The Interstellar Game: Dark Forest Theory
One of the most fun examples of using probability with limited data is the Fermi Paradox: according to the product of ratios known as the Drake equation (coincidentally coined at Cornell) and an apparent plethora of planets, it seems that intelligent life should have arisen somewhere, but no contact has been made. A particularly interesting […]
Making Friends in Networks 2040 Lectures using Game Theory
The concept of game theory is built upon mathematical and logical models that try to map the outcomes, probabilities, and strategies of players in a game. The Prisoner’s Dilemma is an infamous example of two players choosing strategies in order to maximize their payoff (or minimize their punishment, in this case). Where game theory gets […]
Game Theory in Cricket
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1950&context=honorstheses Like most of the other sports, game theory can be applied to the sport of cricket. Cricket is a battle between the batsman and the bowler, where the batsman tries to score as many runs as possible, and the bowler tries to get the batsman out as early as possible. As the game has […]
Understanding Social Behavior in Personal Relationships Using Evolution and Game Theory
Many relationships include situations where there is manipulation and preferential interaction that MIT researchers have reported using Bayesian game theory. They use the envelope game to see these manipulation and preferential interaction behaviors in relationships. In this unequal envelope game, each player has a payoff but the first player’s actions determines the second player’s payoff. […]
Braess’ Paradox in Wireless Networks, and Why Your WiFi is So Slow
Nearly every single person in today’s society can say with confidence that they have 1): used the Internet, and 2): experienced delays with online services due to large amounts of web traffic. Widespread access to technology can explain the first one. Braess’ Paradox, a counterintuitive phenomenon that frequently appears as an explanation for urban road […]
Game Theory in Biology
Throughout our lectures, we have been discussing game theory, or the study of how individuals make ideal and rational decisions based on the conflicting choices of others. In other words, it involves treating components of our daily lives, from driving, to auctions, to business decisions, as “games” within our social networks, that we can capitalize […]
Game Theory Applications to Baseball
Because of the slower and more analytical nature of the game, baseball and softball are perfect sports to apply the fundamentals and concepts of game theory. Specifically, if the catcher is calling the shots, they need to consider which type of pitch to through against which batters in various situations. This decision arises from deciding […]
Applications of Game Theory in Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
Game Theory has been shown to have many applications in guiding the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This study from Duke University assess the problem of global vaccine distribution from a game theory perspective. While the development of the Covid-19 vaccine constituted a marked shift in the fight against the pandemic, the problem now has […]
Why We Should All Think Like Bayes
Bayes’ Rule is a rule for determining the probability of an event given prior knowledge, and observations related to the event. It’s commonly used in many probabilistic algorithms, such as Bayesian inference, and structures such as a Bayesian network. Bayes’ rule also plays a really important role in social networks, and some argue we should […]
How Game Theory Affects Who Gets Vaccinated First
During the start of the pandemic, many researchers changed their work to studying how the world reacted to COVID-19. Dr. Madhur Anan and Dr. Chris Bauch directed their work towards answering who should get vaccinated first. They describe the entire pandemic to be a game of prisoner’s dilemma. This is because people must make sacrifices […]
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