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The performance of majority vote by an odd number of voters in a dichotomous situation is a much-studied subject. In this paper, we study the performance of group consensus in a situation of polychotomous choice. The differences in majority vote behaviour between even and odd numbers of expert panellists are examined, and the effects of adding new members are derived. Unlike the dichotomous model, optimality in the present context may not be uniquely defined, so the probabilities of the consensus being “correct” or “erroneous” are both considered as the number of experts is increased.
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Lam, L., Suen, C.Y. Majority vote of even and odd experts in a polychotomous choice situation. Theor Decis 41, 13–36 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00134114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00134114