Manipulation with Bounded Single-Peaked Width : A Parameterized Study. Yang, Y., Saarlandes, U., Mmci, C., E., & Saarbrücken, D. 7(Mmci):77-85, 2015.
Manipulation with Bounded Single-Peaked Width : A Parameterized Study [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
We study the manipulation problem in elections with bounded single-peaked width from the parameterized complexity point of view. In particular, we focus on the Borda, Copelandα and Maximin voting correspondences. For Borda, we prove that the unweighted manipulation problem with two manipulators is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to single-peaked width. For Maximin and Copelandα for every 0 ≤ α ≤ 1, we prove that the unweighted manipulation problem is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to the combined parameter (k, t), where k denotes the single-peaked width and t denotes the number of manipulators. In addition, we study the weighted manipulation problem for Maximin and Copelandα for every 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 in single-peaked elections and achieve several polynomial-time solvability results.

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