Re: [EM] MAM-d vs. The River

2004-04-16 Thread Markus Schulze
Hallo, unlike the ranked pairs method, the river method satisfies Steve Eppley's "independence from Pareto-dominated alternatives" (IPDA). ** > Clone independence might depend on how he handles > same-size majorities. I guess with the random voter hierarchy also the river method satisfies i

[EM] MAM-d vs. The River

2004-04-16 Thread Ernest Prabhakar
Hi all, I'm still trying to wrap my head around Jobst's 'River' method.I bugged Steve Eppley into offering an opinion, which he kindly agreed to let me repost. Jobst, is this a fair characterization? Do you claim The River's sole virtue over other Tideman derivatives as 'easy of paper cr