On 30 Mar 2005 at 06:51 UTC-0800, Chris Benham wrote: > Jobst, > You wrote (Thur.Mar.24): > > "First, I'd like to emphasize that DMC, AWP, and AM > can be thought of as being essentially the same method > with only different definition of defeat strength, so > it seems quite natural to compare them in detail as > you started. > > Recall that the DMC winner is the unique immune > candidate when defeat strength is defined as the > approval of the defeating candidate, so with > that definition, Beatpath, RP, and River become > equivalent to DMC.
Chris & Jobst: Please take careful note -- the DMC defeat strength assertion has not been proved rigorously, to my knowledge! It is worth a very careful look before basing any other assumptions on it. Ted -- araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info