Re: [EM] Utilitarianism and Perfectionism.

2012-02-10 Thread Juho Laatu
On 10.2.2012, at 16.55, David L Wetzell wrote: >> But I'd argue that to make our two-party system work better, we need to >> provide a constructive role for 3rd parties in it. This wd be accomplished >> by the use of 3-seat LR Hare in state reps elections. If the Hare quota is >> used in the

Re: [EM] My Bucklin multiwinner method turned more sequential

2012-02-10 Thread Ted Stern
Hi Kristofer, I am very interested in PR multiwinner methods, especially those that use ER-Bucklin. However, I have a hard time following your logic. Would it be possible to work out a relatively simple example using a 3 winner election, a Droop-like quota of 25% (just to make things easy), and

Re: [EM] My Bucklin multiwinner method turned more sequential

2012-02-10 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
On 02/10/2012 11:02 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: We can add a candidate C_k to PC if there exists a subset (coalition) that supports at least k+1 candidates, where k is the cardinality of the intersection of PC and that coalition, and that coalition also contains C_k. Oops, seems I reused

[EM] My Bucklin multiwinner method turned more sequential

2012-02-10 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Earlier I mentioned that I had found a way of making my Bucklin multiwinner method more managable - more sequential. I did not, however, say exactly how I had done that. So why not do that here? Consider my previous version of the Bucklin multiwinner method (for which I still haven't found a

[EM] Jameson: I thought you said that people can safely rate sincerely in MJ.

2012-02-10 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Jameson: I'd said: > Say my sincere ratings are: > > x: 100 > y: 90 > > (other candidates considerably lower) > > Your sincere ratings are: > > y: 100 > x: 90 > > (other candidates considerably lower) > > x and y are similar, but different enough to be supported by > different factions. > > This

Re: [EM] Utilitarianism and Perfectionism.

2012-02-10 Thread David L Wetzell
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