Using Graph Theory to Identify Social Media Influencers for Marketing
https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2020/03/using-graphs-to-identify-social-media-influencers/ https://grin.co/blog/influencers-network-analysis/ The two articles, “Using Graphs to Identify Social Media Influencers” by Prateek Joshi and “How Network Analysis Helps in Finding the Right Influencers” by Grin Technologies, both discuss the social media network and its connection to graph theory. Specifically, they describe different ways to identify the right influencers to reach out to promote […]
Stable and Unstable Social Networks in Among Us
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/sep/29/among-us-the-ultimate-party-game-of-the-covid-era As the article explains, Among Us is a video game that has exploded in popularity during the summer of 2020. This week, I will be participating in a team bonding night with my project team where we will play Among Us to meet the new members we recruited. The game consists of 10 individuals […]
Game Theory of Staying 6 Feet apart
In a day and age of a pandemic, there are guidelines to help prevent spread, such as wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart. Adhering to these guidelines is a top priority for some, but for others, living life as if there is no pandemic seems to be the preferred course of action. So […]
Game Theory and Nash Equilibrium
https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/game-theory-explained/ In an article titled “It’s time to explain some game theory” published on Popular Science, Rob Verger attempts to fix the misunderstandings of this field of study. Verger begins with a simple example of game theory regarding slices of pie in order to get the reader to begin analyzing the role of this theory […]
The Dark Knight: Game Theory
The Dark Knight is the second installation of The Dark Knight Trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan. The film was widely acclaimed by many critics and considered one of the most popular superhero movies of all time. The premise of the movie involves a lunatic-like villain, the Joker, whose goal is to plunge the city into […]
Game Theory & Social Distancing
This article from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University discusses the research of Alvaro Sandroni, who uses game theory to analyze decisions regarding human intimacy during corona virus. As people are at odds regarding how close they would like to be to one another, Sandroni uses his research to see whether it is […]
The Cost Of Anarchy
To those unfamiliar with the problem, it may initially seem counter-intuitive that building more roads can force travel times up. However, after a moment’s thought, it isn’t so strange: If two routes are equally good, then we can expect a 50/50 split of traffic along each, yet when a new road is introduced, everyone suddenly […]
Bubbles, COVID, The Stock Market, and Prisoner’s Dilemma
As the great philosopher Edward Christopher Sheeran, affectionally known as Ed Sheeran, once sang “Everybody’s talking ’bout exponential growth, And the stock market crashing in their portfolios. While I’ll be sitting here with a song that I wrote, Sing, love could change the world in a moment, But what do I know?” The wisdom of […]
Board Games to Virtual Reality: The Mind’s Simulation
It is rare to see an individual in real-time calculate the expected payout or consequence of quotidian decisions. Still, game theory reduces any number of complex scenarios to probabilistic models of reality, calculating and simulating realistic decisions to best suit a player’s objective or maximize their utility. As the systems and decisions modeled become more […]
Weak Ties and Embeddedness in Social Media
Understanding networks is one of the keys to knowing how social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and others operate. A benefit to using social media platforms is that they are a convenient place to maintain weak ties. People can stay connected to those who they do not see frequently. In the New Yorker Article […]
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