[EM] Newbie de-lurks to propose a clone-proof Borda method

2005-05-24 Thread Ken Kuhlman
Eric Gorr wrote: >Ken Kuhlman wrote:>> The method proposed below, which I call "Correlated Instant>> Borda Runoff," is basically a tweak of Baldwin to solve the clone problem. >There seems to be a problem with a case where a high-correlation would >exist, but there are not actual clones...i.e. y

Re: [EM] Newbie de-lurks to propose a clone-proof Borda method

2005-05-24 Thread Eric Gorr
Ken Kuhlman wrote: The method proposed below, which I call "Correlated Instant Borda Runoff," is basically a tweak of Baldwin to solve the clone problem. There seems to be a problem with a case where a high-correlation would exist, but there are not actual clones...i.e. your method may unfair

[EM] Newbie de-lurks to propose a clone-proof Borda method

2005-05-24 Thread Ken Kuhlman
I've recently become interested in election methods, and have noticed that while the Borda count has been shown to have many desirable properties, it is customarily dismissed because of its susceptibility to clones.   The method proposed below, which I call "Correlated Instant Borda Runoff," is ba

Re: [EM] MMPO, MinGS

2005-05-24 Thread Kevin Venzke
Russ, --- Russ Paielli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: > Kevin, > > MMPO sounds interesting -- even though it fails the Condorcet criterion. I consider that particular failing to be minor. The SDSC failure with 4+ candidates is what alarms me, and what led me to suggest using CDTT methods. > I not

Re: [EM] RE: MMPO, FBC, Raynaud

2005-05-24 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Forest, --- "Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Kevin, thanks for supplying the details of MMPO's FBC compliance. > > I never doubted it since I suggested it back in March 2003, inspired by your > "median winner" > method for two slot ballots. Hmm, interesting. Since understan

Re: [EM] MMPO satisfies FBC in the general case

2005-05-24 Thread Russ Paielli
Russ Paielli 6049awj02-at-sneakemail.com |EMlist| wrote: Kevin, MMPO sounds interesting -- even though it fails the Condorcet criterion. I note that it selects the candidate with the minimum of the maximum pairwise votes against. Just out of curiousity, have you (or anyone else, as far as you