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Measuring the Power in Voting Systems

Description

This R package allows the determination of some distributions of the voters' power when passing laws in weighted voting situations.

Details

The DESCRIPTION file:

Package: powerindexR
Type: Package
Title: Measuring the Power in Voting Systems
Version: 1.5
Date: 2024-02-08
Authors@R: c(person("Livino M.", "Armijos-Toro", role = c("aut","cre"), email="livinoa@gmail.com"), person("Jose M.", "Alonso-Meijide", role = c("aut")), person("Manuel A.", "Mosquera", role = c("aut")), person("Alejandro", "Saavedra-Nieves", role = c("aut")))
Depends: R(>= 3.0.0)
Description: This R package allows the determination of some distributions of the voters' power when passing laws in weighted voting situations.
License: GPL-2
LazyLoad: yes
Packaged:
Repository: CRAN
NeedsCompilation: no
RoxygenNote: 7.0.2
Author: Livino M. Armijos-Toro [aut, cre], Jose M. Alonso-Meijide [aut], Manuel A. Mosquera [aut], Alejandro Saavedra-Nieves [aut]
Maintainer: Livino M. Armijos-Toro <livinoa@gmail.com>

Index of help topics:

MWC                     Obtain the minimal winning coalitions
QMWC                    Obtain the quasi-minimal winning coalitions
pi.banzhaf              Power based on the Banzhaf index.
pi.colomermartinez      Power based on the Colomer-Martinez index.
pi.johnston             Power based on the Johnston index.
pi.johnstoncolomermartinez
                        Power based on the Jonhston-Colomer-Martinez
                        index.
pi.shapley              Power based on the Shapley-Shubik index.
powerindex              Obtain several measures of power
powerindexR-package     Measuring the Power in Voting Systems

This R package allows the determination of some distributions of the voters' power when passing laws in weighted voting situations.

Author(s)

Livino M. Armijos-Toro, Jose M. Alonso-Meijide, Manuel A. Mosquera, Alejandro Saavedra-Nieves.

References

Alonso-Meijide, J. M., & Bowles, C. (2005). Generating functions for coalitional power indices: An application to the IMF. Annals of Operations Research, 137, 21-44. <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-005-2242-y>.

Brams, S. J., & Affuso, P. J. (1976). Power and size: A new paradox. Theory and Decision, 7(1-2), 29-56. <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141101>.

Colomer, J. M., & Martinez, F. (1995). The paradox of coalition trading. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 7(1), 41-63. <https://doi.org/10.1177/0951692895007001003>.

Johnston, R. J. (1978). On the measurement of power: Some reactions to Laver. Environment and Planning A, 10(8), 907-914. <https://doi.org/10.1068/a100907>.

Lucas, W. F. (1983). Measuring power in weighted voting systems (pp. 183-238). Springer New York. <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5430-0_9>


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