The social science behind the Six Degree of Seperation
https://hbr.org/2003/02/the-science-behind-six-degrees After the notion of six degrees of separation is introduced by Stanley Milgram, people and studies have disputed his idea by questioning the real existence of the small word claim. In today’s contemporary world, Milgram’s findings are just an estimate of the social network between people. The degree of separation is more universal from […]
Application of Game Theory in the E-commerce Market
Game theory is often applied in an oligopoly market, where a market is shared by only a few numbers of producers or sellers. Due to limited number of players, the strategic change of one party could have significant impact over the entire market. A classic example is the e-commerce price war in China in 2014. […]
Facebook’s Suspension of Apps and Influence on Facebook’s Network
There are tens and thousands of new apps being created every moment in recent days. A lot of them are also associated with social media so that the users can access the app by using their social media identity. However, there have been some serious issues about how these apps are stealing the private information […]
Donald Trump and game theory: Expert says no brilliant 3-D chess is involved
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/20/donald-trump-and-game-theory-expert-says-no-brilliant-3-d-chess-is-involved/ In this article, Chuancey Devega, the author is describing how Trump is modeling game theory strategies in his political campaign. Devega continues to describe politics as a game and describes how winning needs one “player” to have an advantage over the other. The article goes on to talk about how President Trump is unpredictable […]
Game Theory and the Democratic Debates
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/the-weird-game-theory-of-the-first-democratic-debate Chris Smith’s article, linked above, actually speculates about the September debates which have already taken place. Smith applied the concept of game theory in discussing how candidates (20 at that time) would have to apply principles of game theory to effectively balance substantantive lines with intriguing sound bites to ensure candidates air time. […]
Analyzing the Political Divide using Graph Theory
In the past decade, the United States political system has been claimed to be polarized: divided between social constructs such as the state versus church or worker versus owner, but is there a mathematical way to confirm this division? In Parigi and Sartori’s research paper titled “The political party as a network of cleavages: Disclosing […]
When Updating Infrastructure Means Slower Networks
Curing Braess’ Paradox by Secondary Control in Power Grids In class we discussed Braess’s paradox within the context of road networks. Counterintuitively, the introduction of a new road can lead to more traffic. This phenomenon occurs when the route created by the new road is more efficient than an existing route. All cars in the […]
Game Theory in Modern Politics: Brexit
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49248350?fbclid=IwAR19CYmKAZeCuRoxcyxrMXciO66iOqcxWGTEM4JgQmY993ifwfNkcdID60w This article talks about how game theory applies to modern politics. In this scenario, Brexit, the EU and the UK are in a disagreement over how to have the UK exit from the EU while maintaining trade regulations and reduce the negative effects of Brexit. The options in this scenario are a no-deal […]
Microsoft Partners with Ninja to Increase Mixer Viewer Network
Live streaming has become increasingly popular throughout the past few years as technology has advanced and made it more accessible to the general population. Initially only dedicated services permitted the general public to conduct live streaming but with updated technology, even services like Facebook began implementing their own version of live video. Nowadays, the major […]
The Social Network of the Online Fanfiction Community
This research paper explores the social network that is the fanfiction community — a presence on the web that has grown rapidly and shaped the medium through which people can share original stories and indulge in others’ creativity by following their favorite authors. When considering this network as a graph, the readers and authors are […]
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