The book compiles research on Condorcet's Paradox over some two centuries. It begins with a historical overview of the discovery of Condorcet's Paradox in the 18th Century, reviews numerous studies conducted to find actual occurrences of the paradox, and compiles research that has been done to...

A weighted scoring rule, Rule , on three alternative elections selects the winner by awarding 1 point to each voter's first ranked candidate, points to the second ranked candidate, and zero to the third ranked candidate. The Condorcet winner is the candidate that would defeat each other...

Information overload usually refers to a situation in which a decision-maker's performance is harmed by too much input information. Experiments have shown that better decisions can occur when selected information is withheld from the decision-maker. This paper suggests that the notion of...