--- Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit :
Also seems to me that "low-utility candidate" gets misused:
ABC says that this voter assigns most utility to A and something less - perhaps negative - to C. Voter has placed B between - PERHAPS almost as positive as A; PERHAPS almost as negative as C.
Looking at the initial estimates above, A and C could perhaps be rated as low-utility with some voters rating A or C as high-utility and others giving each the opposite rating. B could possibly be rated as moderate-utility, for noone has assigned B last choice.
If you don't think "utility" is a useful idea, you should just say that, rather than redefine it to mean what no one else is talking about.
In the scenario this involves, A and C ON AVERAGE had quite a bit more utility (almost 50) than B (over 15). That "no one has assigned B last choice" is completely irrelevant to utility. It's not about relative preference.
It is obvious that the A and C supporters would have to agree that B is low-utility for them to have any agreement. They don't have to agree that B is the worst.
So utility has SOME KIND of value which i have demonstrated I do not understand. How about letting me in on the secret.
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