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Introduction to Computational Social Choice

Brandt, Felix; Conitzer, Vincent; Endriss, Ulle; Lang, Jérôme; Procaccia, Ariel D. (2016), Introduction to Computational Social Choice, in Brandt, Felix; Conitzer, Vincent; Endriss, Ulle; Lang, Jérôme; Procaccia, Ariel D., Handbook of Computational Social Choice, Cambridge University Press : Cambridge, p. 1-29. 10.1017/CBO9781107446984.002

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Chapitre d'ouvrage
Date
2016
Book title
Handbook of Computational Social Choice
Book author
Brandt, Felix; Conitzer, Vincent; Endriss, Ulle; Lang, Jérôme; Procaccia, Ariel D.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published in
Cambridge
ISBN
978-1-107-06043-2
Number of pages
535
Pages
1-29
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Author(s)
Brandt, Felix
Institut für Informatik
Conitzer, Vincent

Endriss, Ulle
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation [ILLC]
Lang, Jérôme
Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Procaccia, Ariel D.
Computer Science Department - Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract (EN)
Social choice theory is the field of scientific inquiry that studies the aggregation of individual preferences toward a collective choice. For example, social choice theorists— who hail from a range of different disciplines, including mathematics, economics, and political science—are interested in the design and theoretical evaluation of voting rules. Questions of social choice have stimulated intellectual thought for centuries. Over time, the topic has fascinated many a great mind, from the Marquis de Condorcet and Pierre-Simon de Laplace, through Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland), to Nobel laureates such as Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, and Lloyd Shapley.
Subjects / Keywords
social choice; game theory
JEL
C70 - General
C44 - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory