for Streetwear
As streetwear becomes more and more popular with young adults, the reselling of shoes and clothes have seen a particularly large boom in the past decade. Gathering success on exclusivity and sporadic offerings, streetwear brands have since forced consumers to rely on a number of different sources past the traditional transactional methods. Buyers and enthusiasts […]
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Cascade
In 2014, the ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” movement took over the internet with videos of people pouring a bucket of ice over their heads. The campaign’s purpose was to raise awareness and raise money for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. This is relevant to our discussion of cascades, […]
Use of PageRank for Tech Companies
What are the uses of Page Rank apart from being used by Google for their search algorithm? In this article from Travis Addair, a Stanford University graduate, and now an engineer at Uber, talks about how Page Rank can be used for ranking Tech Companies. The links are now the employees moving from one company […]
When Auction Theory Doesn’t Apply
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120907-why-we-overpay-at-auctions This BBC article explores the reasons why consumers do not utilize deeply accepted auction theory in order to maximize their payoff when obtaining an item. The article explains how emotions prevent bidders from using their potential dominant or optimal strategies when bidding for an item, especially on eBay. One of the most interesting statistics […]
How to Divide Your Rent Fairly
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/science/to-divide-the-rent-start-with-a-triangle.html To start the year, seven of my friends and I moved into a house on Cook Street in College Town. A huge challenge the eight of us faced in doing so was to figure out which person was to get which room and for how much. After much arguing and little critical thinking, […]
The Importance of Weak Ties to Us
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/strong-and-weak-ties-why-your-weak-ties-matter Networks are an ever present topic in society today. It is because, based on how you choose to look at it, networks make up every part of our lives and effects our day to day activity, whether it is technical or social. The article from Social Media Today discusses the differences, and pros […]
The Expanding Network of the Web
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/03/06/the-incredible-growth-of-the-internet-over-the-past-five-years-explained-in-detail/ The growth of the web has been dramatic over the past five years. Not only has the number of web pages expanded exponentially, but the amount of people connected and who have access to the web has grown dramatically too. The growth of the internet has had a huge effect on society, added […]
Replacing First-Price Auctions with a Modified Second-Price Model
Last year, large ad exchanges like AppNexus, Index Exchange, and OpenX switched from second-price auctions to running first-price auctions for ad placement. Now, Hearts & Science is calling for a return to a modified second-price model because of the increase in ad prices. Hearts & Science conducted research using an auto-bidder to try to reduce […]
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