Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-24 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:21 PM 3/23/2008, Dave Ketchum wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:35:13 -0400 Warren Smith wrote: The YN model - a simple voting model in which range voting behaves optimally while many competing voting systems (including Condorcet) can behave pessimally:

[Election-Methods] Fwd: YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-24 Thread Warren Smith
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:35:13 -0400 Warren Smith wrote: The YN model - a simple voting model in which range voting behaves optimally while many competing voting systems (including Condorcet) can behave pessimally:

Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-24 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:27 PM 3/24/2008, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: So we eliminate, for the individual voter, the exact match candidate. We now have a choice of candidates who agree with the voter on three out of four issues. The problem, you will note, isn't solved on that web page. We could make a nice neat

Re: [Election-Methods] YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-24 Thread Warren Smith
thanks Abd. I was going to use Eric Gorr's online Condorcet calculator to do this election, but it turned out his calculator has bugs - probably related to my names being things like YYNY being too similar. Also his contact Gorr with email button also has a bug (it sends your message to nowhere)

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: YN model - simple voting model in which range optimal, others not

2008-03-24 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:53:42 -0400 Warren Smith wrote: On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:35:13 -0400 Warren Smith wrote: The YN model - a simple voting model in which range voting behaves optimally while many competing