Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, January 23, 2010 00:39:24

Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Francisco, CA, January 13-16, 2010 (Wednesday - Saturday)
Meeting #1056

• Thursday January 14, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Voting Theory, I
  Room 2010, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Michael Jones, Mathematical Reviews maj@ams.org
  Brian Hopkins, Saint Peter's College
  Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Minimal Requirements for Representation in the Democratic Primary.
    Jennifer M Wilson*, Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts
    Michael A Jones, Mathematical Reviews
    (1056-91-732)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Evaluation and Comparison of Thresholds for Divisor Methods.
    Michael A Jones*, Mathematical Reviews
    Jennifer M. Wilson, Eugene Lang College of the New School University
    (1056-91-714)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Analysis of Cumulative Voting's Potential to Yield Fair Representation.
    Duane Cooper*, Morehouse College
    (1056-91-2017)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Algebraic Voting Theory.
    Michael E. Orrison*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1056-20-756)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Statistical Inconsistencies of Ranked Data.
    Anna E Bargagliotti*, The University of Memphis
    Michael Orrison, Harvey Mudd College
    (1056-91-780)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Manipulating Profiles in Nonparametric Statistics: Stacking and Switching.
    Sarah Berube, Gordon College
    Karl-Dieter Crisman*, Gordon College
    (1056-91-84)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Frequency of violations of monotonicity.
    Robert Z. Norman*, Dartmouth College
    (1056-91-1858)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Concensus among Concensus Methods.
    Anna Popova*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology
    Michel Regenwetter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology
    (1056-91-620)
• Thursday January 14, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Voting Theory, II
  Room 2010, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Michael Jones, Mathematical Reviews maj@ams.org
  Brian Hopkins, Saint Peter's College
  Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the ordinal equivalence of power indices.
    Josep Freixas*, Technical University of Catalonia (Campus Manresa)
    Xavier Molinero, Technical University of Catalonia (Campus Manresa)
    Montserrat Pons, Technical University of Catalonia (Campus Manresa)
    Dorota Marciniak, Polish Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Telecommunications
    (1056-91-1202)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Smallest Tournament Not Realizable by $\frac{2}{3}$-Majority Voting, and Some Open Problems in Spatial Voting Theory.
    Craig A. Tovey*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Dylan Shepardson, Mt. Holyoke College
    (1056-91-2025)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The agreement number of tree societies.
    Sarah Fletcher, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Christopher S. Hardin, Union College
    Francis Edward Su*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1056-52-1416)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Selecting Diverse Committees.
    Thomas C. Ratliff*, Wheaton College
    Donald G. Saari, University of California, Irvine
    (1056-91-1533)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Approval Balloting for Multi-Winner Elections.
    D. Marc Kilgour*, Wilfrid Laurier University
    (1056-91-710)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Satisfaction Approval Voting.
    Steven J. Brams*, New York University
    D. Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University
    (1056-91-752)