We investigate how robust are results of committee elections to small changes in the input
preference orders, depending on the voting rules used. We find that for typical rules the …

We investigate how robust the results of committee elections are with respect to small
changes in the input preference orders, depending on the voting rules used. We find that for …

Spectrum-based fault localization (SFL) techniques have shown considerable effectiveness
in localizing software faults. They leverage a ranking metric to automatically assign …

Mistakes made by humans, or machines, commonly arise when managing ballots cast in an
election. In the 2013 Australian Federal Election, for example, 1,370 West Australian Senate …

Given a large number of users preferences as inputs over a large number of items,
preference queries leverage different preference aggregation methods to aggregate …

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and Single Transferable Voting (STV) are widely valued; but
are complex to understand due to intricate per-round vote transfers. Questions like …

In the context of increasing automation of Australian electoral processes, and accusations of
deliberate interference in elections in Europe and the USA, it is worthwhile understanding …

This thesis is concerned with investigating elements of computational social choice in the
light of real-world applications. We contribute to a better understanding of the areas of fair …

Multi-stage and multi-winner voting rules are playing an increasingly important role in
society. The former consists of a large number of various procedures of multiple rounds …

In the context of increasing automation of Australian electoral processes, and accusations of
deliberate interference in elections in Europe and the USA, it is worthwhile understanding …