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BL
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598088
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b427307
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| Title & Author
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Behavioral social choice : : probabilistic models, statistical inference, and applications /\ Michel Regenwetter ... [et al.]
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2006
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xv, 240 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0521829682 (hardback)
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: 0521536669 (pbk.)
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: 9780521829687
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: 9780521536660
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and indexes
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| Contents
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The lack of theoretical and practical support for majority cycles -- A general concept of majority rule -- On the model dependence versus robustness of social choice results -- Constructing majority preferences from subset choice data -- Majority rule in a general sampling and Bayesian inference framework -- Conclusions and directions for future behavioral social choice research
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| Abstract
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In this volume, while looking at the probabilistic foundations of collective decision-making rules, the authors challenge much of the existing theoretical wisdom about social choice processes, and seek to restore faith in the possibility of democratic decision making
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| Subject
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Social choice-- Mathematical models
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Decision making-- Mathematical models
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Voting-- Mathematical models
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Probabilities-- Mathematical models
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| Dewey Classification
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302/.13/01
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| LC Classification
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HB846.8.B44 2006
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| Added Entry
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Regenwetter, Michel
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