Dear Mike, you wrote (21 Sep 2002): > A defeat is nullified if it's in a cycle that doesn't > include a weaker defeat. A candidate wins if he doesn't > have an unnullified defeat. This is a briefer definition > of BeatpathWinner. It has as obvious & natural motivation > & justification as CSSD, but it's much briefer than either > the BeatpathWinner wording or the CSSD wording.
The definition above is incorrect. Example: A:B=52:48 A:C=53:47 A:D=49:51 B:C=56:44 B:D=45:55 C:D=54:46 Candidate A is the unique winner. However, also candidate D has no unnullified defeat. Markus Schulze ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
