A characterization of majority rule for hierarchies

Journal of Classification

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-158

  McMorris, Fred R ^a,c   Powers, Robert C ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Hierarchy; Majority rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149507775     PISSN: 01764268     EISSN: 14321343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00357-008-9012-x     Document Type: Article

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