New Book: Handbook of Computational Social Choice

The Handbook of Computational Social Choice, edited by Felix Brandt (Munich), Vincent Conitzer (Duke), Ulle Endriss (ILLC), Jérôme Lang (Paris), and Ariel Procaccia (Carnegie Mellon) has just appeared with Cambridge University Press.

Description: The rapidly growing field of computational social choice, at the intersection of computer science and economics, deals with the computational aspects of collective decision making. This handbook, written by thirty-six prominent members of the computational social choice community, covers the field comprehensively. Chapters devoted to each of the field's major themes offer detailed introductions. Topics include voting theory (such as the computational complexity of winner determination and manipulation in elections), fair allocation (such as algorithms for dividing divisible and indivisible goods), coalition formation (such as matching and hedonic games), and many more. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science, economics, mathematics, political science, and philosophy will benefit from this accessible and self-contained book.

Availability: The digital edition of the book is freely available at the Handbook's website maintained by Cambridge University Press at http://www.cambridge.org/9781107060432. Find it under "Resources" und use the password cam1CSC to unlock it. This password can be distributed openly and legally. Alternatively, the hardcopy can be purchased directly from Cambridge University Press or through your favourite online retailer or local bookshop.

For more information, contact Ulle Endriss (ulle.endriss at uva.nl).