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We introduce a single-winner perspective on voting on matchings, in which voters have preferences over possible matchings in a graph, and the goal is to select a single collectively desirable matching. Unlike in classical matching problems,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Niclas Boehmer , Jessica Dierking

We consider spatial voting where candidates are located in the Euclidean $d$-dimensional space, and each voter ranks candidates based on their distance from the voter's ideal point. We explore the case where information about the location…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Aviram Imber , Jonas Israel , Markus Brill , Hadas Shachnai , Benny Kimelfeld

We consider a two-round election model involving $m$ voters and $n$ candidates. Each voter is endowed with a strict preference list ranking the candidates. In the first round, the candidates are partitioned into two subsets, $A$ and $B$,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Emilio De Santis , Antonio Di Crescenzo , Verdiana Mustaro

The computational study of elections generally assumes that the preferences of the electorate come in as a list of votes. Depending on the context, it may be much more natural to represent the list succinctly, as the distinct votes of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Zack Fitzsimmons , Edith Hemaspaandra

The simplified hypothesis that an election is polarized as an explanation of recent electoral outcomes worldwide is centered on perceptions of voting patterns rather than ideological data from the electorate. While the literature focuses on…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Carlos Navarrete , Mariana Macedo , Viktor Stojkoski , Marcela Parada-Contzen , Christopher A Martínez

This paper considers elections in which voters choose one candidate each, independently according to known probability distributions. A candidate receiving a strict majority (absolute or relative, depending on the version) wins. After the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Lisa Hellerstein , Naifeng Liu , Kevin Schewior

We introduce the model of line-up elections which captures parallel or sequential single-winner elections with a shared candidate pool. The goal of a line-up election is to find a high-quality assignment of a set of candidates to a set of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Niclas Boehmer , Robert Bredereck , Piotr Faliszewski , Andrzej Kaczmarczyk , Rolf Niedermeier

We study extensions of the Election Isomorphism problem, focused on the existence of isomorphic subelections. Specifically, we propose the Subelection Isomorphism and the Maximum Common Subelection problems and study their computational…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-21 Piotr Faliszewski , Krzysztof Sornat , Stanisław Szufa

We study the multifaceted question of how to sample approval elections in a meaningful way. Our analysis aims to discern the properties of various statistical cultures (both established and new ones). Based on the map-of-elections framework…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Stanisław Szufa , Piotr Faliszewski , Łukasz Janeczko , Martin Lackner , Arkadii Slinko , Krzysztof Sornat , Nimrod Talmon

The paper considers the problem of finding the number of dominant voters in two-level voting procedures. At the first stage, voting is conducted among local groups of voters, and at the second stage, the results are aggregated to form a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-06-11 N. I. Shushko , D. V. Lemtyuzhnikova

Gerrymandering voting districts is one of the most salient concerns of contemporary American society, and the creation of new voting maps, along with their subsequent legal challenges, speaks for much of our modern political discourse. The…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-07-31 Casey Garner , Allen Holder

The margin of victory of an election is a useful measure to capture the robustness of an election outcome. It also plays a crucial role in determining the sample size of various algorithms in post election audit, polling etc. In this work,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-05-05 Palash Dey , Y. Narahari

Many democratic societies use district-based elections, where the region under consideration is geographically divided into districts and a representative is chosen for each district based on the preferences of the electors who reside…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Adway Mitra

In district-based multi-party elections, electors cast votes in their respective districts. In each district, the party with maximum votes wins the corresponding seat in the governing body. Election Surveys try to predict the election…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-12-27 Adway Mitra , Palash Dey

While 2D occupancy maps commonly used in mobile robotics enable safe navigation in indoor environments, in order for robots to understand and interact with their environment and its inhabitants representing 3D geometry and semantic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Krishnananda Prabhu Sivananda , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

We give an overview of the diverse electoral systems used in local, national, or super-national elections around the world. We discuss existing methods for selecting single and multiple winners and give real-world examples for some more…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2016-10-25 Siamak F. Shahandashti

In Geographical Information search, map visualization can challenge the user because results can consist of a large set of heterogeneous items, increasing visual complexity. We propose a novel visualization model to address this issue. Our…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-04-02 Liliana Ardissono , Matteo Delsanto , Maurizio Lucenteforte , Noemi Mauro , Adriano Savoca , Daniele Scanu

Democracies are built upon secure and reliable voting systems. Electronic voting systems seek to replace ballot papers and boxes with computer hardware and software. Proposed electronic election schemes have been subjected to scrutiny, with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Paul Keeler , Ben Smyth

Advances in multimodal characterization methods fuel a generation of increasing immense hyper-dimensional datasets. Color mapping is employed for conveying higher dimensional data in two-dimensional (2D) representations for human…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-02-28 M. J. Waters , J. M. Walker , C. T. Nelson , D. Joester , J. M. Rondinelli

The boundaries of electoral constituencies for assembly and parliamentary seats are drafted using a process referred to as delimitation, which ensures fair and equal representation of all citizens. The current delimitation exercise suffers…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-19 Sahil Kale , Gautam Khaire , Jay Patankar , Pujashree Vidap