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Mathematics of Social Choice

Mathematics of Social Choice

Voting, Compensation, and Division

by Christoph Boergers
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/03/2010

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Mathematics of Social Choice is a fun and accessible book that looks at the choices made by groups of people with different preferences, needs, and interests. Divided into three parts, the text first examines voting methods for selecting or ranking candidates. A brief second part addresses compensation problems wherein an indivisible item must be assigned to one of several people who are equally entitled to ownership of the item, with monetary compensation paid to the others. The third part discusses the problem of sharing a divisible resource among several people. Mathematics of Social Choice can be used by undergraduates studying mathematics and students whose only mathematical background is elementary algebra. More advanced material can be skipped without any loss of continuity. The book can also serve as an easy introduction to topics such as the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem, Arrow's theorem, and fair division for readers with more mathematical background.
ISBN:
9780898716955
9780898716955
Category:
Mathematics
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-03-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S.
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
184
Dimensions (mm):
255x176x13mm
Weight:
0.46kg

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