Penrose voting system and optimal quota

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3133-3143

  SŁomczyński, Wojciech ^a   Zyczkowski, Karol ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DECISION RULES; PENROSE VOTING SYSTEM; VOTING POWER;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 33845529634     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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