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Undergraduate Paper Session

Undergraduate Paper Session #5.5

Subevent of Undergraduate Paper Session #5

Times: Starts at 2026 Mar 28 11:40AM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Stagewise comparison

Dulanjana Amarasekera <damarasekera@students.apsu.edu>, Austin Peay State University

Coauthors: James Church

Abstract:

The traditional pairwise comparison voting method is not widely used, as evidenced by the fact that no national-level elections use it. One of the main reasons for this is that, unlike in elections with few candidates, national elections tend to have a large number of candidate, which dramatically increase the time required to evaluate the votes and determine the winners. In this research, we propose a new method for conducting elections, the stagewise comparison method, to hold elections with a large number of candidates and return results faster than using the traditional pairwise comparison method. This method requires dividing candidate pools into successively smaller pools and making pairwise comparisons among the candidates. We conclude by demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach in terms of time and resources required to conduct such an election.

Notes:

The research currently is going on and is considering factors such as time and man power.

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