A note on multinomial probabilistic values

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in "TOP". The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11750-017-0464-1Multinomial values were previously introduced by one of the authors in reliability and extended later to all cooperative games. Here, we present for this subfamily of probabilistic values three new results, previously stated only for binomial semivalues in the literature. They concern the dimension of the subspace spanned by the multinomial values and two characterizations: one, individual, for each multinomial value; another, collective, for the whole subfamily they form. Finally, an application to simple games is providedPeer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Amplitude of weighted majority game strict representations

Some real situations which may be described as weighted majority games can be modified when some players increase or decrease their weights and/or the quota is modified. Nevertheless, some of these modifications do not change the game. In the present work we shall estimate the maximal percentage variations in the weights and the quota which may be allowed without changing the game (amplitude). For this purpose we have to use strict representations of weighted majority games

On the axiomatic characterization of the coalitional multinomial probabilistic values

The coalitional multinomial probabilistic values extend the notion of multinomial probabilistic value to games with a coalition structure, in such a way that they generalize the symmetric coalitional binomial semivalues and link and combine the Shapley value and the multinomial probabilistic values. By considering the property of balanced contributions within unions, a new axiomatic characterization is stated for each one of these coalitional values, provided that it is defined by a positive tendency profile, by means of a set of logically independent properties that univocally determine the value. Two applications are also shown: (a) to the Madrid Assembly in Legislature 2015–2019 and (b) to the Parliament of Andalucía in Legislature 2018–2022.This research project was partially supported by funds from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under grant PID2019-104987GB-I00.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

The Owen and the Owen-Banzhaf values applied to the study of the Madrid Assembly and the Andalusian Parliament in legislature 2015-2019

This work focuses on the Owen value and the Owen-Banzhaf value, two classical concepts of solution defined on games with structure of coalition blocks. We provide a computation procedure for these solutions based on a method of double-level work obtained from the multilinear extension of the original game. Moreover, two applications to several possible political situations in the Madrid Assembly and the Andalusian Parliament (legislatures 2015-2019) are also given.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

A method to calculate generalized mixed modified semivalues: application to the Catalan Parliament (legislature 2012-2016)

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11750-014-0356-6”.We focus on generalized mixed modified semivalues, a family of coalitional values. They apply to games with a coalition structure by combining a (induced) semivalue in the quotient game, but share within each union the payoff so obtained by applying different (induced) semivalues to a game that concerns only the players of that union. A computation procedure in terms of the multilinear extension of the original game is also provided and an application to the Catalan Parliament (legislature 2012-2016) is shownPeer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Bisemivalues for bicooperative games

We introduce bisemivalues for bicooperative games and we also provide an interesting characterization of this kind of values by means of weighting coefficients in a similar way as it was given for semivalues in the context of cooperative games. Moreover, the notion of induced bisemivalues on lower cardinalities also makes sense and an adaptation of Dragan’s recurrence formula is obtained. For the particular case of (p, q)-bisemivalues, a computational procedure in terms of the multilinear extension of the game is given.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Multinomial probabilistic values

Multinomial probabilistic values were introduced by one of us in reliability. Here we define them for all cooperative games and illustrate their behavior in practice by means of an application to the analysis of a political problem.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author’s final draft

Decisiveness of decisive symmetric games

Reseach supported by Grant SGR 2009-01029 of the Catalonia Government (Generalitat de Catalunya) and Frants MTM 2006-06064 and MTM 2009-08037 of the Science and Innovation Spanish Ministry and the European Regional Development Fund.Binary voting systems, usually represented by simple games, constitute a main DSS topic. A crucial feature of such a system is the easiness with which a proposal can be collectively accepted, which is measured by the "decisiveness index" of the corresponding game. We study here several functions related to the decisiveness of any simple game. The analysis, including the asymptotic behavior as the number n of players increases, is restricited to decisive symmetric gammes and their compositions, and it is assumed that all players have a common probability p to vote for the proposal. We show that, for n large enough, a small variation, either positive or negaive, in p when p=1/2 takes the decisiveness to quickly approach , respectively, 1 or 0. Moreover, we analyze the speed of the decisiveness convergence.Preprin

Some properties for probabilistic and multinomial (probabilistic) values on cooperative games

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Optimization on 18-02-2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02331934.2016.1147035.We investigate the conditions for the coefficients of probabilistic and multinomial values of cooperative games necessary and/or sufficient in order to satisfy some properties, including marginal contributions, balanced contributions, desirability relation and null player exclusion property. Moreover, a similar analysis is conducted for transfer property of probabilistic power indices on the domain of simple games.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Semivalues: weighting coefficients and allocations on unanimity games

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Optimization letters. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11590-017-1224-8.Each semivalue, as a solution concept defined on cooperative games with a finite set of players, is univocally determined by weighting coefficients that apply to players’ marginal contributions. Taking into account that a semivalue induces semivalues on lower cardinalities, we prove that its weighting coefficients can be reconstructed from the last weighting coefficients of its induced semivalues. Moreover, we provide the conditions of a sequence of numbers in order to be the family of the last coefficients of any induced semivalues. As a consequence of this fact, we give two characterizations of each semivalue defined on cooperative games with a finite set of players: one, among all semivalues; another, among all solution concepts on cooperative games.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft