The Condorcet's Jury Theorem in a Bioethical Context: The Dynamics of Group Decision Making

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 379-392

  Koch, Tom ^a   Ridgley, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Bioethics; Condorcet jury theorem; Multicriterion decision making; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034355892     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008712331820     Document Type: Article

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