Hi Chris,
--- En date de : Jeu 13.8.09, Chris Benham <cbenha...@yahoo.com.au> a écrit :
> I am a little bit confused as to the
> exact meaning of the phrase "the absolute number ..of
>
> votes for candidate E".
>
> Does "the number of votes for
> E" mean 'the number of ballots on which E is ranked
> above
> at least one other candidate'?
>
> Or does it mean something that can be
> read purely from the pairwise matrix?
It's the latter, read from the matrix. "Absolute number" is in contrast to
using margin or ratio.
Kevin Venzke
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