On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:20:07 -0300 Diego Santos wrote: > > 2008/10/18 Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Given a Condorcet cycle, how does anyone justify awarding a winner > outside? > > True that deciding the winner among cycle members can be a challenge. > > BUT, we know that every candidate outside the cycle has been voted > as a loser to each member of the cycle. > > DWK > > > Dave, I think approval winner outside Condorcet cycle is too rare in > real elections. > So why permit it? I should not be the only one asking questions here.
Apologies - I did not pay enough attention when you started this, but now get suspicious. > > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:46:11 +0000 (GMT) Kevin Venzke wrote: > > Hi Raph, > > --- En date de : Sam 18.10.08, Raph Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> a écrit : > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Diego Santos > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Because Smith is more complex to explain, my current > > > favorite election > > method is Condorcet//Approval. We don?t need > > > complex algorithms to find a > > winner. > > > What's the difference? The Copeland winner wins, and > approval is used > as the tie-break? > > > > The difference is that in C//A you do not have to be in the > Smith set to > win. > > Kevin Venzke ________________________________ > Diego Renato dos Santos > Mestrando em Ciência da Computação > COPIN - UFCG -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] people.clarityconnect.com/webpages3/davek Dave Ketchum 108 Halstead Ave, Owego, NY 13827-1708 607-687-5026 Do to no one what you would not want done to you. If you want peace, work for justice. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
