When running an election with more than two candidates, there are many ways to choose the winner. A famous theorem of Arrow states that the only mathematically fair way to choose is to do so at random. Because this is not a desirable way to choose a winner of an election, many mathematicians have devised alternate ways of aggregating ballots. In my project I consider one of these ways -- the Borda Count, considered to be one of the most desirable from both the point of view of mathematics and economics -- and came up with a method to test the mathematical fairness of an arbitrary voting system against the known fairness of the Borda Count
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
International audience<p>One main concern of voting theory is to determine a procedure for choosing ...
Voting is how we elect today’s voices, faces, and leaders in our country. It is argued to be a very ...
The main purpose of an election is to generate a fair end result in which everyone\u27s opinion is g...
Given that n voters report only the first r (1 ≤ r \u3c m) ranks of their linear preference rankings...
We examine the Borda voting method, which has numerous interesting mathematical properties. We deter...
How does the winner of an election depend on the voting methods used? In US politics we use a plural...
In this thesis, we discuss some existing and new results relating to computational aspects of voting...
To explore how voting systems were derived throughout the years. To give an insight into how differe...
International audienceThe Borda Effect, first introduced by Colman and Poutney (1978), occurs in a p...
Voting is in integral part of any functioning democracy, but there exist more than just one way to c...
Given that n voters report only the first r (1 ≤ r < m) ranks of their linear preference rankings...
In voting theory, simple questions can lead to convoluted and sometimes paradoxical results. Recentl...
This paper describes aspects of the majority judgment in an election. The majority judgment is a met...
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
International audience<p>One main concern of voting theory is to determine a procedure for choosing ...
Voting is how we elect today’s voices, faces, and leaders in our country. It is argued to be a very ...
The main purpose of an election is to generate a fair end result in which everyone\u27s opinion is g...
Given that n voters report only the first r (1 ≤ r \u3c m) ranks of their linear preference rankings...
We examine the Borda voting method, which has numerous interesting mathematical properties. We deter...
How does the winner of an election depend on the voting methods used? In US politics we use a plural...
In this thesis, we discuss some existing and new results relating to computational aspects of voting...
To explore how voting systems were derived throughout the years. To give an insight into how differe...
International audienceThe Borda Effect, first introduced by Colman and Poutney (1978), occurs in a p...
Voting is in integral part of any functioning democracy, but there exist more than just one way to c...
Given that n voters report only the first r (1 ≤ r < m) ranks of their linear preference rankings...
In voting theory, simple questions can lead to convoluted and sometimes paradoxical results. Recentl...
This paper describes aspects of the majority judgment in an election. The majority judgment is a met...
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College
International audience<p>One main concern of voting theory is to determine a procedure for choosing ...