Game Theory and the Pandemic
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/virus-vaccine-game-theory.html In this New York times article, the author points out the connection between the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and the prisoners dilemma. They mention that many people were skeptical about the validity of the vaccine and the potential side effects and health risks it might have on their body. This resulted in some people […]
Rock-Paper-Scissors? A Fair Game?
The majority of people have played the game “Rock-Paper-Scissors”. Rock-Paper-Scissors originated from China and is a hand game between two players. Each player has three strategies at their disposal: playing rock, playing paper, or playing scissors. The core idea behind this game is that rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock. So […]
Applications of Graph Theory in Understanding Gender Bias
In the modern-day workforce, gender inequality has been a prevalent and unfortunate reality. Reports outline that women only comprise 28% of science, technology, engineering, and math-related positions, ranging from a slight minority of 46% within biological sciences to an extreme 16.5% within the field of engineering and architecture [1]. While there exists a clear gender […]
Game Theory Applied to Biological Interactions
Evolutionary stable strategies are strategies that organisms have maintained in order to maximize the amount of payoff they receive as a result of an interaction. This payoff is a comparison of the cost, which is the amount of energy they spent, and the benefit, which are the resources gained from an interaction. Organisms that are […]
Applying Game Theory to Ultimate Frisbee
The topic of game theory discussed in class is applicable to many things in today’s society and it is especially prevalent in sports. I chose to explore how game theory applies to ultimate frisbee since I currently play frisbee for the Cornell Buds. This small-scale research project performed by Harvard Ph.D. student, Alex Albright, goes […]
Strong Ties, Triadic Closures, and CouchSurfing
CouchSurfing.com is a website that advertises itself as a free online hospitality exchange network. The premise of the company’s model is to incubate a community of travelers who can stay for free at a stranger’s home in exchange for them conversely opening up their own home. The brand motto of CouchSurfers is, “It’s not just […]
Game Theory in Collective Bargaining
I’m an ILR student, and in core classes and all across Ives, there are discussions regarding collective bargaining and union strikes in today’s world. Despite the subject matter of Industrial and Labor Relations appearing seemingly distant from mathematical models and analyses, collective bargaining in today’s world is a growing issue with applications for game theory. […]
The Game Theory of the Card Game BS
One of the topics we discussed in lecture was game theory with two player games. We concluded that games can have one pure strategy nash equilibrium, one mixed strategy nash equilibrium, or multiple of both pure strategy and mixed strategy nash equilibrium.What happens when game theory is applied to a game like BS, where there […]
Social Network Analysis and Solving Crime
Social network analysis has proven to be especially helpful for the FBI and law enforcement in solving criminal cases. Through integrating networks into their investigations, connections between people, criminals, organizations, and incidents could be found. Each person considered a node is ranked based on centrality, which reflects their influence in the overall network. Nodes that […]
Weak ties in Career Buidling. Is networking really that important?
Personally, I always viewed social “weak ties” to be a settlement for the absence of strong ties in your life. Especially, growing up with television media, many shows and movies highlighted this best friend relationship that every successful protagonist needs to conquer the world. And, yes, strong relationships can become your biggest comforts, especially as […]
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