Mathematics and Democracy: Recent Advances in Voting Systems and Collective Choice

By Friedrich Pukelsheim

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540356037
• ISBN13: 9783540356035
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"