Re: [EM] Voting space graphs, varying sigma

2008-12-05 Thread fsimmons
I like these ideas for varying sigma and keeping down the computational cost of detecting failure of starlike win regions. Let sigma1 and sigma2, respectively, be the distance between the two closest and the distance between the two most widely separated candidates. Then a range of values bet

[EM] Voting space graphs, varying sigma

2008-12-04 Thread Raph Frank
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:18 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Imagine starting with a non-normal distribution with a sharp, infinite > central peak at the origin of a coordinate > system, say with a probability density function given by rho = (1/r)/e^r, > where r is the distance from the > origin

[EM] Voting space graphs, varying sigma

2008-12-03 Thread Brian Olson
http://bolson.org/voting/sim_one_seat/20081203/ Tight population grouping at the left moving to widely spread on the right. Brian Olson http://bolson.org/ (Sent from my iPhone) Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info