Triadic Closures in the Recommendation Engine of LinkedIn
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-linkedins-people-we-may-know-feature-is-so-accurate/ The main purpose of social networks is to facilitate ties being established between different social circles and individuals, and encourage the formation of new relationships. In this article, titled “How Linkedin’s ‘people we may know’ feature is so accurate,” the author Eileen Brown discusses LinkedIn’s (a social media platform for professionals) “people you […]
Covid-19 and Game Theory
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/virus-vaccine-game-theory.html Roberts, Siobhan. “’The Pandemic Is a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game’.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Dec. 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/virus-vaccine-game-theory.html. This article reviews a research study aimed to give insight into how to save more lives during the Covid-19 Pandemic by applying both an epidemiological model of virus transmission and game theory […]
Applying the Insights of Game Theory to Public Health Guidance
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/virus-vaccine-game-theory.html I decided to review Siobhan Roberts’ New York Times article titled “The Pandemic is a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game.” In the article, the couple explained how game theory was used by individuals and communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, the dynamics inherent in the prisoner’s dilemma was reflected in a practical situation. Individuals had the […]
Game theory in a real-world educational problem
The article explains how Parag Pathak, an MIT economics professor, solved a real-world problem regarding choosing a high school in big cities to equalize the chances of people getting their desired schools. The nature of the problem comes from the sheer number of available choices plus a considerable number of other people with […]
Web Information and Online Communities
Technology has greatly affected human life in many different ways. It has revolutionized communication, created jobs and educated people. The internet has been a boon to humanity and has changed the way people live their lives. It has also enabled businesses to compete on a global scale and contribute to the economy. However, there are […]
Game Theory of Being Nice (in start ups)
In Cornell alumni Paul Graham’s essay “Why It’s Safe For Founders to Be Nice”, he discusses the outcomes around acting rapacious as compared to acting kindly as a start up founder. Specious reasoning might lead you to believe that if you want to maximize your profit in business, you should adopt a “win by any […]
The Evolution of Aggression: An Equilibrium of Aggression and Passivity
Simulating the Evolution of Aggression – YouTube Aggression is unfortunately an integral part of resource management in both society and nature, with competition between organisms dictating the survival and reproduction of a species. In the aforementioned video, there was a simulation run with the premise of two different types of competitors, Doves and Hawks. The […]
Using game theory mathematics to resolve human conflicts
In Using game theory mathematics to resolve human conflicts, Gareth Willmer discusses how game theory can be used in computer-based algorithms to make predictions on how problems can be solved and outcomes. Some ways game theory can be applied include finding solutions between food insecurity and biodiversity. Willmer discusses developing complex games to solve ecological […]
Prisoner’s Dilemma in Football
This week marks the opening week of the 2022 NFL Season. Typically people see football as a game of brute force; however, I believe football should be seen as a chess match. As the saying goes, “Any given Sunday,” the team with the better and stronger players does not always win; instead, it is the […]
Game Theory Helps to Boost Your Love
According to Traditional data apps in the united states usually contain 60% of men and 40% of women. In reality, men seem to be more active than women, which in fact leads to a huge gap in using the app categorized by gender. This gender gap eventually forces the guys to compete hard in dating […]
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