Taxonomy approach to a cabinet formation problem (Q1084348)

The problem of choosing a winning coalition in simple (voting) games is considered. It is assumed that voters (players) have different numbers of votes and definite preferences describing their willingness to enter into a coalition with other players. A function describing the willingness (preferation degree) of a given player to unite with each possible coalition is presented. Then, the method of an econometric template as a base for choosing the winning coalition most acceptable to all players is proposed as well as a taxonomy approach leading to an order over all winning coalitions with regard to all players. An application of the proposed method is given by an example of the 1972 Italian Assembly. We obtain results in close agreement with reality.