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We provide an overview of some recent progress on the complexity of election systems. The issues studied include the complexity of the winner, manipulation, bribery, and control problems.
Supported in part by DFG grant RO-1202/9-3, NSF grants CCR-0311021 and CCF-0426761, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s TransCoop program.
URL: home.agh.edu.pl/~faliszew. Current affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland.
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URL: ccc.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~rothe. Work done in part while visiting the University of Rochester.
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Faliszewski, P., Hemaspaandra, E., Hemaspaandra, L.A., Rothe, J. (2009). A Richer Understanding of the Complexity of Election Systems. In: Ravi, S.S., Shukla, S.K. (eds) Fundamental Problems in Computing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9688-4_14
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