Mathematics and Democracy: Recent Advances in Voting Systems and Collective Choice
- ISBN-10
- 3540356053
- ISBN-13
- 9783540356059
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-09
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- Bruno Simeone, Friedrich Pukelsheim
Description
In this book, different quantitative approaches to the study of electoral systems have been developed: game-theoretic, decision-theoretic, statistical, probabilistic, combinatorial, geometric, and optimization ones. All the authors are prominent scholars from these disciplines. Quantitative approaches offer a powerful tool to detect inconsistencies or poor performance in actual systems. Applications to concrete settings such as EU, American Congress, regional, and committee voting are discussed.
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- 2009-12-02
- 392 pages
- Ebook
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- 2008
- 373 pages
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- 2001-01-01
- 121 pages
- Paperback
- Woodrow Wilson National Foundation
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