Dear Steve, you wrote (5 Nov 2004): > If he thinks it matters, hopefully Markus will tell us > which MTM tiebreaker he has in mind.
Your "minimize thwarted majorities" (MTM) method has been defined here (23 Feb 2000): http://lists.electorama.com/htdig.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com/2000-February/003600.html > Minimize Thwarted Majorities (MTM) > ---------------------------------- > If Vij > Vji and the social ordering ranks j ahead of i, > then the social ordering "thwarts" the Vij majority who > ranked i ahead of j. > > Select as the social ordering the ordering which > minimizes thwarted majorities. > > By "minimizing" thwarted majorities, I mean that to compare two > orderings to see which is better, we compare each ordering's > largest thwarted majority. If that's a tie then compare their > second largest, etc. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info