How Bitcoin Works, Featuring Nash Equilibrium
Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency released in 2009, has rapidly gained public interest and directly challenged fiat currency as countries like El Salvador adopt the digital currency. However, despite the popularity of the crypto, the intricacies of the network remain convoluted to most. I will attempt to explain how the technology works, its benefits, and how […]
Love Island: A Perfect Match?
Love Island, the British reality TV show that keeps millions of people entertained for an hour every night showcases not only hot, steamy moments between men with chocolate abs and bombshell women as they look for love in a villa in Mallorca, but also a classic example of the “Stable Matching” problem. Every episode of […]
Mixed Strategy & Vaccine Mandates: Will Companies Lose Money?
From corporations to individuals, everyone wants to return to a pre-pandemic level of normalcy. COVID-19 vaccinations, supposedly, offer an avenue back to some semblance of what existed before. While companies are eagerly resuming in-person activities, “safety” from the pandemic is not quite in reach; vaccine rates have plateaued, cases are rising, and it’s becoming increasingly […]
Afghanistan & Game Theory
In an August article from Epsilon Theory, author Ben Hunt discussed the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban through the lens of game theory. He posits that the collapse of the Afghan military is due to the “Common Knowledge” game, comparing it to the archetypal story of The Emperor’s New Clothes. While people […]
Use game theory to decide your next action in Werewolf
The game of Werewolf usually consists of twelve players who will belong to two opposing camps in the game: an informed minority (the Mafiosi or the werewolves), and an uninformed majority (the villagers). The villagers, which are larger in number but do not know each other, use exile voting and character skills to eliminate all […]
Automatic driving and game theory
https://www.wired.com/story/why-tesla-designing-chips-train-self-driving-tech/ Recently, I read a news which talks about why Tesla is designing its own chips to better empower then automatic drive function of the electronic cars. Elon Musk said the new chips would be used to train company’s neural network, which is the key to a safer and more efficient auto-drive system. Taking the […]
Payoffs on Geopolitical Ransomware Attacks
This Politico article discusses political ransomware attacks in the context of game theory. Jenny Jun, who has studied North Korea’s cyber operations, argues that ransomware might become increasingly popular for political attacks because of lower barriers to entry, but the payoff can vary depending on several attributes of the captured data. This article mainly focuses […]
Traffic in Cities: The Downs-Thomson Paradox
Whether you are from California, New York, Austin, or the middle of nowhere Nebraska, we are all too aware of one issue permeating our everyday American lifestyle: traffic. In total, the average American wastes an estimated 54 hours of their life in traffic every single year. That’s more than an entire workweek spent staring at […]
Cornell Dining Network Efficiency
https://cornellsun.com/2021/09/15/crowded-lines-and-maskless-meals-raise-concerns-about-student-dining-safety/ With the reinstatement of in person classes and the return of the full student body, the Cornell University dining network has been experiencing ineffectiveness. Dining hall and eatery lines have been snaking out the door, and seating areas have been packing in students shoulder to shoulder in order for everyone to have a […]
How Networks affect the Spread of Covid-19
This is an interesting article I found about the spread of COVID-19 in South Korea. The spread of a certain infections disease is determined by the specific characteristics of the virus, whether that be the chemical or physical makeup, and the social network of people in the area the virus has spread to. The makeup […]
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