> All your other knobs are input knobs, no? The #candidates, #winners, > utility generation models and parameters, etc., specify what kind of > data is run through the voting methods (and subsequent utility > determination function), whereas the weight-knob is an adjustment of the > (combined) utility function itself. > > So it would seem to be a quite different sort of knob. Adjusting it > would be similar to adjusting 1-stage BR between, say, mean utility and > worst utility (maximin).
--I don't agree that it is a "different" kind of knob. It's just another knob. Your claim the others are "input" knobs is an arbitrary judgment by you, and I can regard at least some of them as "not input" equally validly/arbitrarily. I also don't agree that maximin utility should be of interest. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endorsement (by clicking "endorse" as 1st step) and math.temple.edu/~wds/homepage/works.html ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
