Tag: game theory
Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks
Y. Tony Yang, George Washington University and Avi Dor, George Washington University
When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as...
Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy,...
Kate Vitasek, University of Tennessee
Conventional wisdom says that you should never leave money on the table when negotiating....
How to win the gift-stealing game Bad Santa, according to a mathematician
Joel Gilmore, Griffith University
Christmas comes but once a year – as do Christmas party games. With such little...
Trump calls border a ‘crisis of the soul’: 3 scholars react...
Enrique Armijo, Elon University; Michael Blake, University of Washington, and Sylvia Taschka, Wayne State University
Editor’s note: President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on...
Are the high-rolling quants of horse racing our friends or foes?
Alexander Munk, University of Michigan and Erhan Bayraktar, University of Michigan
From Wall Street to politics, quantitative analysts (or quants) are revolutionizing much of the...
Crowdsourcing competitions often hijacked: study
By Charis Palmer, The Conversation
Crowdsourcing competitions, popular with companies seeking to tap into groups of knowledge, are often diminished by malicious behaviour, according to...
EXPLORING NATURE
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...
