News tagged with game theoretic model

Game of go: A complex network

Could computers ever beat the best go players? Although unthinkable at this stage, this could soon become possible, thanks to CNRS theorists. For the first time, two scientists from the Theoretical Physics ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 31

From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold

Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which popula ...

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created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To build a cooperative society, is it better to punish or reward?

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the basic components of a functional, cooperative society is a code of law, where the laws are usually enforced by some kind of incentive. Social incentives can either be positive (rewards) or negative ...

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created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (25) | comments 91 | with audio podcast feature

Why you can't hurry love

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted. The study, by researchers at UCL (University College London), University of Warwick and ...

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Algorithmic incentives: New twist on 30 year-old work could lead to better ways of structuring contracts

In 1993, MIT cryptography researchers Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali shared in the first Gödel Prize for theoretical computer science for their work on interactive proofs — a type of mathematic ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists show how social interaction and teamwork lead to human intelligence

Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. The study appears online ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Interrogational torture: Effective or purely sadistic?

While government officials have argued that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are necessary to protect American citizens, the effectiveness of such techniques has been debated. According to a recent study, when torture ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 23

ARRA-enabled 'Barracuda' computing cluster allows scientists to team up on larger problems

Within the Department of Energy’s (DOE) EMSL, new high-performance computing breakthroughs often are the result of combining the best of two worlds. Experimental and computational tools are integrated; ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Optimal basketball shooting rate proposed based on mathematical model

NBA players may be too conservative with their shots, according to a comparison with a theoretical model describing shot selection reported Jan. 25 in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers find critical speed above which birds- and drones- are sure to crash

The northern goshawk is one of nature's diehard thrill-seekers. The formidable raptor preys on birds and small mammals, speeding through tree canopies and underbrush to catch its quarry. With reflexes that rival a fighter ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hubble pinpoints furthest protocluster of galaxies ever seen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development, making it the most distant such grouping ever observed in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Trail of 'stone breadcrumbs' reveals the identity of one of the first human groups to leave Africa

A series of new archaeological discoveries in the Sultanate of Oman, nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, reveals the timing and identity of one of the first modern human groups to migrate out of Africa, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dark matter science

Dark matter – there’s a growing feeling that we are getting closer to finding out the true nature of this elusive stuff. At least we are running a number of experiments that seem (on theoretical ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 25

Turning iPhone into spiPhone: Smartphones' accelerometer can track strokes on nearby keyboards

It's a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on their computers, set their mobile phones on their desks and begin to work. What ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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