A RANDOM UTILITY MODEL FOR APPROVAL VOTING

Authors
FALMAGNE JC REGENWETTER M
Citation
Jc. Falmagne et M. Regenwetter, A RANDOM UTILITY MODEL FOR APPROVAL VOTING, Journal of mathematical psychology, 40(2), 1996, pp. 152-159
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental","Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Journal title
Journal of mathematical psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222496
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
152 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2496(1996)40:2<152:ARUMFA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A random utility model for approval voting is described, based on the nation that each voter has a personal ranking of the alternatives, wit h the random utilities being defined, ina standard manner, by the prob ability distribution on the set of all rankings. The set of alternativ es chosen by a voter is made of the top alternatives in the voter's pe rsonal ranking. The size of the chosen set and the ranking are assumed to be independent. Two independent classes of necessary conditions ar e derived, which are used to test the model on two known sets of data. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.