Consensus theories. An oriented survey

Consensus theories. An oriented survey

CONSENSUS THEORIES . AN ORIENTED SURVEY Olivier HUDRY

RÉSUMÉ – Théories du consensus. Une synthèse orientée Cet article présente une vue d’ensemble de sept directions de recherche en théorie du consensus : résultats arrowiens, règles d’agrégation définies au moyen de fédérations, règles définies au moyen de distances, solutions de tournoi, domaines restreints, théories abstraites du consensus, questions de complexité et d’algorithmique. Ce panoram...

Theories about consensus-based conservation.

"Conservation and the Myth of Consensus" (Peterson et al. 2005) levels several serious indictments against consensus-based approaches to environmental decision making. Namely, the authors argue that consensus processes (1) reinforce apathy and ignorance of conservation issues; (2) legitimize damage to the environment; (3) quash public debate about conservation; (4) solidify the existing balance...

Object Oriented Consensus

We suggest a template that reveals the structure of many consensus algorithms as a generic procedure. The template builds on an extension of the well known adopt-commit protocol which we call vacillateadopt-commit and on an extension of Aspnes’ conciliator protocol, which we call reconciliator. The consensus algorithm template works in rounds in each of which the vacillate-adopt-commit is invok...

Computer Go: An AI oriented survey

Since the beginning of AI, mind games have been studied as relevant application fields. Nowadays, some programs are better than human players in most classical games. Their results highlight the efficiency of AI methods that are now quite standard. Such methods are very useful to Go programs, but they do not enable a strong Go program to be built. The problems related to Computer Go require new...