Probabilistic majority rules

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Sant'Anna, Annibal Parracho ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Correlation; Decision aid; Dependence structure; Discursive dilemma; Doctrinal paradox; Fuzzy logic; Majority rule; Preference; Probability; Social choice

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; PROBABILITY;

DECISION AIDS; DEPENDENCE STRUCTURES; DISCURSIVE DILEMMA; DOCTRINAL PARADOX; MAJORITY RULE; PREFERENCE; SOCIAL CHOICE;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 57349156651     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2009.021679     Document Type: Article

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