论文标题
让我们同意同意:通过多数动态目标达成共识,以实现不完整的偏好
Let's Agree to Agree: Targeting Consensus for Incomplete Preferences through Majority Dynamics
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论文摘要
我们研究设置,其中不完整的偏好代理需要做出集体决定。我们专注于多数动态的过程,在该过程中一次解决问题,而未定的代理商遵循大多数人的看法。我们评估了这一过程对各种共识概念(例如Condorcet获胜者)的影响,并表明在最坏的情况下,近视遵守大多数损害现有共识;但是,模拟实验表明损害通常是轻微的。我们还研究了决策过程主席可以通过确定讨论问题的顺序来控制共识的存在(或身份)的情况。
We study settings in which agents with incomplete preferences need to make a collective decision. We focus on a process of majority dynamics where issues are addressed one at a time and undecided agents follow the opinion of the majority. We assess the effects of this process on various consensus notions -- such as the Condorcet winner -- and show that in the worst case, myopic adherence to the majority damages existing consensus; yet, simulation experiments indicate that the damage is often mild. We also examine scenarios where the chair of the decision process can control the existence (or the identity) of consensus, by determining the order in which the issues are discussed.