Mathematical Theory of Democracy

By Andranik Tangian

Book Overview

History: Athenian Democracy.- Echoes of Democracy in Ancient Rome.- Revival of Democracy in Italian Mediaval City-Republics.- Enlightenment and the End of Traditional Democracy.- Modernity and Schism in Understanding Democracy.- Theory: Direct Democracy.- Dictatorship and Democracy.- Representative Democracy.- Statistically Testing the Representative Capacity.- Concluding Discussion: Bridging Representative and Direct Democracies.- Applications: Simple Applications.- Application to Collective Multicriteria Decisions.- Application to Stock Exchange Predictions.- Application to Traffic Control.- Appendix: Computational Formulas.- Probabilities of Unequal Choices by Vote and by Candidate Scores.- Statistical Significance of Representative Capacity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642434800
• ISBN13: 9783642434808
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 615 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"