Re: [EM] Inferring a method from an MMC axiom

2003-03-10 Thread Craig Carey
At 03\03\10 14:13 +0100 Monday, Markus Schulze wrote: >Dear Craig, > >you wrote (10 March 2003): >> To Mr Schulze: did you find out why Mr Dummett had such a >> weak rule ?. That rule had a Floor(x) function on it, reducing ... > >Let's say that V > 0 is the number of voters, S > 0 is the number >o

Re: [EM] Approval-Condorcet hybrid encouraging truncation

2003-03-10 Thread Steve Eppley
On 10 Mar 2003 at 11:36, Kevin Venzke wrote: > My recent "MinMax" message concluded with a > half-hearted attempt at a system combining Approval > and Condorcet. I have a much better proposal now, > although I'm not entirely certain of its merits. -snip- I have another way of combining Approval a

Re: [EM] Markus: RP & BeatpathWinner/CSSD

2003-03-10 Thread Steve Eppley
On 10 Mar 2003 at 12:27, Markus Schulze wrote: -snip- > However, according to Steve Eppley, there is a merit > difference. Steve, who uses the term "MAM" for Ranked Pairs It is more reasonable to use the term MAM as a variation of Ranked Pairs than as a synonym for Ranked Pairs. MAM is monotoni

[EM] Minor update to voting site

2003-03-10 Thread ericgorr
I now allow entries of the form: 10:a>b=c>d Which I interpret to mean that 10 people liked a the most, believed that b & c were equivalent and disliked d the most. As always, please write me with any comments, questions or if you spot any errors. The URL for the site is: http://www.ericgor

Comment re: Ranked Pairs (was Re: [EM] MinMax variant)

2003-03-10 Thread Steve Eppley
Markus Schulze wrote: > Steve Eppley wrote: >> That's why I think the best method is a variation of Ranked Pairs >> which I call Maximize Affirmed Majorities, or MAM. > > In so far as you have always considered Mike Ossipoff to be > authoritative, I would like to know what you think about the > fa

Re: [EM] Inferring a method from an MMC axiom

2003-03-10 Thread Markus Schulze
Dear Craig, you wrote (10 March 2003): > To Mr Schulze: did you find out why Mr Dummett had such a > weak rule ?. That rule had a Floor(x) function on it, reducing > the number of candidates that it said had to win. It seemed > something that did not look desirable, and it seemed to be > too dista

Re: [EM] Markus: RP & BeatpathWinner/CSSD

2003-03-10 Thread Markus Schulze
Dear Mike, you wrote (9 March 2003): > I'd propose RP as a public proposal, due to its briefer > definition. And I'd offer BeatpathWinner to organizations > & committees, due to its elegantly simple & brief algorithm > & computer program. I promote BeatpathWinner/CSSD & RP. > BeatpathWinner/CSSD t

[EM] Approval-Condorcet hybrid encouraging truncation

2003-03-10 Thread Kevin Venzke
My recent "MinMax" message concluded with a half-hearted attempt at a system combining Approval and Condorcet. I have a much better proposal now, although I'm not entirely certain of its merits. I'll continue to think about it, although I have some interesting implications already. The voter ran

Re: [EM] FBC (was MinMax)

2003-03-10 Thread Kevin Venzke
For the record, I do not claim to have a definition of FBC. At most, I wanted to discuss it in practical terms. It doesn't seem possible, though, because Craig Carey will not admit "voters" to a scenario. --- Craig Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > At 03\03\09 20:53 +0100 Sunday, Kevin Venz

Re: [EM] MinMax (pairwise opposition) and Approval

2003-03-10 Thread Craig Carey
At 03\03\09 20:53 +0100 Sunday, Kevin Venzke wrote: >Looking at Schulze's example of: ... > >Approval for a candidate is calculated as the number >of ballots on which he is not ranked last. (Ties are ... "last" (?). That may be an entirely different "Approval" word. - At 03\03

[EM] Electorama discussion board

2003-03-10 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi everyone, I've just rolled out a new discussion board on Electorama.com, which allows for posting of stories and discussion of those stories (similar to Slashdot, Kuro5hin, and other weblog type sites). The idea behind this site is to complement the election-methods list by providing a low