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14-08-2018 | Methodologies and Application

A multi-criteria approach for assigning weights in voting systems

Authors: Jacinto González-Pachón, Luis Diaz-Balteiro, Carlos Romero

Published in: Soft Computing | Issue 17/2019

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Abstract

Following a new analytical orientation, this paper proposes an approach for investigating group versus individual trade-offs in general voting situations. From specific particularizations of a general family of p-norms, three social decision rules have been derived. These rules trigger three different systems of weights in the voting system. Once the three rules were obtained and the rationale underlying them justified, a compromise framework integrating all the rules was formulated. The compromise framework is computationally based on goal programming. In this way, it is possible to establish directly trade-offs and balance compromise solutions between the three social rules. Thus, not only is the weighted voting system formulated within a theoretically sound framework, but the applicability of the approach to real political situations is also more flexible and pragmatic.

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Metadata
Title
A multi-criteria approach for assigning weights in voting systems
Authors
Jacinto González-Pachón
Luis Diaz-Balteiro
Carlos Romero
Publication date
14-08-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Soft Computing / Issue 17/2019
Print ISSN: 1432-7643
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-018-3453-x

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