Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:40:47 +0100
From: Jobst Heitzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [EM] Re: Approval/Condorcet Hybrids
Forest has made [a plausibility argument] that in public elections
it will be paramountly probable that there is either a CW or a
three-element covering set, that is, a cycle
>
>No, pairwise counting takes longer than Approval, nearly always., whether
>done by ballot or show of hands.
Oh, I wasn't trying to argue that a rough pairwise count is quicker than
approval. I was just saying that the extra time it takes is trivial unless
there is less than a few minu
James--
You wrote:
Do you mean a situation where there is less than a few minutes to come
to
a decision? I could see approval being helpful there. But if there is at
least that much time, it's quick enough to fill out a ranked ballot and
then count the key pairwise comparisons by show of h
James Green-Armytage > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:48 AM
>
> >This is an example of where expert jargon is counter-intuitive to a
> >beginner. If a completed ranked ballot looks like this:
> >CandiateRank
> >A 2
> >B 3
> >C 1
> >D 4
> >We tend to l
