This paper studies the dominance-solvability (by iterated deletion of weakly dominated strategies) of general scoring rule voting games. The scoring rules we study include Plurality rule, Approval voting, Negative Plurality Rule, Borda rule and Relative Utilitarianism. We provide a classification of scoring rule voting games according to whether the sufficient conditions for dominance solvabili...

Based on recent theoretical and empirical results about the significance of Cumulative Prospect Theory (CPT), we define RWcSD, an extended notion of stochastic dominance that accounts for both the reflection effect (R) and the probability weighting (Wc). A second definition of stochastic dominance (R∗W -SD) for preferences with reverse reflection effect (R*) as in Markowitz (1952) is presented....

Corresponding author: Farbod Fadai, MD Associate professor of psychiatry, University of Welfare and Social Sciences, Kudakiar Avenue, Daneshju Bulevard, Evin, Tehran TelFax: +98-21-33401604 Email: [email protected] Objective: in recent years different hypotheses with respect to the formation of cerebral laterality were proposed. Some of the researchers claim that cerebral dominance and lat...

Assuming the monopole dominance, that has been proved in the lattice gluodynamics, to hold in the continuum limit, we develop an e ective scalar eld theory for QCD at large distances to describe con nement. The approach is based on a gauge (or projection) independent formulation of the monopole dominance and manifestly Lorentz invariant. 1. The monopole dominance Numerical simulations [1] show ...

The combined effects of sediment grain size and intra- and interspecific competition on growth rate of Hydrobia ulvae and H. ventrosa were investigated in a 2-month laboratory experiment. Individuals of H. ulvae grew faster than H. ventrosa at all competition intensities. Growth rate did not differ between fine- and coarse-grained sediments in any of the species. This suggests that other factor...

While some communities of animals living in groups may develop systems of cooperation or mutual altruism, many other animal societies are characterised by dominance hierarchies. This thesis is concerned with describing the development of cooperation and dominance hierarchies amongst animal groups. By using a game-theoretic framework, I develop and investigate simple models to describe social in...

Objective: Determining which subgroups show the most substantial differences on a measure is a common use of surveys. How to accurately and fairly determine which subgrouping is most important has not been addressed adequately in the literature. I show how dominance analysis is a useful way to identify the most important subgroup differences. Because surveys commonly employ complex sampling des...