Re: [EM] attempt of a grand compromise

2004-10-17 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Steve! you wrote: I'm not sure which strategy criteria Jobst credited me with, but I suspect they're the ones for which I credit Mike Ossipoff: minimal defense, which is nearly the same as Mike's strong defensive strategy criterion (SDSC). non-drastic defense, which is

Re: [EM] Approval vs. IRV

2004-10-17 Thread Brian Olson
On Oct 15, 2004, at 7:24 AM, Eric Gorr wrote: At 11:15 PM -0700 10/14/04, James Cooper wrote: could you explain the details of how ER-IRV (whole and fractional) are tabulated? I have Equal Ranking IRV Whole Fractional implemented within my voting calculator. You should be able to discern how

Re: [EM] attempt of a grand compromise

2004-10-17 Thread James Green-Armytage
Dear Jobst and Steve, Please allow me to join your conversation. Jobst, you wrote: As to TRUNCATION RESISTANCE, I fear the proposal might FAIL that because of the specific definition of defeat strength. With defeat strength = winning votes, this criterion also follows from immunity, but

[EM] strong defensive strategy criterion

2004-10-17 Thread James Green-Armytage
Dear election methods fans, I suggest that ordinary winning votes methods (beatpath, ranked pairs, river, etc.) fails Mike Ossipoff's strong defensive strategy criterion, according to what I think is the most reasonable interpretation of that criterion, whereas cardinal pairwise passes