The logical side of salary negotiating
Examples of game theory are all around us, and knowledge of it can directly impact one’s livelihood, such as when negotiating a salary raise. While there is an emotional and persuasive side between an employee and employer, there is also theory behind it that can help or hurt your case as an employee. According to […]
Strong Ties and Weak Ties in Sports
https://hockey-graphs.com/2017/03/14/strong-and-weak-links-talent-distribution-within-teams/ https://medium.com/@jasmintorres_58228/strong-link-vs-weak-link-cdd71d1db772 While growing up, the phrase “a team is only as strong as its weakest player” has often been heard by anyone who’s ever participated in sports or team activities. The meaning of this phrase relates back to the proverb that “the strength of a chain is limited to that of the weakest link […]
Does Power Play a Role in Tipping?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/canada-tips-gratuities-living-wage-1.6587896 Tipping is seen as a social norm across the globe as many countries believe it is important to reward good service in establishments. However, as Bob Becken explains in his article “Canada’s tipping culture is flawed and there’s no clear fix in sight: experts,” Canada has taken tipping to a level that is displeasing […]
The book: Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human BehaviorHidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
https://news.mit.edu/2022/hidden-games-theory-book-0421 The resource I found was a book called Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior. I read the book after we learned the Game theory part in our course Info 2040. The book can be described using five sentences:People do things that seem weird; Don’t give proximate explanations; Game […]
The Advantages of Networked Nonprofits
The concept of a ‘networked nonprofit’ is a practical lens to understand how organizations need not be very large with a plethora of their own internal capabilities in order to bear a lot of impact and output. It’s all about how organizations are able to leverage existing resources in order to share their work with […]
The NRMP Match Algorithm
Matching algorithms are widely used in many applications. One of which is the NRMP Match. This algorithm uses rank order lists submitted by applicants, who are medical students, and medical residency programs listing their preferences of programs and applicants respectively. Initially, each applicant is matched with his or her first-choice program. If the program does […]
The game theory behind Badminton service
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228464942_Risk_taking_in_badminton_to_optimize_in-the-run_performance This research paper discusses strategy in singles Badminton service. It discusses two key strategies. Players can either use a high-risk serve (a high serve to the back of the court) or a low-risk serve (a short serve to the front). The high risk serve is more risky because if the receiver anticipates a […]
An Analysis of Skill-Based Matchmaking and the Elo Rating System in Video Games
Many online video games utilize matching algorithms to decide which players are teamed with and against one another. Whether it is a sports game or a multi-player shooter, game developers rely on these algorithms to make each game as fair as possible for the user. Fair matches incentive players to keep returning as it provides […]
Digital Disinformation and the Hidden Role of Citizens Revealed Through Social Network Analysis
Rebecca Adler-Nissen is currently doing groundbreaking research on disinformation at the University of Copenhagen and leads the Digital Disinformation research lab in the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science. She has performed social network analyses of the spread of disinformation during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, studying how disinformation was intentionally or unintentionally spread online about the […]
How many alliances can be formed in a stable network with n types of relationships?
In the attached pdf I come up with a definition of stability for a graph with n relationships. I believe that the max number of alliances is 2^(n-1), where n is the number of relation types, but I have yet to prove it. NetworksMultirelationAlliances (1).
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