I've corrected the bug implied by Markus's comment to my previously
posted summary. I've also tested some additional methods since then,
including Paul Dumais' method and Nanson's method.
--Steve
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Markus wrote:
Steve wrote:
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Method "Schz" is Schulze's Method. Though it
Dear Steve,
you wrote (27 May 1999):
Method "Schz" is Schulze's Method. Though it appears to
perform worse than VA on most stats, it might perform
better with more than 3 alternatives.
This is surprising because (if there are less than four
candidates) Schulze's Method is identical to VA.
In another message (my reply to Markus about JITW) I mentioned
that I'd post this summary. There's some more info about
this in that JITW message.
Below is a table of order reversal scenarios in 3-alternative
elections, given various voting methods. (Hopefully I haven't
written buggy
