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A characterization of the single-crossing domain

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  • Robert Bredereck
  • Jiehua Chen
  • Gerhard Woeginger

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We characterize single-crossing preference profiles in terms of two forbidden substructures, one of which contains three voters and six (not necessarily distinct) alternatives, and one of which contains four voters and four (not necessarily distinct) alternatives. We also provide an efficient way to decide whether a preference profile is single-crossing. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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  • Robert Bredereck & Jiehua Chen & Gerhard Woeginger, 2013. "A characterization of the single-crossing domain," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 41(4), pages 989-998, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:41:y:2013:i:4:p:989-998
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-012-0717-8
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