| 9/13 |
Introduction to Voting |
| 9/15 |
Preference Systems |
| 9/17 |
Spatial Models of Voting |
| 9/20 |
Introduction to Probability |
| 9/22 |
Birth-Death Processes |
| 9/24 |
Monte Carlo Simulations |
| 9/27 |
Modeling with Games |
| 9/29 |
Nash Equilibrium |
| 10/1 |
Evolutionary Dynamics |
| 10/4 |
Representations of Networks |
| 10/6 |
Centralities |
| 10/8 |
Simulating Games on Networks |
| 10/11 |
Monty Hall and Benford's Law |
| 10/13 |
Project Proposals Due |
| 10/13 |
Markov Chains Pt 1 |
| 10/14 |
Midterm 1 |
| 10/15 |
Markov Chains Pt 2 |
| 10/18 |
Erdos-Renyi Random Networks |
| 10/20 |
Barabasi-Albert Model of Preferential Attachment |
| 10/22 |
Small-world Networks |
| 10/25 |
Nash Equilibrium for Asymmetric Games |
| 10/27 |
Elimination of Dominated Strategies Pt 1 |
| 10/29 |
Elimination of Dominated Strategies Pt 2 |
| 11/1 |
Compartmental Models |
| 11/3 |
Gerrymandering Pt 1 |
| 11/5 |
Gerrymandering Pt 2 |
| 11/8 |
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
| 11/10 |
The Median Voter Theorem |
| 11/11 |
Midterm 2 |
| 11/12 |
Proportional Representation in Voting |
| 11/15 |
Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
| 11/19 |
Final Project Due |