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Author Robinson, E. Arthur, 1955-

Title A mathematical look at politics / E. Arthur Robinson, Daniel Ullman.

Publication Info. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 459 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-452) and index.
Contents Voting -- Two candidates -- Social choice functions -- Criteria for social choice -- Which methods are good? -- Arrow's theorem -- Variations on the theme -- Apportionment -- Hamilton's method -- Divisor methods -- Criteria and impossibility -- The method of Balinski and Young -- Deciding among divisor methods -- History of apportionment int he United States -- Conflict -- Strategies and outcomes -- Chance and expectation -- Solving zero-sum games -- Conflict and cooperation -- Nash equilibria -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The electoral college -- Weighted voting -- Whose advantage?
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Political science -- Mathematics.
Political science.
Mathematics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ullman, Daniel.
Other Form: Print version: Robinson, E. Arthur, 1955- Mathematical look at politics. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011 9781439819838 (DLC) 2010044857 (OCoLC)671491812
ISBN 9781439891179 (electronic book)
1439891176 (electronic book)
9781439819838
1439819831
9781439819845
143981984X