[EM] Re: Sincere Methods

2005-03-24 Thread Forest Simmons
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:50:26 +0100 From: Jobst Heitzig [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no sincere way to specify utilities. Prove me wrong and tell me what a sincere utility could possibly be! How about the probability that the candidate in question would represent me accurately in his vote on a

[EM] Re: Sincere methods

2005-03-23 Thread Andrew Myers
From: Juho Laatu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All, In an earlier mail I brought up the question what would be the best Condorcet completion method in the case that we would have the luxury of sincere votes. I would appreciate your comments on this. Any opinions? ... I would think that if

[EM] Re: Sincere methods

2005-03-23 Thread Juho Laatu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that if votes are sincere, the best voting method would not be Condorcet at all. It would be for each voter to assign a number of points to each candidate representing the utility they ascribe to that candidate. The candidate with the largest total utility