Computational social choice (COMSOC) studies principled ways to aggregate conflicting individual preferences into collective decisions. In this paper, we call for an increased effort towards Computational Social Choice: Research & Development (COMSOC-R&D), a problem-driven research agenda that explicitly aims to design, implement, and test collective decision-making systems in the real world. We articulate the defining features of COMSOC-R&D, argue for its value, and discuss various roadblocks and possible solutions.
翻译:计算社会选择(COMSOC)研究将相互冲突的个人偏好聚合为集体决策的原则性方法。在本文中,我们呼吁加大对计算社会选择:研究与开发(COMSOC-R&D)的投入,这是一个问题驱动的研究议程,明确旨在设计、实现和测试现实世界中的集体决策系统。我们阐述了COMSOC-R&D的定义特征,论证了其价值,并讨论了各种障碍及可能的解决方案。