On the complexity of achieving proportional representation

Ariel D. Procaccia*, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein, Aviv Zohar

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate that winner selection in two prominent proportional representation voting systems is a computationally intractable problem-implying that these systems are impractical when the assembly is large. On a different note, in settings where the size of the assembly is constant, we show that the problem can be solved in polynomial time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)353-362
Number of pages10
JournalSocial Choice and Welfare
Volume30
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2008

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