On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Send Election-Methods mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.electorama.com/listinfo.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Election-Methods digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SODA arguments (Jameson Quinn) > 2. Re: Question about Schulze beatpath method > (robert bristow-johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:37:26 -0600 > From: Jameson Quinn <[email protected]> > To: EM <[email protected]>, > electionsciencefoundation <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EM] SODA arguments > Message-ID: > <cao82izwvdmu6w3t2jun1tctrwu53a4961q5gocsindital1...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> >> >> For those who feel that strategic resistance is the most important, SODA >> is unmatched. It ... has no burial incentive (ie, meets later-no-help), >> > > Oops. I got carried away. "No burial incentive" is arguably true, but it > doesn't universally meet later-no-help, only up to 4 candidates. > > Jameson > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/attachments/20120217/6a6fb880/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:56:24 -0500 > From: robert bristow-johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EM] Question about Schulze beatpath method > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 2/17/12 1:27 PM, Markus Schulze wrote: >> it can happen that the weakest link in the strongest path >> from candidate A to candidate B and the weakest link in the >> strongest path from candidate B to candidate A is the same link, >> say CD. > > how can that be? since a path is a *defeat* path. you only traverse a > beatpath from a candidate who beats the next candidate in the path. > > is it that candidates C and D are exactly tied? other than that, i > cannot understand how the weakest link from A to B can be the same as > *any* link from B to A. > > -- > > r b-j [email protected] > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Election-Methods mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.electorama.com/listinfo.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com > > > End of Election-Methods Digest, Vol 92, Issue 76 > ************************************************ ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
