CPO-2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Borda Count, Homo Economicus
21 Apr 2016
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How big of a problem is condorcet"s paradox: probability of group intransitivity=f(m,n, where: M is the number of alternatives and n is the number of voters: specifically: The borda count: allows voters to list a complete preference ordering and then assigns a value to each item in the individual"s preference ordering that reflects their preferences, the alternative with the most points wins. Problems: doesn"t produce a clear answer; anyone can manipulate the. Agenda setter system: what if one of the actors had the power to decide the order in which votes would, for example, suppose we used our original example where the actors were occur? decided between 3 alternatives.
