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

I wrote: > "Clone-ness" thus can't be a binary factor that is either "on" or "off," > but a continuous function. I fear this isn't blunt enough, so let me restate: The fundamental problem with a plain Borda count isn't clones per se, it's that it doesn't directly take into consideration how cand

[EM] RE: CIBR

This looks promising. I like this kind of creativity. Three Questions: 1. Exactly how do you define correlation? 2. Do you re-calculate the correlations after each elimination? 3. What about clone triplets, quintuplets, etc.? Forest <> Election-methods mailing list - see http://el

[EM] MMPO

Forest-- You wrote: I was discouraged when Markus and Steve pointed out to me that MMPO failed Clone Winner, I reply: It seems to me that the way that MMPO or PC fails ICC, MMC, or GSFC, is not a failure that will be likely or frequent. Copeland fails ICC in a much more flagrant and prob