The probability of ties with scoring methods: some results

DOI10.1007/S003550000078MaRDI QIDQ2388824zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thierry Marchant

Publication date 20 September 2005

Published in Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s003550000078

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integral formulas of real functions of several variables (Stokes, Gauss, Green, etc.) (26B20) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Voting theory (91B12)

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