Tuesday 10 January 2012

Wacky summary of Gale Shapley Algorithm


Prerequisite: You need to know what this algorithm is about; else it will appear to you another aimless paper which you tried to understand during the eleventh hour of your course.

Attentively listening to a lecture on this algorithm, one can realize how true this algorithm is. Following are the facts which could be observed:

1.       It is male dominated society at outside, so only man proposes.
2.       It is female dominated society at inside, so only female has the power to reject an offer. She can keep the relationship alive or break it.
3.       Male are always greedy, they run behind the best. Hence many guys will propose to the same best lady and try their luck. It happens mostly to all Indian cinema Heroines.  Female are always pragmatic and are very cautious in choosing their partner. As a result man gets his best (strictly literal) valid partner and a woman settles with her worst (not strictly literal) valid partner.
4.       Due to unknown reasons if invalid partners enter into a relationship it is always weak, unstable and will dissolve as soon as one (mostly female) gets a better offer.This is often the story line of many Indian TV soaps.

Thus this algorithm has demystified the secret of stable relationship by strongly recommending to choose a partner who rates you equally as you do him/her. So next time avoid being filmy, apply GS algorithm before proposing to increase your success rate.
 
“Will you Marry me………….?”

Reference: Chapter 1, Kleinberg & Tardoss Book on Algorithm
Pic Source: Internet

Friday 6 January 2012

Why has Kolaveri Di become kolaveri?

At University of California, Irvine


What made this song to go viral in India where language, culture, taste, dress, food habits and climate differ every 200kms? Now this song is also a hit in other countries too. Verses in this song are not stylish as in usual poetry, the content of the song is not a heavy subject – usual boy girl thing, then what made this is to be a global viral?


I think it has the potential to be a case study for management guys. As far my analyzing capability is concerned, a thing to go viral it has to act like virus – be contagious and poisonous. This song just needs you to know Basic English which is almost universal. Second, it broaches a subject which has kept that age group of mankind always in puzzle which is full of energy and dreams. Following poem too has same reason for its success –

When I born, I black
When I grow up, I black
When I go in Sun, I black
When I scared, I black
When I sick, I black
And when I die, I still black
And you white fellow
When you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you go in sun, you red
When you cold, you blue
When you scared, you yellow
When you sick, you green
And when you die, you gray
And you calling me colored ??
-          cute poem nominted by the UN as the best poem for 2006 which was written by an African kid (Source: http://www.thelocal.se/discuss/index.php?showtopic=20252)

This puts into question the power of 4 P  – is this powerful tool really needed to make a thing viral?