Monotonic function — Monotonicity redirects here. For information on monotonicity as it pertains to voting systems, see monotonicity criterion. Monotonic redirects here. For other uses, see Monotone (disambiguation). Figure 1. A monotonically increasing function (it… … Wikipedia
Monotone preferences — In economics, an agent s preferences are said to be weakly monotonic if, given a consumption bundle x, the agent prefers all consumption bundles y that have more of every good. That is, implies . An agent s preferences are said to be strongly… … Wikipedia
Stochastic dominance — is a form of stochastic ordering. The term is used in decision theory to refer to situations where one lottery (a probability distribution over outcomes) can be ranked as superior to another. It is based on preferences regarding outcomes (e.g.,… … Wikipedia
Monotonicity criterion — This article is about a voting system criterion. See monotonic function for a mathematical notion. The monotonicity criterion is a voting system criterion used to analyze both single and multiple winner voting systems. A voting system is… … Wikipedia
Nakamura number — In cooperative game theory and social choice theory, the Nakamura number measures the degree of rationality of preference aggregation rules (collective decision rules), such as voting rules. It is an indicator of the extent to which an… … Wikipedia
Schulze method — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner … Wikipedia
Mechanism design — The Stanley Reiter diagram above illustrates a game of mechanism design. The upper left space Θ depicts the type space and the upper right space X the space of outcomes. The social choice function f(θ) maps a type profile to an outcome. In games… … Wikipedia
Condorcet method — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner … Wikipedia
Belief revision — is the process of changing beliefs to take into account a new piece of information. The logical formalization of belief revision is researched in philosophy, in databases, and in artificial intelligence for the design of rational agents.What… … Wikipedia
Expected utility hypothesis — In economics, game theory, and decision theory the expected utility hypothesis is a theory of utility in which betting preferences of people with regard to uncertain outcomes (gambles) are represented by a function of the payouts (whether in… … Wikipedia
Contingent vote — A flow chart for Contingent vote … Wikipedia