Social choice determination systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for determining which of a plurality of different outcomes should be implemented, said system being configured for:
- (A) identifying a first party of a plurality of parties as one of an excluded group of parties, said excluded group of parties comprising at least one party;
(B) identifying a candidate group that includes each of said plurality of parties other than said excluded group of parties;
(C) receiving, from said first party, a first-party utility value that said first party would associate with at least one of said plurality of different outcomes;
(D) receiving, from a second party, a second-party utility value that said second party would associate with at least one of said plurality of different outcomes, said second party being part of said candidate group; and
(E) determining which particular one of said plurality of outcomes should be selected based primarily on a set of utility values that comprises said second-party utility value, wherein said determining step at Step (E) is made without substantially considering said first-party utility value, and said identifying step at Step (A) is made without substantially considering said first-party utility value.
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A system configured for: (A) identifying a first party of a plurality of parties as one of an excluded group of parties; (B) identifying a candidate group that includes each of the plurality of parties other than the excluded group of parties; (C) receiving, from the first party, a first-party utility value that the first party would associate with at least one of a plurality of different outcomes; (D) receiving, from a second party, a second-party utility value that the second party would associate with at least one of the plurality of different outcomes, the second party being part of the candidate group; and (E) determining which particular one of the plurality of outcomes should be selected based primarily on a set of utility values that comprises the second-party utility value. Step (E) may be made without substantially considering the first-party utility value, and Step (B) may be made without substantially considering the first-party utility value.
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54 Claims
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1. A system for determining which of a plurality of different outcomes should be implemented, said system being configured for:
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(A) identifying a first party of a plurality of parties as one of an excluded group of parties, said excluded group of parties comprising at least one party;
(B) identifying a candidate group that includes each of said plurality of parties other than said excluded group of parties;
(C) receiving, from said first party, a first-party utility value that said first party would associate with at least one of said plurality of different outcomes;
(D) receiving, from a second party, a second-party utility value that said second party would associate with at least one of said plurality of different outcomes, said second party being part of said candidate group; and
(E) determining which particular one of said plurality of outcomes should be selected based primarily on a set of utility values that comprises said second-party utility value, wherein said determining step at Step (E) is made without substantially considering said first-party utility value, and said identifying step at Step (A) is made without substantially considering said first-party utility value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for determining which of a plurality of different outcomes should be implemented, each of said plurality of outcomes comprising both a first outcome for a first decision to be made and a second outcome for a second decision to be made, said system being configured for:
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(A) for said first decision, identifying, from a plurality of parties;
(1) a first excluded group of parties, and (2) a first candidate group of parties;
(B) receiving a first group of candidate-group utility values comprising at least one utility value for at least one particular party within said first candidate group that said particular party within said first candidate group would associate with at least one outcome of said first decision;
(C) for said second decision, identifying, from said plurality of parties;
(1) a second excluded group of parties, and (2) a second candidate group of parties;
(D) receiving a second group of candidate-group utility values comprising at least one utility value for at least one particular party within said second candidate group that said particular party within said second candidate group would associate with at least one outcome of said second decision;
(E) receiving a first group of excluded-group utility values comprising at least one utility value for at least one particular party within said first excluded group that said particular party within said first excluded group would associate with said first decision;
(F) determining which of said plurality of different outcomes should be selected based primarily on a plurality of groups of utility values comprising said first and second groups of candidate-group utility values, wherein;
said determining Step (F) is made without substantially considering said first group of excluded-group utility values, and said identifying Step (A) is made without substantially considering said first-party utility value. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for determining which particular party of a plurality of parties should receive a set of rights, said plurality of parties consisting of a particular number of parties, said method comprising:
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receiving a bid from each of said plurality of parties;
with a probability of about [(the number of particular parties−
1)/(the number of particular parties)] determining that the highest bidder of said plurality of parties should receive said set of rights; and
with a probability of about [1/(the number of particular parties)], determining that the second highest bidder of said plurality of parties should receive said set of rights. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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52. A system for attributing a plurality of obligations to a plurality of parties, said system being adapted for executing the steps of:
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(A) identifying a first party of the plurality of parties as an excluded party;
(B) receiving, from a second party of the plurality of parties, a cost value that the second party would incur if the second party were assigned a set of obligations comprising at least one of said obligations; and
(C) determining, for each particular one of said obligations, which party of said plurality of parties should be assigned that particular obligation, wherein;
the determining step at Step (C) is based primarily on a set of cost values that comprises the second-party cost value;
the identifying step at Step (A) is made randomly such that each party is excluded with a probability of about [1/(the number of particular parties)], and in the determining step at step (C), no obligation is attributed to the excluded party. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54)
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