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\section{Conclusion}
\label{sec:conclusion}
We have looked at different possibilities for conducting the voting and winner
selection process for participatory budgeting. A budgeting scenario in the
mathematical sense has been described and methods for modeling voter
satisfaction are discussed. A deeper view on approval-based budgeting models has
been given where the voters are assumed to have dichotomous preferences. The
complexity of the different rules has been evaluated and contrasted to each
other. We have seen that aggregation methods cannot only be compared in terms of
complexity but also by using axioms that formulate desirable outcomes.
Future research might focus on not only incorporating monetary cost and
satisfaction into aggregating winning projects but also other factors such as
environmental costs, practicability of participatory budgeting methods as well
as scalability of these methods to a very high amount of projects and voters.
Interesting further questions are posed by the possibility to combine projects
that are indivisible with projects that are divisible under one aggregation
rule, leading to a host of \emph{hybrid models}. Because a lot of the methods
that have been theorized by researchers have not yet been implemented in
practice, research on feasibility could lead to a better understanding of what
works and what does not. Another area of research could focus on allowing
projects to be related to each other and reflecting those inter-relations in the
outcome while still maintaining a grip on the explosion of possible solutions.
Exploring more axioms and rule configurations is important for achieving a
complete picture of the possibilities within the field of computational social
choice. As a final point, research into user interface design during the voting
phase might uncover previously unknown impacts of ballot design on the resulting
selection of winning projects.
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