Paul,
--- Paul Kislanko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> When I read Mike Ossipoff's description of Summed-Ranks it looked identical
> to what I've been using to linearize my sport polls. I was told what I was
> doing was Bucklin, so now my question is what exactly is the difference
> between SR and Bucklin? Everybody seems to like SR and everybody seems to
> dismiss Bucklin, but if the program that implements the counting is the same
> for both, they must be equivalent.
SR and Bucklin aren't the same:
13 A>B>C>D
13 B>C>A>D
13 C>A>B>D
60 D
Bucklin elects D. SR is an ABC tie.
I would say Bucklin is better than SR because it satisfies the majority
criterion for solid coalitions and minimal defense (and thus SDSC).
Kevin Venzke
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