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 […]

Several posts this week about game theory as applied to various circumstances. There were some very creative applications, ranging from loolooloocy’s analysis of the dating games in TV show HOUSE, to several political issues: the Israel and Hezbollah conflict, democratization in Russia, presidential elections, and the Cold War.
Many of these posts give examples of […]

There are several interesting topics covered in recent posts on the course blog. For starters, it’s looking like we can find examples pretty much everywhere of networks that behave according to the rules we learn in class. Students have found examples in everything from investing within one’s network in the financial industry to Republican party […]