We provide intuitive, formal, and computational evidence that in a large society Condorcet's paradox (the intransitivity of social preference obtained by pairwise vote) can hardly occur. For that ...

The goal of this paper is to propose a comparison of four multi-winner voting rules, k-Plurality, k-Negative Plurality, k-Borda, and Bloc. These four election methods are extensions of usual scoring ...

With 24 declared candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination (and counting), many Americans are likely wondering how the party will ultimately make up its mind and settle on the best ...

With 24 declared candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination (and counting), many Americans are likely wondering how the party will ultimately make up its mind and settle on the best ...

Last month, with space in the print edition of Physics World tight, I cut a couple of sentences from the end of a short review I’d written of Len Fisher’s new book, The Perfect Swarm. This turned out ...

With 28 declared candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination — though some have since dropped out — many Americans are likely wondering how the party will ultimately make up its mind ...

Voting theory is an interdisciplinary field that examines and evaluates the procedures and algorithms underlying collective decision‐making. Recently, researchers have focused on bridging voting ...

One advantage of using primaries to select nominees for President is that when the selection process takes place over time, it is easier for similarly-minded voters to coordinate on nominees. Today is ...

With 24 declared candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination (and counting), many Americans are likely wondering how the party will ultimately make up its mind and settle on the best ...

Alexander Strang receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Peter Thomas receives funding from the National Science Foundation. From 28 declared candidates for the Democratic Party’s ...