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* [[w:Kenneth Arrow|Kenneth Arrow]]- Discoverer of [[Arrow's impossibility theorem]] |
* [[w:Kenneth Arrow|Kenneth Arrow]]- Discoverer of [[Arrow's impossibility theorem]] |
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* [[w:Duncan Black|Duncan Black]]- Discoverer of [[W:Black's theorem|Black's theorem]]. |
* [[w:Duncan Black|Duncan Black]]- Discoverer of [[W:Black's theorem|Black's theorem]]. |
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* [[w:Charles de Borda|Charles de Borda]]- A discoverer of the [[Borda count]] |
* [[w:Jean-Charles de Borda|Jean-Charles de Borda]]- A discoverer of the [[Borda count]] |
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* [[Steven Brams]]- The leading intellectual proponent of [[approval voting]] |
* [[Steven Brams]]- The leading intellectual proponent of [[approval voting]] |
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* [[Marquis de Condorcet]]- A discoverer of the [[Condorcet method]] |
* [[Marquis de Condorcet]]- A discoverer of the [[Condorcet method]] |
Revision as of 20:52, 9 December 2019
This is a partial list of persons who significantly contributed to the development of voting theory.
- Kenneth Arrow- Discoverer of Arrow's impossibility theorem
- Duncan Black- Discoverer of Black's theorem.
- Jean-Charles de Borda- A discoverer of the Borda count
- Steven Brams- The leading intellectual proponent of approval voting
- Marquis de Condorcet- A discoverer of the Condorcet method
- Peter Fishburn- A leading proponent of approval voting. He and Brams commonly work together.
- Allan Gibbard- A discoverer of the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem.
- Thomas Hare- Discoverer of single transferable vote.
- Ramon Llull- A discoverer of the Borda count and Condorcet method.
- Mark Satterthwaite- A discoverer of the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem.
- Donald Saari- A leading intellectual proponent of the Borda count.
- Robert Weber- The scholar who coined the term approval voting.