This week, many postings covered the recent class topics of information cascades and web search/keyword-based advertising. In fact, one could almost say that the class blog experienced an information cascade, as specific examples within each topic were repeated and “hot” this week.
Some of the popular subjects…
1. Search engines and the use of link analysis: We […]

This past week we saw a number of interesting applications of network theory on graphs ranging from social to business to information networks. Two especially insightful posts discussed voter networks in the United States and the importance of social networks in the music industry. In his article on voter networks, pastafarian1859 examined the […]