From: Brian Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [EM] How to break this tie?
On Feb 10, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Forest Simmons wrote:
A1>A2>A3>B>C
B>C>A2>A3>A1
C>A3>A1>A2>B
I don't suppose it would help to know that just about every system I've
implemented answers "C", eh?
The A's form a clone set, whi
Dear Forest,
you wrote (8 Dec 2004):
> A subset B of candidates is a beat clone set if and only if every member
> of the complement of B that beats any member of B beats all members of B,
> and any member of the complement of B that is beaten by one member of B is
> beaten by all members of B.
In
On Feb 10, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Forest Simmons wrote:
A1>A2>A3>B>C
B>C>A2>A3>A1
C>A3>A1>A2>B
I don't suppose it would help to know that just about every system I've
implemented answers "C", eh?
http://betterpolls.com/et?vrr=-clist&if=-
cname&cand=5&seats=1&data=A1%3EA2%3EA3%3EB%3EC%0D%0AB%3EC%3EA2
Ron,
I can't follow your proposal, so I doubt that the BC voters will find it
simple.Can you give me (and/or the list) an example?
Chris Benham
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Suppose the electorate is divided into the following three factions of
equal size:
x A1>A2>A3>B>C
x B>C>A2>A3>A1
x C>A3>A1>A2>B
How should this tie be resolved?
Every candidate is in the Dutta set.
Random Ballot Dutta gives the win to A1, B, or C with probability one
third each.
Spruced up Rand
I´d said:
About the hypothetical polling with verifiable results: For one voter to
deceive another voter about things like who will have a majority or who
will outpoll whom, it would be necessary to for him to know something that
the other voter doesn´t know. I can´t deceive you about something
