The Banzhaf-Coleman index for games with r alternatives

Optimization

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-198

  Amer, R ^a   Carreras, F ^a   Magana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banzhaf index; Games with alternatives; Multilinear extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444456359     PISSN: 02331934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331939808844407     Document Type: Article

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