This paper contains a study about decision making in groups. The author analyzes the manipulability of four voting systems: Borda, Coombs, Hare, and plurality. The Hare voting system was found to be the least manipulable; the Borda, the most manipulable. The results of this study indicate that the l
The Manipulation of Voting Systems
β Scribed by David Hartvigsen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4544
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