Knowledge Problem » Networks

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it had launched an investigation into possible “unfair practices (e.g., price gouging) affecting air travel during the period of time ...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2015/07/28/dots-airline-price-gouging-investigation-and-a-political-economy-based-prediction/

In a recent essay, the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Matthew Crosby asks “will there ever be an AirBnB or Uber for the electricity grid?” It’s a good question, a complicated question, and on...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2014/09/17/the-sharing-economy-and-the-electricity-industry/

Add this one to your long reads queue, because it’s well worth it: Tom Vanderbilt writes in Nautilus about the traveling salesman problem and how algorithmic optimization helps us understand hu...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2013/07/24/complexity-heuristics-and-the-traveling-salesman-problem/

Michael Giberson Jonathan Knee argues that Netflix is succeeding the way big media companies always have succeeded, in a time where such opportunities are less frequent than before. From The Atla...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/06/20/dont-bet-against-netflix-at-least-not-now/

Michael Giberson Is this an unpriced external effect of shooting off fireworks on July 4? July 5 tends to have an unusual number of animal-related traffic problems, as pets, spooked by the firewo...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/05/27/non-traffic-causes-of-traffic-congestion/

Michael Giberson I know that Netflix’s recommendation engine has some serious computation behind it, and it often offers up interesting and useful suggestions. But occasionally it puzzles me, ...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/03/16/netflix-recommendations-deep-or-random/

Michael Giberson Among the complications caused by the cold weather last week, short supply of natural gas throughout much of the southwest United States. Reports indicate some gas wells were fre...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/02/07/the-natural-gas-that-didnt-come-in-from-the-cold/

Michael Giberson Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal included a story on HOT lanes and other ways commuters can buy through congestion, “American Idle: On the Road.” One excerpt: In the early y...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/02/04/speed-as-a-for-profit-service/

Lynne Kiesling I like Peter Klein’s review in the Independent Review of Yochai Benkler’s The Wealth of Networks. Apart from giving a good overview of the Benkler work, Peter offers some origi...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/08/30/kleins-review-of-the-wealth-of-networks/

Michael Giberson From Regulation 2.0: Frustrated by a federal appeals court ruling that the FCC had no authority to second-guess Comcast’s treatment of customers and under pressure from the Oba...

https://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/05/06/fcc-and-internet-regulation-lobbyists-on-both-sides-are-already-shopping-for-new-vacation-houses-in-aspen/