Theory of Social Choice on Networks - Preference, Aggregation, and Coordination

This highly original book challenges social choice theory by arguing for the importance of dynamic preferences and context in understanding important social phenomena.

List of contents

1. Preference; 2. Aggregation; 3. Deliberation; 4. Coordination; 5. Randomization; 6. Satisficing; Appendix A. Dutch book theorem; Appendix B. Bayesian networks; Appendix C. Probability concepts; Appendix D. Markov convergence theorem; Appendix E. Entropy and mutual information.

About the author

Wynn C. Stirling is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Dean of Graduate Studies at Brigham Young University, Utah. He is the author of Satisficing Games and Decision Making (Cambridge, 2003) and Theory of Conditional Games (Cambridge, 2012). He is also a co-author, with Todd Moon, of Mathematical Methods and Algorithms for Signal Processing (2000).

Summary

Drawing on cybernetics and network theory, this highly original book presents an alternative to classical social choice theory by constructing a framework that allows for dynamic preferences that are modulated by the situation-dependent social influence that they exert on each other.

Product details

• Authors: Wynn C. Stirling, Wynn C. (Brigham Young University Stirling, Stirling Wynn C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781316616888
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61688-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, COMPUTERS / Cybernetics, Microeconomics, Cybernetics & systems theory, Cybernetics and systems theory