عنوان

Mathematics and democracy :

(Number (ISBN

0691133204 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

0691133212 (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780691133201 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780691133218 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Number

b526775

Title Proper

Mathematics and democracy :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

designing better voting and fair-division procedures /

First Statement of Responsibility

Steven J. Brams

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Princeton, N.J. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 373 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index

Text of Note

Electing a single winner : approval voting in practice -- Electing a single winner : approval voting in theory -- Electing a single winner : combining approval and preference -- Electing multiple winners : constrained approval voting -- Electing multiple winners : the minimax procedure -- Electing multiple winners : minimizing misrepresentation -- Selecting winners in multiple elections -- Selecting a governing coalition in a parliament -- Allocating cabinet ministries in a parliament -- Allocating indivisible goods : help the worst-off or avoid envy? -- Allocating a single homogeneous divisible good : divide-the-dollar -- Allocating multiple homogeneous divisible goods : adjusted winner -- Allocating a single heterogeneous good : cutting a cake -- Allocating divisible and indivisible goods -- Summary and conclusions

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Elections-- Mathematical models

Finance, Public-- Mathematical models

Voting-- Mathematical models

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Edition

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Book number

Brams, Steven J

Date of Transaction

20080213020106.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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