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Synopsis
This work focuses on consensus formation in multiperson decision-making groups using imprecise information. The editors have solicited and organized important contributions on this subject from leading experts in the field. The well-known contributors include Ronald Yager, Henri Prade, George Klier, and János Fodor, among others. These contributions are original and are concerned with issues related to modeling and monitoring of consensus-reaching processes under fuzzy preferences and fuzzy majorities. The chapters include an array of paradigms, tools and techniques that can help develop new analytical tools for consensus-reaching processes.
Booknews
Describes an array of paradigms, tools, and techniques for analyzing consensus formation in multiperson decision making groups using imprecise information in political or business contexts. The topics include fuzziness and the normative theory of social choice, the dichotomous approach to soft consensus measurement, protocol for negotiations among multiple intelligent agents, consensus for decomposable measures, and case studies of Poland and the Systems Research Institute. The treatment is more mathematics than social science. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.