An approximation method for power indices for voting games
OA Location
Author(s)
Fatima, SS
Wooldridge, M
Jennings, Nick
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
The Shapley value and Banzhaf index are two well known indices for measuring the power a player has in a voting game. However, the problem of computing these indices is computationally hard. To overcome this problem, we analyze approximation methods for computing these indices. Although these methods have polynomial time complexity, finding an approximate Shapley value using them is easier than finding an approximate Banzhaf index. We also find the absolute error for the methods and show that this error for the Shapley value is lower than that for the Banzhaf index.
Date Issued
2009
Citation
2009, pp.72-86
Start Page
72
End Page
86
Copyright Statement
© 2009 IFAAMAS
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/267193/
Source
Proc 2nd Int Workshop on Agent-Based Complex Automated Negotiations
Source Place
Budapest, Hungary
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Publication Status
Unpublished
Start Date
2009-05-10
Finish Date
2009-05-15