Definition:
A social welfare function is a mapping from allocations of goods or rights among people to the real
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Such a social welfare function (abbreviated SWF) might describe the preferences of an individual over social states, or might describe outcomes of a process that made allocations, whether or not individuals had preferences over those outcomes.
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