"Paul Kislanko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Your example is not relevant to the question. In an election only between
>Z
>and X, there are no other pairs to worry about.
Yes, it is relevant. This is one of the more generally accepted
definitions of a preference ranking: in an election bet
Forest Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I sympathize with the sentiments of those who would like to allow
>expression of intransitive preferences.
>
>In February of 1967 when I took "aptitude" tests after being sworn into
>the US Army, I noticed that there were lots of questions of preference,
Jobst Heitzig, you wrote:
> To give a concrete example: 3 candidates X,Y,Z, 3 aspects A1,A2,A3, and
>orderings X>Y>Z according to A1, Y>Z>X according to A2, Z>X>Y according
>to A3 (you all know this of course :-) The voter can either express no
>preference at all, or the cyclic preference X>Y
Forest Simmons > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:15 PM
>
> I sympathize with the sentiments of those who would like to
> allow expression of intransitive preferences.
>
> In February of 1967 when I took "aptitude" tests after being
> sworn into the US Army, I noticed that there were lots of
I sympathize with the sentiments of those who would like to allow
expression of intransitive preferences.
In February of 1967 when I took "aptitude" tests after being sworn into
the US Army, I noticed that there were lots of questions of preference,
for example, one was,"Do you like working at a d
Adam Tarr
>>I will reiterate that allowing voters to cast cyclic ballots simply makes
the method more complicated and increases the chance of a spoiled
ballot. Even if I didn't oppose it on theoretical grounds, I would oppose
it on practical grounds. Onward...
<<
It may make the collection sy
I will reiterate that allowing voters to cast cyclic ballots simply makes
the method more complicated and increases the chance of a spoiled
ballot. Even if I didn't oppose it on theoretical grounds, I would oppose
it on practical grounds. Onward...
Jobst Heitzig wrote:
1. Consider a voter who
Markus wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> here is a comment on cyclic individual preferences:
> http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/ordal96/papers/fishburn/node9.html
>
> Markus Schulze
Thanks for your support, Markus. So it seems that my arguments have at
least some justification. So, I think we should apply the princi
Hallo,
here is a comment on cyclic individual preferences:
http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/ordal96/papers/fishburn/node9.html
Markus Schulze
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Here's two other examples in which the expression of cyclic preferences
can be "rational" (or, if you prefer that term, "sensible") for a voter:
1. Consider a voter who evaluates the candidates according to a number
of aspects (or dimensions, criteria, issues, perspectives, whatever).
Assume tha
-Original Message-
From: James Green-Armytage
Dear Jobst,
There are two separate issues here.
The first deals with whether a voting system should make allowances
for
irrational preferences.
The second deals with whether cyclic preferences are irrational.
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