Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-03 Thread Juho
On Jul 3, 2008, at 1:39 , Kevin Venzke wrote: The scenario is more like chicken. If I think you will be sincere, then I should bury your candidate. If I think you're going to bury my candidate, then (if I only care about who wins) I should vote sincerely. Or else I can be stubborn and bury

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-03 Thread rob brown
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Kevin Venzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob, By the way, I'm not complaining about Condorcet here. I guess you're talking about the camp that believes that voters will use burial strategy for no reason at all. I can't say that they wouldn't, but that isn't

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-03 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Rob, --- En date de : Jeu 3.7.08, rob brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi Rob, By the way, I'm not complaining about Condorcet here. I guess you're talking about the camp that believes that voters will use burial strategy for no reason at all. I can't say that they wouldn't,

Re: [Election-Methods] Challenge Problem

2008-07-03 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Forest, well - thanks. Anyway, there is still room for improvement. Our last version was this: Let x be the highest approval rate (=approval score divided by total number of voters). Draw a ballot at random. With probability 1/(5-4x), the option with the highest approval score amoung