Re: [EM] Markus, 2 March, '05, 1317 GMT

2005-03-02 Thread Markus Schulze
Dear Mike, I wrote (27 Feb 2005): > Election methods are defined on _cast_ preferences > and not on _sincere_ preferences. Therefore, whether > a given election method passes a given criterion > must depend only on how this method handles _cast_ > preferences. Therefore, a criterion can be well de

[EM] Markus, 2 March, ยด05, 1317 GMT

2005-03-02 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Markus-- You said: I wrote (27 Feb 2005): So you say that it is impossible to define WDSC, SDSC, and FBC in terms of cast preferences? You wrote (27 Feb 2005): Either it's impossible, or else no one has yet succeeded. Does it matter which it is? Yes, it does matter. Election methods are defined on