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Roberto Was Attacked While He Was Walking in the Park

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Roberto was attacked while he was walking in the park.The police who are investigating the crime ask Roberto to describe his attacker in as much detail as possible.Which type of task are the police using


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Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

A theorem that demonstrates the impossibility of devising a social welfare function that satisfies all of a specified set of reasonable conditions simultaneously.

Majority Rule

A decision-making rule in which policies or choices are decided based on the preference of the majority of participants.

Transitive Preferences

A condition in decision-making where if an individual prefers option A over B, and B over C, then the individual also prefers A over C.

Condorcet

A method of decision making, named after the French mathematician Marquis de Condorcet, that identifies the option that would win a majority of votes in all possible pairings against each of the other options.

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