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Application to MCDM: Choosing a Library Name

In: Analytical Theory of Democracy

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  • Andranik Tangian

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

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From the formal viewpoint, ‘representatives’ do not necessarily have to be individuals. In Chapters 8–10 and 13–17, the representatives are not persons but political parties, and now we go even further, requiring no human nature of representatives but only their capacity to represent the interests of a group of people. More specifically, when choosing among an assortment of alternatives, the group members have various preferences regarding the nature of a solution being sought. Since these choice alternatives reflect collective opinions, they can be considered better or worse representatives of the social/collective will. This idea is applied to the exercise of deciding on a name for the campus library by a supervising committee. Its members have differing opinions, such as whether the library should reflect the national affiliation, be named after a great man, relate to sciences, and so forth. Regarding the balances of opinion on these issues, the alternative library names are evaluated using the indices of popularity and universality, which help to find the optimal compromise and bring the committee to a rational consensus.

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  • Andranik Tangian, 2020. "Application to MCDM: Choosing a Library Name," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: Analytical Theory of Democracy, chapter 0, pages 751-760, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stcchp:978-3-030-39691-6_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39691-6_18
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