Re: [EM] lying to pollsters (was comparative effectiveness ...)

2005-02-03 Thread Russ Paielli
Forest Simmons simmonfo-at-up.edu |EMlist| wrote: From: Russ Paielli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So what is the optimal strategy in responding to an Approval poll? Do any or all voters have an incentive to lie about their cutoff point -- or perhaps to even rearrange their preference order before drawing t

Re: [EM] SCHULZE never used word "fairness" (was Re: MIKE OSSIPOFF vs The list...

2005-02-03 Thread Russ Paielli
Craig Carey research-at-ijs.co.nz |EMlist| wrote: I shall quit this mailing list immediately after writing this, to get away from some people here: * the arrogant idtio and liar, "MIKE OSSIPOFF"; * the 'Less than Zero' student with too much that is dishonest to say, Mr Green-Armytage, an

Re: [EM] Comparative Effectiveness of Approval and Condorcet in the case of a three candidate cycle.

2005-02-03 Thread Gervase Lam
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:45:15 -0800 > From: Russ Paielli > Subject: Re: [EM] Comparative Effectiveness of Approval and Condorcet > in the case of a three candidate cycle. > I've already brought up the issue of inaccurate polling data, and I > think the effect of such uncertainty needs t

Re: [EM] SCHULZE never used word "fairness" (was Re: MIKE OSSIPOFF vs The list...

2005-02-03 Thread Markus Schulze
Dear Craig Carey, you wrote (4 Feb 2005): > IFPP satisfied many types of Woodall's monotonicity > since it is Truncation Resistant too. Your IFPP method violates: mono-raise mono-raise-random mono-raise-delete mono-add-top mono-add-plump mono-remove-bottom mono-sub-top mono-sub-p

[EM] SCHULZE never used word "fairness" (was Re: MIKE OSSIPOFF vs The list...

2005-02-03 Thread Craig Carey
I told Mr Schulze that he was all wrong about 4 candidate IFPP, 20 hours 47 minutes before he made public the same wrong ideas. The explanation is that Mr Schulze says he is talking about IFPP and he is not. IFPP satisfied many types of Woodall's monotonicity since it is Truncation Resistant too

[EM] lying to pollsters (was comparative effectiveness ...)

2005-02-03 Thread Forest Simmons
From: Russ Paielli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [EM] Comparative Effectiveness of Approval and Condorcet in the case of a three candidate cycle. Yes, Approval does have some nice properties under the ideal conditions of DSV, but let me play "devil's advocate" again and bring up some "

[EM] Re: simulating an Approval campaign/election

2005-02-03 Thread Forest Simmons
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:45:57 -0800 (PST) From: Rob LeGrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [EM] Re: simulating an Approval campaign/election Forest wrote: Actually, DSV with Strategy A can sometimes converge to a stable equilibrium even when there is no Condorcet Winner: 4900 C 2400 B 2700 A>B Rob r