The complexity of controlling candidate-sequential elections

@article{Hemaspaandra2017TheCO,
  title={The complexity of controlling candidate-sequential elections},
  author={Edith Hemaspaandra and Lane A. Hemaspaandra and J{\"o}rg Rothe},
  journal={Theor. Comput. Sci.},
  year={2017},
  volume={678},
  pages={14-21}
}
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