Game Theory and Food Sharing between Animals
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/23/5/977/232579 The above article talks about the strategies that animals adopt in order to survive in the real world. It specifically talks about how animals may steal food from others. When this happens, the animal that feels threatened may choose to defend or share the food with the challenger, or just retreat and leave the […]
Using Mobile Phone Networks to Detect Criminal Organizations
In class we have discussed how studying social networks like Facebook and Twitter can help understand global friendship patterns. Building on similar principles of networks, researchers have used another form of connectivity – mobile phone networks – to discover and track criminal organizations. Criminal networks must emphasize secrecy and efficiency and hence work to ensure […]
Timing in Game Theory Strategies
In the article “How Random Tweaks in Timing can Lead to New Game Theory Strategies”, economist Justin Grana of RAND Corporation, physicist David Wolpert of SFI, and economist James Bono examined the effect of timing in game theory. In standard game theory models players would have an equal amount of information and act upon it […]
At least take your friend to lunch before screwing them over….
https://www.trycake.com/blog/unscrupulous-diners-dilemma-split-not-split-check/ Game Theory, in its properties, can be found everywhere, even at a lunch outing with friends. This article is from CAKE by Sysco® and is a resource for how restaurants can increase their revenue by implementing different “check-sharing” policies. It demonstrates that people are subtly controlled by game theory, even in the most casual […]
Using Networks to Detect Alliances and Leaders in Survivor
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.01783.pdf Dynamic Competition Networks: Detecting Alliances and Leaders by A. Bonato et al. In this paper, networks are used to analyze the relationships and voting alliances among the players in the social strategy game Survivor. In this reality show, players compete to be the last survivor standing and win the million-dollar prize. They are split […]
An analysis of Andrew Yang’s bridges in his support network
Since Andrew Yang began his campaign for the 2020 Democratic Nomination, he has used unorthodox tactics to try to gain support. Surprisingly, he is doing quite well, beating out senators like Beta O’Rourke and Tom Steyer. His campaign is centered around what he calls the Freedom Dividend, which essentially promises $1000 to every American adult. […]
Sports are great way to form friendship bonds
Blog Post 1 – Vardhin Manoj https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/sports/cc-sp-brown-column-102917-story.html This article goes in depth on the friendships and animosities that people build with one another through the involvement of sports. The author, Robert Brown, goes on to talk about how competing with one another in a stressful situation can more likely than not build a […]
Overpopulation and Climate Change – The Socially Unacceptable Solution
https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/population-climate-crisis.php The article linked discusses the limitations reporters have had when covering climate change. In light of what is socially acceptable, reporters mainly associate the negative effects of climate change with carbon dioxide emissions from gas consuming cars and planes. They each respectively emit 2.4 tons of CO2 and 1.6 tons of CO2, per […]
Modeling Affinity towards Mathematics Through Networks
CORNELL CLOSE-UPS | Professor Shares Beauty of Math with Students Traumatized by Subject When prompted to write an article relating real world events to networks, I wanted to use this opportunity to learn something new about Cornell. This is how I stumbled upon an article talking about Professor Strogratz’s experiences with math and trying to […]
SpaceX’s Starlink – The Future of Internet Connection
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/12/18616535/spacex-starlink-elon-musk-60-satellites-launch https://www.universetoday.com/140539/spacex-gives-more-details-on-how-their-starlink-internet-service-will-work-less-satellites-lower-orbit-shorter-transmission-times-shorter-lifespans/ **Second Link provides elaborate description of the Starlink network. This article covers Elon Musk’s elaborate “SpaceX” plan. No longer will you find yourself with zero bars of internet service on your devices… Musk plans on providing global internet connection to anyone in the world. It’ll be like having faster than average home […]
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