Markus, Unfortunately I don't have time to study it now, but a quick perusal makes it seem written in a clear, easily-understood style of writing.
Am I to assume that this method solves the problem of irrelevant alternatives (the spoiler problem) in all cases unlike both plurality and IRV? I do not know what "clone-independent" means (perhaps I should by now). Thanks. Kathy > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:27:07 +0200 > From: Markus Schulze <markus.schu...@alumni.tu-berlin.de> > To: election-meth...@electorama.com > Subject: [EM] Schulze Method > Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.1.20100918222504.06bd6...@alumni.tu-berlin.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hallo, > > I have uploaded a new version of my paper > "A New Monotonic, Clone-Independent, ...": > > http://m-schulze.webhop.net/schulze1.pdf > > I have shortened my paper from 167 pages > to 64 pages. The new version is simpler > and more stringent than the old version > (because, in the new version, I use one > and only one heuristic for the Schulze > method). The proofs are simpler because > I moved the random ballot tie-breaker > from section 2 to section 5. > > Markus Schulze > > > Kathy Dopp http://electionmathematics.org Town of Colonie, NY 12304 "One of the best ways to keep any conversation civil is to support the discussion with true facts." Fundamentals of Verifiable Elections http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=174 Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf View some of my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1451051 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info