Re: [Condorcet] RE:[EM] MinMax(ao)

2005-09-10 Thread Rob Lanphier
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 18:58 -0700, Simmons, Forest wrote: If MinMax(AO) turns out to satisfy clone winner, then I think it would be the best AWP proposal, because it would be simpler to explain than Beatpath or Ranked Pairs, and no harder to explain than Copeland, especially when you take

RE: [Condorcet] RE:[EM] MinMax(ao)

2005-09-10 Thread Kevin Venzke
Forest, --- Simmons, Forest [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Yes, this is the measure of defeat strength used in AWP, but here's the question: Is AWP based on River the same as AWP based on MinMax? I think the answer for AWP is no. All these methods using WA are the same probably because any

RE: [EM] MinMax(ao)

2005-09-09 Thread Kevin Venzke
Forest, --- Simmons, Forest [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : --- Simmons, Forest [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : This brings up a question. How good is MinMax(Approval Against)? By Approval Against I mean number of ballots on which X is approved and Y is not. I call this approval

RE:[EM] MinMax(ao)

2005-09-09 Thread Simmons, Forest
I wrote ... Yes, this is the measure of defeat strength used in AWP, but here's the question: Is AWP based on River the same as AWP based on MinMax? Somewhat surprisingly, the answer to the analogous question for winning approval as a measure of defeat strength is affirmative: