Re: [EM] Divisor-based individual PR method?

2009-02-04 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: [snip] Oops, let's try those tables again. desiredactualdiff 100: A B C Dr(100/41) = 22 (B and D) << L0 68: A B Dr(68/41) = 22 (B and D)0 32: A C Dr(32/41) = 11 (D)0

[EM] Divisor-based individual PR method?

2009-02-04 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Here's a method I constructed today - it works by the concept of a divisor method, except that instead of using parties, it uses solid coalitions in the DSC/DAC sense. First, define the score for a potential council. The score is the error measure between the desired fraction of a coalition an

Re: [EM] Time of trouble? Or put a lid on it?

2009-02-04 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Tue, 3/2/09, Michael Allan wrote: > > > 3. Eventually reason prevails. The dwellers in > the favelas and > > > the peasents in the villages (despite long > suppressed bitterness > > > and anger) > > Juho Laatu wrote: > > > No need to be suppressed nor angry. Some > > may be but better