On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Raph Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > If no candidate is elected, a different rule is used, each ballot is > scaled so that > > [w(a)*r(a)]^2 + [w(b)*r(b)]^2 + ... = 1 > > The running candidate the the lowest score is then eliminated.
Stage 1, (Election stage) select k1 so that k1*[ w(a)*r(a) + w(b)*r(b) + ..... ] = 1 Each candidate gets k1*w(x)*r(x) Stage 2, (Elimination stage) select k2 so that k2*(w(c)*r(c)^2 + w(d)*r(d)^2 + ... ) = 1 - k1*[w(a)*r(a) + w(b)*r(b)] Each candidate gets k2*w(x)*r(x)^2 Eliminate the remaining candidate who scores the lowest. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
