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Application to Collective Multicriteria Decisions

In: Mathematical Theory of Democracy

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  • Andranik Tangian

    (WSI Hans-Böckler-Foundation)

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From the mathematical standpoint, the ‘representatives’ considered so far must not necessarily be persons. In Chapter 8 the representatives are political parties, and now we go even further, requiring no human nature of representatives but only the capacity to represent the interests of a group of people. In particular, opinions can be expressed about the desirable qualities of certain choice alternatives. Since these choice alternatives represent the intentions of the collective, they can be considered representatives of the social/collective will. This idea is applied to the choices of travel alternatives made by a group taking a trip together whose members have different wishes, such as whether to visit a natural or cultural attraction, whether to spend one or two days on travel, what mode of transportation to take, and so forth. Regarding these wishes, various travel alternatives are evaluated using the indices of popularity and universality. Finally the optimal travel alternative is chosen as well as the plan of future outing alternatives that best meets the wishes of the group.

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  • Andranik Tangian, 2014. "Application to Collective Multicriteria Decisions," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: Mathematical Theory of Democracy, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 465-477, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stcchp:978-3-642-38724-1_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38724-1_12
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