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We have three types of collective decision procedures:

1. Voting Method: given edata, outputs a sorted list of candidates, representing tied winners;
1. Voting Method: given edata, outputs a sorted list of candidates, representing tied winners (aka "social choice function");
2. Probabilistic Voting Method: given edata, outputs a dictionary whose keys are candidates and whose values are probabilities;
2. Social Welfare Function: given edata, outputs a [Ranking](ballots.md#ranking-class) of the candidates.
2. Social Welfare Function: given edata, outputs a [Ranking](ballots.md#ranking-class) of the candidates (aka "social ordering function").

We further categorize collective decision procedures based on the input from the voters:

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.. autofunction:: pref_voting.helper.vm_from_swf


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