Interest in group decision-making (GDM) has been increasing prominently over the last
decade. Access to global databases, sophisticated sensors which can obtain multiple inputs …

In group decision making problems, it is almost impossible to have a homogeneous group of
decision makers whose experiences, attitudes, knowledge are the same or similar …

Algorithmic systems that employ machine learning play an increasing role in making
substantive decisions in modern society, ranging from online personalization to insurance …

All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under
conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they …

What is “power”? Most people have an intuitive notion of what it means. But scientists have
not yet formulated a statement of the concept of power that is rigorous enough to be of use in …

Before this question can be answered, the number of parties must be operationally defined
in a way that takes into account their relativesize. Such a number is also needed if one …

Much recent theorizing about the utility of voting concludes that voting is an irrational act in
that it usually costs more to vote than one can expect to get in return. 1 This conclusion is …

ГУБАНОВ ДА, НОВИКОВ ДА, ЧХАРТИШВИЛИ АГ Социальные сети: модели
информационного влияния, управления и противобор-ства/Под ред. чл.-корр. РАН ДА …

What is to be said for democracy? Not that it gives people what they want. Not that it realizes
a kind of autonomy or self-government. Not that it provides people with the opportunity for …

The rational choice tradition has generated three models of competitive political party
behavior: the vote-seeking party, the office-seeking party, and the policy-seeking party …