A Control Dichotomy for Pure Scoring Rules

Authors: Edith Hemaspaandra, Lane Hemaspaandra, Henning Schnoor

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Research Type Theoretical We obtain the first dichotomy theorem for pure scoring rules for a control problem. In particular, for constructive control by adding voters (CCAV), we show that CCAV is solvable in polynomial time for k-approval with k ≤ 3, k-veto with k ≥ 2, every pure scoring rule in which only the two top-rated candidates gain nonzero scores, and a particular rule that is a hybrid of 1-approval and 1-veto. For all other pure scoring rules, CCAV is NP-complete. We also investigate the descriptive richness of different models for defining pure scoring rules, proving how more rule-generation time gives more rules, proving that rationals give more rules than do the natural numbers, and proving that some restrictions previously thought to be w.l.o.g. in fact do lose generality.
Researcher Affiliation Academia Edith Hemaspaandra Department of Computer Science Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623, USA Lane A. Hemaspaandra Department of Computer Science University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627, USA Henning Schnoor Institut f ur Informatik Christian-Albrechts-Universit at zu Kiel 24098 Kiel, Germany
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