On 22.6.2011, at 2.53, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote:
I am more convinced than ever that the best way to measure defeat strength in
Beatpath (aka CSSD) is
by giving the covering relation the highest priority
Being uncovered is a positive criterion in the sense that it tries to improve
the outcome
What is the difference between least extra votes and MinMax(margins)? Isn't
least extra votes pretty much the definition of MinMax(margins)? (assuming
that the extra votes rank the candidate in question first)
Juho
On 22.6.2011, at 10.28, Jameson Quinn wrote:
My impression was that the
2011/6/23 Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk
What is the difference between least extra votes and MinMax(margins)?
Isn't least extra votes pretty much the definition of MinMax(margins)?
(assuming that the extra votes rank the candidate in question first)
Sorry, you're right. I was thinking that
From: Jameson Quinn
To: robert bristow-johnson
Cc: Markus Schulze ,
election-meth...@electorama.com
Subject: Re: [EM] Eric Maskin promotes the Black method
and we've all been groping for a name for this primary voting
criteria that
is not this non-American, Frenchie, probably
In sports round robin tournaments where burial strategy is meaningless, what is
the best measure of
defeat strength? In other words, if you were going to use, say, beatpath to
find a total order of the teams
from best to worst after the conclusion of a tournament, would you use wv,
margins,
Marcus wrote:
Maskin's argumentation doesn't work because
of the following reason: Whether an election
method is good or bad depends on which criteria
it satisfies.
Now, if good and bad are defined by which criteria methods satisfy, it
seems to me that having introduced judgement we need
Paul Kislanko wrote:
Marcus wrote:
Maskin's argumentation doesn't work because
of the following reason: Whether an election
method is good or bad depends on which criteria
it satisfies.
Now, if good and bad are defined by which criteria methods satisfy, it
seems to me that having
