> Has anyone ever considered also adding one-half a "point" to each of the
> equals?
Yes. It's equivalent to using margins.
Not sure I understand what you mean. "Using margins" in what sense?
The pairwise matrix is used for lots of things, from an intermediate stage in the calculation of various Condorcet methods, to a "semi-verbose" results display, and sometimes, for deconstructing back into ballots, or even as an intermediate stage in non-condorcet tabulation methods. I have also been trying to use it as an intermediate stage in producing a less-verbose ( i.e. "executive summary") results display for condorcet elections.
I guess my question was, for all of the above, doesn't it make more sense to convert the ballots into a matrix as I described? Is there any case where it is less preferable for some reason?
So how do you mean "using margins", as a particular condorcet method? Or something else? I'm confused.
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