I see, said the idiot. Please ignore my previous post on this topic. I was failing to comprehend the intricacies of the difference between Bucklin and ER-Bucklin(whole), some of which are explained below by Kevin Venzke.
Jim Faran On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 10:05, Kevin Venzke wrote: > James, > > --- James Green-Armytage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > Kevin, you wrote: > > >This seems like a new interpretation. I believe both this interpretation > > >and > > >ERB(fractional) satisfy monotonicity, since in neither method can raising > > >a candidate cause any other candidate to get their votes earlier. > > > > Does my interpretation of ER-Bucklin(whole) satisfy FBC? (And, in my > > terminology, ZCRIC?) My guess is that it does. Here's a reference for the > > my ER-Bucklin(whole)definition: > > http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/ER-Bucklin > > I think it does, too, since if X wins and one faction raises X and Y to the > top, only X and Y can receive their votes earlier. (That is, there is always > a way to place Y at the top without changing the winner to someone worse than > X.) > > But median rating might be an easier way to get these properties. > > Kevin Venzke > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com > ---- > Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info