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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) Power in Weighted Voting Systems
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Organization: | California State University, Fresno |
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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) Traditional algorithms for computing either the Banzhaf or the Shapley-Shubik power index of a voter in a n-voter weighted voting system are based on some type of search through the subsets of an n-set or the permutations of an n-set, respectively, and only work for small values of n. This paper presents an approach based on generating functions, with which the Banzhaf and Shapley-Shubik power distributions can be computed even when the value of n is large. To illustrate the computations, the power distributions of the U.S. Electoral College are examined.
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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) http://www.mathematica-journal.com/issue/v7i1/
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