Some foundations for empirical study in the Euclidean spatial model of social choice
By: Craig A. Tovey
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Operations Research
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Statistics; Algorithms; Empirical
Other titles: NPS-OR-91-025.
Description: Recent results are surveyed, and some new results are given, that contribute towards a      theoretical and computational basis for empirical study in the Euclidean spatial model.      The results are of two types: asymptotic statistical consistency of sample estimators, and      algorithmic methods for recovering spatial locations and computing various solution      concepts. The new results are: the asymptotic consistency of the sample yolk center and      epsilon- core; NP-completeness of the 1-dimensional spatial location recovery system;      a modification of the Poole-Rosenthal heuristic for multidimensional recovery; and fast      algorithms to compute Simpson-Cramer points and supermajority win sets in fixed      dimension.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-OR-91-025."

"August 1991."

AD A241 928.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-23).

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