At 08:43 PM 12/5/2006, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
>Yes, election day was a long time ago, but I reside in a remote rural area,
>and I don't often get to a computer.
Welcome back, Mr. Ossipoff.
>I already knew this, but it occurred to me again that, if we have to have
>representative government, it woul
In my last message I claimed that the rainbow method based on MMPO was clone
proof like the one based on Approval. However, I now doubt that the one based
on MMPO is clone proof because MMPO itself fails clone winner. I don't think
that Rainbow can convert a clone independence failure into a
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message follows below,
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Dear Elections Methods,
The Alabama Paradox involves the reality that a state can get fewer
seats in a parliament with a larger size. This can happen using the
Largest Remainder Method.
There are various forms of axioms that can be assumed about how a
good apportionment method should beha
Dear Election List,
The issue of whether or not a particular method of apportionment is
biased is rather complex it seems to me. Although I greatly respect
the work of Balinski and Young I do not find the discussion they have
about bias totally compelling. (Look at the diagram on page 72 of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>James,
>This looks like a valuable book. Unfortunately, at a list price of
>$115, not many people are going to be willing to buy it. In
>fact, I'm sure that the main reason for the high price is that the
>book is expected to be sold almost entirely to libraries and to
>ac
I accidentally said that Hill has "unbias". I meant to say that it has bias.
Mike Ossipoff
p.s. Right now is close to the anniversary of the date when Webster was
replaced by Hill, for apportioning the House.
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As Joe pointed out, the transfer property leaves some room for
matter-of-opinion disagreement, at leasts for Hill vs Webster.
But let's go back to the simple definitions of proportionality and bias.
Two variables are proportional if they're related by a linear function.
Unbias means that seats
