[EM] SSD and BeatpathWinner

2003-11-25 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Markus-- You said: When Mike means Schwartz Sequential Dropping (aka Beatpath Method) with "Condorcet's method" I reply: But I didn't say that that's all that I mean by Condorcet's method. There are a number of good versions of Condorcet's method. Here are some of them: Schwartz Sequntial Drop

Re: [EM] Re: Approval Strategy A- Question for Rob LeGrand

2003-11-25 Thread Kevin Venzke
Forest, --- Forest Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > If there were one more C and one more B, the list with replications would > look like CCABB|BBDDD. This time there are the same number of B's > on both sides of the halfway mark. > > I suggest that we go with Kevin's suggestio

Re: [EM] Re: Approval Strategy A- Question for Rob LeGrand

2003-11-25 Thread Forest Simmons
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Rob LeGrand wrote: > > > What is the function of "last own vote?" > > Nothing important, really, but it's used to implement what I call strategy > B (the Poll Assumption in section 7.4 of Approval Voting by Steven Brams) > and strategy I (adjust your previous Approval strate

[EM] Re: Approval Strategy A- Question for Rob LeGrand

2003-11-25 Thread Dgamble997
Kevin Venzke wrote: >I would guess that any single-winner method which produces proportional results >on the whole, is actually producing garbage results, if you focus on any >particular >district. Consider Random Ballot to see what I'm getting at. Yes Random Ballot, randomly selecting a ballot p

Re: [EM] Adam Tarr, Mr. Greeene, Rob L., Eric G.: Important Condorcet news

2003-11-25 Thread Markus Schulze
Mike Ossipoff wrote (25 Nov 2003): > An elected official is considering writing a bill to > enact Condorcet's method. Condorcetists are needed to > to answer questions at a Condorcet tutorial meeting, > and possibly to testify at a hearing about Condorcet's > method. When Mike means Schwartz Seque