Tag: constraint

  • Network Analysis Application to Game Theory (with Software)

    When will network analysis provide additional insight into game theory? In a word: inequality. There must be some form of quantifiable inequality in the game: access, strength of relationships, goals, etc.  This difference creates opportunities for the individual players to use information (or resource) asymmetries and broker to their benefit. On the left all of…

  • Innovation Thrives Under Constraint

    This is not my usual topic, but I’ve done a lot of work looking at innovation, and the conditions under which it thrives. Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founders of Twitter, have talked often of the “constraints” that are built into the Twitter app. You can only post 140 characters in a single message, for…