Analyzing a networked social algorithm for collective selection of representative committees

Hernández, Alexis R. ; Gracia-Lázaro, Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Brigatti, Edgardo ; Moreno, Yamir (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: A recent work (Hernández, et al., 2018) introduced a networked voting rule supported by a trust-based social network, where indications of possible representatives were based on individuals opinions. Individual contributions went beyond a simple vote-counting and were based on proxy voting. This mechanism selects committees with high levels of representativeness, weakening the possibility of patronage relations. By incorporating the integrity of individuals and its perception, we here address the question of the resulting committee’s trustability. Our results show that this voting rule provides sufficiently small committees with high levels of representativeness and integrity. Furthermore, the voting system displays robustness to strategic and untruthful application of the voting algorithm.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222945

Año: 2019

Publicado en: PLoS ONE 14, 9 (2019), e0222945[13 pp.]
ISSN: 1932-6203

Factor impacto JCR: 2.74 (2019)

Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 27 / 71 = 0.38 (2019) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.023 - Multidisciplinary (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FIS2017-87519-P

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)