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Voting Power and Voting Blocs [PDF]

open access: yes
We investigate the applicability of voting power indices, in particular the Penrose index (aka absolute Banzhaf index), in the analysis of voting blocs by means of a hypothetical voting body.
Leech, Dennis, Leech, Robert
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Scale‐space image analysis for mapping spotted knapweed in grassland ecosystems

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise This study investigates the value of scale‐space representations of spatial features for the identification and mapping of invasive plants using high‐resolution multispectral imagery. Scale‐space representations combine the two‐dimensional spatial domain with a third dimension representing spatial scale, such that features can be ...
Shohreh Sahebi, David J. Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Voting and the Cardinal Aggregation of Judgments [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper elaborates the idea that voting is an instance of the aggregation of judgments, this being a more general concept than the aggregation of preferences. To aggregate judgments one must first measure them.
Hillinger, Claude
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Improving the Transparency of Remote E-Voting: The Estonian Experience

open access: yes, 2008
Pilot projects in the area of remote e-voting have been carried out in several countries but the number of those projects in which the Internet-cast votes are legally binding remains small.
Hall, Thad, Maaten, Epp
core   +1 more source

Unloader Bracing Is a Biomechanically Rational and Clinically Useful Intervention in Selected Patients With Tibiofemoral Joint Cartilage Pathology: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study

open access: yesArthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To establish an international expert consensus on the role of unloader bracing in the management of focal tibiofemoral cartilage lesions using Delphi methodology to inform clinical decision‐making in both nonoperative and operative contexts and identify future research priorities.
Jonathan T. Super   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case for Utilitarian Voting [PDF]

open access: yes
Utilitarian voting (UV) is defined in this paper as any voting rule that allows the voter to rank all of the alternatives by means of the scores permitted under a given voting scale. Specific UV rules that have been proposed are approval voting, allowing
Hillinger, Claude
core  

Assessing the Impact of E-Voting Technologies on Electoral Outcomes: an Analysis of Buenos Aires’ 2005 Congressional Election

open access: yes, 2008
Using data from an e-voting experiment conducted in the 2005 Congressional Election in Argentina, we estimate the effect of different e-voting technologies on the likelihood that citizens cast their vote for different parties for the National Congress ...
Katz, Gabriel   +4 more
core  

Towards remote e-voting: Estonian case

open access: yes, 2004
This paper gives an overview about the Estonian e-voting system. Paper discusses how the concept of e-voting system is designed to resist some of the main challenges of remote e-voting: secure voters authentication, assurance of privacy of voters, giving
Maaten, Epp
core  

E-Voting in Pakistan

open access: yes, 2007
Validerat; 20101217 (root)
Zafar, Ch. Naveed, Pilkjaer, Anthony
openaire   +1 more source

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