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Mathematics of Social Choice
Christoph Borgers
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Description for Mathematics of Social Choice
Paperback. An accessible exposition of social choices such as selecting a winning competitor, or dividing up resources. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 480.
Mathematics of Social Choice is a fun and accessible book that looks at the choices made by groups of people with different preferences, needs, and interests. Divided into three parts, the text first examines voting methods for selecting or ranking candidates. A brief second part addresses compensation problems wherein an indivisible item must be assigned to one of several people who are equally entitled to ownership of the item, with monetary compensation paid to the others. The third part discusses the problem of sharing a divisible resource among several people. Mathematics of Social Choice can be used by undergraduates studying ... Read more
Mathematics of Social Choice is a fun and accessible book that looks at the choices made by groups of people with different preferences, needs, and interests. Divided into three parts, the text first examines voting methods for selecting or ranking candidates. A brief second part addresses compensation problems wherein an indivisible item must be assigned to one of several people who are equally entitled to ownership of the item, with monetary compensation paid to the others. The third part discusses the problem of sharing a divisible resource among several people. Mathematics of Social Choice can be used by undergraduates studying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780898716955
SKU
V9780898716955
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About Christoph Borgers
Christoph Börgers has been a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Tufts University since 1994. He has also worked at the University of Michigan and at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. He received his PhD from New York University.
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