Game Theory: How Stockfish Mastered Chess
Game theory is utilized in the development of computer engines which play chess and also other turn-based games. The most popular and strongest engine to date is Stockfish so we will be considering how it uses game theory. Chess is a deterministic game which means that one can infer what the evaluation of the position […]
The Networks of Walt Disney World
One of my college essays was about the trash cans at Disney World. In this essay I talked about one of Disney’s secrets to keeping the park feel magical, the trash cans. There is more behind the scenes of Disney than just the trash cans. Magic Kingdom is built on top of a series of […]
Social Networks in Political Conflicts
Source: Janoski, Thomas E. and Jonas, Adam, “A Synthetic Theory of Political Sociology: Bringing Social Networks and Power Dependence to Power Resources Theory in City Politics” (2021). Sociology White Papers. 5. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_reports/5 We all could agree that within a network, there always exists some form of the power dynamic. Political sociologists have been trying to […]
How Short-form Content on TikTok Reaffirms the Strength of Weak Ties through the For You Page Algorithm
Although weak ties are not as “powerful” as strong ties, contrary to what one may believe, weak ties have swift and high-efficiency transmission effectiveness. Short-form content is palatable to a broad audience (as people who have similar niche interests would be initially attracted to the video, and the video itself does not “waste” one’s time.) […]
Trading Network in Russia Gas Supply
Russia argues that the West’s punishing economic sanctions are to blame for the indefinite halt to gas deliveries via Europe’s main pipeline. This claim is made in the article “Russia has turned off gas supplies to Europe indefinitely.” The penalties stop companies from moving without the necessary legal protections, from maintaining their premises, etc. According […]
NCAA Conference Realignment
Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-realignment-is-changing-college-football-in-20-maps/ The age of regionalized, tightly-knit college athletics conferences may be all but over. What was once a tradition that incentivized history-rich rivalries and regional fan travel has become a frantic cash grab as programs race to join developing super conferences. This FiveThirtyEight article by Elena Mejía and Jake Lourim highlights the recent shifting of teams […]
Game Theory: What’s your choice going to be ?
The concepts I studied in Networks class brought back memories of my childhood. Some of the most remembered experiences for most people include the way teachers used to give us two choices during the process of determining which student was at blame, how parents handle their kids when they quarrel, and even the ways we […]
Game Theory as a Tool of Project Management
Game theory is a formal study that looks into conflict and cooperation and has applications spanning all over the world of academia and beyond. It is a mathematical field that was initially introduced by John von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician. It is unique in the fact that it creates an intersection between mathematics/engineering and the […]
Using Network Theory to Understand and Predict Biological Invasions
https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(19)30134-X#%20 The application of network and graph theory to ecological systems has many implications from the study of evolution within a specific region to the analysis of anthropogenic events over certain periods of time. With the study of network structure and characteristics, trends in evolutionary biology and ecology can be furthered solidified as well as […]
It Pays to be a Market Maker!
The importance of market makers in the financial markets cannot be understated. Exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and Chicago Board Options Exchange provide liquidity to the market, facilitating millions of transactions per day between buyers and sellers of various financial securities. In this blog post, we’ll look deeper into market makers and […]
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