RT Journal Article
T1 Probabilities of consistent election outcomes with majorities based on difference in support
A1 Diss, Mostapha
A1 Pérez Amaral, Teodosio
AB Computer simulations are used to evaluate the likelihood of consistent outcomes under the class of majorities based on difference in support. These majorities require certain consensus in collective preferences to declare an alternative as the winner. More precisely, individuals show preference intensities in the unit interval among each pair of alternatives and it is required that the winner alternative obtains a difference in the sum of the intensities with respect to the loser alternative. This difference is a real number located between 0 and the total number of voters. We introduce the values of the required threshold for which majorities based on difference in support lead to transitive and triple-acyclic collective decisions with a probability of 1. Our results improve the previous theoretical ones since they require softer thresholds to reach consistent collective decisions.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0926-2644
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18932
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18932
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025