It's the transpose of M that is stochastic. So you can either postr multiply
by M or pre-multiply by the transpose of M.
Forest
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Form a matrix M whose entry in row i and column j is the percentage of
ballots on which alternative j is the highest ranked alternative that is not
majority defeated by alternative i.
[By definition no alternative is majority defeated by itself, so if every
alternative ranked higher tha
Forest,
--- "Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> 5 AC
> 1 C
> 5 BC.
>
> C is the Condorcet winner, but the method will pick C only when the
> middle voter is not the first one in the cancellation sequence.
>
> Here's my suggested fix. If v and w are the first and last voters in
Since I only get the digest version of the elections methods postings, I didn't
realize that Kevin had already suggested the sequential version of voter
cancellation in which (after the first) each successive voter "cancellation"
is decided by the most recently cancelled voter.
This method ha
