I LIKE IRV-C, though I would emphasize its Condorcet parentage more than
Rob suggests.
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:35:29 + (UTC) Rob Brown wrote:
I like IRV-P. I also would like IRV-C, for Condorcet. With the latter,
the named after a person part is played down, but still making a reference
I also like descriptive naming.
Ditto.
Jameson Quinn has suggested the names Instant Round Robin Voting (IRRV)
and Instant Pairwise Runoff Voting (IPRV) as alternative names for
Condorcet methods.
I like having round robin in the name because I think it is a familiar
concept to most people.
Is this Condorcet Method (the subject of the following message) another name for
Kemeny's method?
IRV-P. Another name for Condorcet?
http://electorama.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=59mode=threadorder=0thold=0
What's in a name?,
Steve Barney
Election-methods mailing
Hi folks!
I never liked naming things after people because (1) it is almost always
questionable whether the person getting the credit has deserved it and
(ii) such names don't tell anything about the thing. As we all know, a
Condorcet method was already described, studied, and applied by Ramon
