Re: [EM] Search Engines Election Methods?

2004-05-07 Thread Forest Simmons
You might be interested in a paper entitled Rank Aggregation Revisited, on this topic. A google search for it will easily turn up pdf copies, for example at http:\\faculty.cs.tamu.edu/klappi/311/dwork.pdf This is the article that introduced me to the local kemenization that I have alluded to

[EM] MinMax (opp votes) with AERLO

2004-05-07 Thread Forest Simmons
How about using Mike's AERLO feature with MinMax opposing votes? MinMax (opp) is a method in which it is natural to allow equal rankings for first place, and satisfies the FBC when equal top rankings are allowed, since ranking Favorite below Compromise doesn't help Compromise any more than

[EM] IRV - how many candidates per party?

2004-05-07 Thread Toplak Jurij
There are several IRV experts on the list. I am sure you are aware ofits practical use, too. I'd like to know, how many candidates are usually offered by the same party in IRV? Only one? Two or more? IRV is used in San Francisco and some other places. Since US has two-party system,

[EM] I found a study from Emmanuel Mangin (in French)

2004-05-07 Thread David GLAUDE
Hello, I don't know the quality of this: * http://www.autourdulibre.org/2003/article34.html If some of you speak french or want to reuse some of that repport, it is possible since it is under GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2, November 2002. I do not like the confusion between eVoting

[EM] Re: IRV - how many candidates per party?

2004-05-07 Thread Toplak Jurij
I should add a question to the post below: Is IRV in San Francisco and other places used to replace primaries+general election or is it used only for general elections while primaries take place at some other time earlier? There are several IRV experts on the list. I

Re: [EM] IRV - how many candidates per party?

2004-05-07 Thread Dave Ketchum
There are several IRV experts on the list. I am sure you are aware of its practical use, too. I will respond for ranked ballots, for IRV and Condorcet use the same ballots and my responses apply to both. I'd like to know, how many candidates are usually offered by the same party in IRV? Only