Current remote e-voting schemes aim at a number of security objectives. However, this is not enough for providing secure online elections in practice. Beyond a secure e-voting protocol, there are many organizational and technical security requirements that have to be satisfied by the operational environment in which the scheme is implemented. We have investigated four state-of-the-art e-voting ...

Symmetry is an important composition feature by investigating similar sides inside an image plane. It has a crucial effect to recognize man-made or nature objects within the universe. Recent symmetry detection approaches used a smoothing kernel over different voting maps in the polar coordinate system to detect symmetry peaks, which split the regions of symmetry axis candidates in inefficient w...

This paper explores the issue of detecting concepts for ontology learning from text. We investigate various metrics from graph theory and propose various voting schemes based on these metrics. The idea draws its root in social choice theory, and our objective is to mimic consensus in automatic learning methods and increase the confidence in concept extraction through the identification of the b...

To proposing a voting model for groups with members of unequal power and proficiency, we present some models for rank ordering efficient candidates, by extending the ideas of some authors. Then, we propose a new methodology to rank the ranking models for the performance indices of only DEA efficient candidates based on a classical voting model. Also, an approach for combining the results obtain...

Voting is an important part of the democratic process. The electorate makes a decision or expresses an opinion that is accepted by everyone. However, some individual or group may be interested in tampering with the elections process to force an outcome in their favor. Hence, controlling the whole voting process to ensure that it is performed correctly and according to current rules and law is, ...

In most voting procedures, the evaluation of a candidate is determined by counting the votes without considering any information about the intensity of preference. The use of linguistic expressions in voting makes the evaluation process friendlier, enables the intensity of preference in a decision maker’s preference structure to be taken into account, and better captures the subjective informat...

In response to growing concern about the security and integrity of elections in the state of Ohio, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner set in motion a comprehensive study of the electronic voting equipment used throughout the state. Known as Project EVEREST (Evaluation and Validation of Election Related Equipment, Standards and Testing), this study attempted to assess the risks associated with ...