Assignments

 

ASSIGNMENTS TOPICS FILES SUPPORTING FILES
Problem set 1

Phase transitions in the Erdös-Renyi model

Clustering in the configuration model

Clustering in the small world model

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Problem set 2

Degree distribution in networks

Navigation time for an analog of Kleinberg's grid-based navigation model

Comparison of SIR (susceptible, infected, removed) model with the Erdős-Renyi random graph model

Small world network vs. random graph: computational problem

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lattice.net (NET)

Pajek tutorial (Tutorial by Lada Adamic) (PDF)

Problem set 3

Iterated elimination of strictly dominated strategies

Iterated elimination of strictly dominated strategies in Cournot competition

Competition with capacity constraints

Bertrand competition with different marginal costs

The rotten kid theorem

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Problem set 4

Sudoku as a game of cooperation

Network formation game of Lecture 12

The stag hunt game, a game of social cooperation

The chain store paradox

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Problem set 5

Cooperation over social networks

Network effects

Bertrand competition under imperfect information

Herding with crazy types

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Additional problems

Multitype Erdös-Renyi random graph model

Navigating a structured network on a hypercube

Sequential duel

Choosing the estate tax rate as an extensive form game

Voter equilibrium

The Colonel Blotto game

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