A variety of preference aggregation schemes and voting rules have been developed in social choice to support group decision making. However, the requirement that participants provi...
The asymptotic distribution of estimates that are based on a sub-optimal search for the maximum of the log-likelihood function is considered. In particular, estimation schemes that...
Abstract-- Local convergence is a limitation of many optimization approaches for multimodal functions. For hybrid model learning, this can mean a compromise in accuracy. We develop...
The problem of encouraging trustworthy behavior in P2P online communities by managing peers’ reputations has drawn a lot of attention recently. However, most of the proposed solu...
A voting rule is an algorithm for determining the winner in an election, and there are several approaches that have been used to justify the proposed rules. One justification is t...
Edith Elkind, Piotr Faliszewski, Arkadii M. Slinko