Dear Kevin, you wrote (27 March 2005): > The simulation works this way: There are five randomly-sized > factions, which each rank a random number of the 4 candidates. > The first faction always first votes C>D, and then changes > their vote to C>D>A. When this causes C or D to lose, it's a > Later-no-harm failure. If it causes one of them to win, it's > a Later-no-*help* failure.
I suggest that (for the sake of completeness) you should also indicate in how many cases ranking the additional candidate A changed the winner from one of the other unranked candidates to candidate A. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info