Computing power indices: Multilinear extensions and new characterizations

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 540-554

  Alonso Meijide, J M ^a   Casas Mendez B ^a   Holler, M J ^b   Lorenzo Freire, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axiomatization; Multilinear extension; Power index; Simple game

Indexed keywords

LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AXIOMATIZATION; MULTILINEAR EXTENSION; POWER INDEX; SIMPLE GAME;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 38149140931     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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