Re: [EM] The Strong Favorite Betrayal Criterion at Last!

2003-04-04 Thread Forest Simmons
Thinking more about the method described below. Would FBC compliance dissolve if pairs were locked in place in order of decreasing approval, skipping over contradictory victories as in Ranked Pairs? It seems like the order on the second part of the ballot might be manipulated to create a contradi

[EM] The Strong Favorite Betrayal Criterion at Last!

2003-04-01 Thread Forest Simmons
This is the first day of April, but I'm really serious about the subject line. If I am not mistaken, it is indeed possible to satisfy the strong FBC with the right kind of ballot, though it seems impossible with any ballot type that has been proposed previously. The ballot has two parts. The fir