A comparison between the methods of apportionment using power indices: the case of the U.S. presidential elections [PDF]
In this paper, we compare five well-known methods of apportionment, the ones by Adams, Dean, Hill, Webster and Jefferson. The criteria used for this comparison is the minimization of a distance between a power vector and a population vector. The power is
Fabrice Barthelemy, Mathieu Martin
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Metastasis, an Example of Evolvability. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel), 2021 Laruelle A +3 more
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Consensus reaching in committees [PDF]
In this paper, we apply a consensus model to decision-making in committees that have to choose one or more alternatives from a set of alternatives. The model does not use a voting rule nor a set of winning coalitions.
Agnieszka Rusinowska +2 more
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A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies Investigating Motives and Experiences of Recipients of Anonymous Gamete Donation. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2022 Bauer T.
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On the Weights of Nations: Assigning Voting Weights in a Heterogeneous Union [PDF]
Consider a voting procedure where countries, states, or districts comprising a union each elect representatives who then participate in later votes at the union level on their behalf. The countries, provinces, and states may vary in their populations and
Matthew O. Jackson, Salvador Barbera
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On some properties of the Hoede-Bakker index [PDF]
In this paper, we analyze the decisional power index, the so called Hoede-Bakker index. This index takes the preferences of the players into account, as well as the social structure in which players may influence each other.
Agnieszka Rusinowska, Harrie De Swart
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Large-scale analysis and computer modeling reveal hidden regularities behind variability of cell division patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana embryogenesis. [PDF]
Elife, 2022 Laruelle E +4 more
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Long Nocturnal Hemodialysis and the Most Difficult UltraTrail Race. [PDF]
Kidney Int RepChatrenet A +7 more
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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) in Combination with Organic Amendments and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculation: An Efficient Option for the Phytomanagement of Trace Elements-Polluted Soils. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Fontaine J +6 more
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Characterization of the Shapley-Shubik Power Index Without the Efficiency Axiom [PDF]
We show that the Shapley-Shubik power index on the domain of simple (voting) games can be uniquely characterized without the e¢ ciency axiom. In our axiomatization, the efficiency is replaced by the following weaker require- ment that we term the gain ...
Ezra Einy, Ori Haimanko
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