Re: [EM] Monroe's Clustering Method (was PR methods and Quotas)

2011-07-27 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Andy Jennings wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: Andy Jennings wrote: If you want a clustering PR method, then I would highly recommend Monroe. In Monroe, the score of each slate is equal to the sum of each voter's score of his a

[EM] Borda Done Right (with proof of clone consistency and monotonicity)

2011-07-27 Thread fsimmons
When someone pointed out to Borda that his method led to strategic order reversals, he replied that he only intended it for honest voters. Unfortunately, that's only half the problem; Borda is highly sensitive to cloning: Assume honest votes: 80 A>B 20 B>A Candidate A wins by Borda and any

Re: [EM] Single Contest Method

2011-07-27 Thread Andy Jennings
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Kevin Venzke wrote: > Hi Forest, > > --- En date de : Mer 27.7.11, fsimm...@pcc.edu a > écrit : > > Andy's chiastic method is a way of > > utilizing range ballots that has a much more mild incentive > > than > > Range itself to inflate ratings. He locates the >

Re: [EM] Single Contest Method, never mind

2011-07-27 Thread Kevin Venzke
Er... --- En date de : Mer 27.7.11, Kevin Venzke a écrit : > So the first one asks: > 50% rated 3? 33.3% rated a 2+? 16.7% rated a 1+? > four-slot ballot to mean 133.3%. So then I get: > 66.7% rated 3? 50% rated 2? 33.3% rated 1+? > > I must not have this correct, because isn't the first test

Re: [EM] Single Contest Method

2011-07-27 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Forest, --- En date de : Mer 27.7.11, fsimm...@pcc.edu a écrit : > Andy's chiastic method is a way of > utilizing range ballots that has a much more mild incentive > than > Range itself to inflate ratings.  He locates the > method in a class of methods each of which is based on a > different

[EM] Correction on BPW cyclebreaker (Stensholt's method)

2011-07-27 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi, The BPW (= "Beats Plurality Winner") method is a cyclebreaker proposed by Eivind Stensholt that he found to be resistant to burial. When there is a cycle among three candidates, you elect the one who defeats the first preference winner. (It's unknown how to define the method for more than thr

Re: [EM] Range Voting - Is adding up the scores really the best way?

2011-07-27 Thread Juho Laatu
On 27.7.2011, at 22.50, Toby Pereira wrote: > Very simple case - two voters and two candidates. Candidate A get scores of > 0/10 and 10/10. Candidate B gets 5/10 and 5/10. Under normal range voting, it > would be a draw. But to me, candidate B seems the much fairer choice. Different choices and

[EM] Single Contest Method

2011-07-27 Thread fsimmons
Andy's chiastic method is a way of utilizing range ballots that has a much more mild incentive than Range itself to inflate ratings. He locates the method in a class of methods each of which is based on a different increasing function f from the interval [0,1 ] into the same interval: Elect t

[EM] Range Voting - Is adding up the scores really the best way?

2011-07-27 Thread Toby Pereira
Very simple case - two voters and two candidates. Candidate A get scores of 0/10 and 10/10. Candidate B gets 5/10 and 5/10. Under normal range voting, it would be a draw. But to me, candidate B seems the much fairer choice. Although there's only a single winner, we can apply some PR thinking.

Re: [EM] A multiwinner voting method based on graph-matching theory

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Smith
> Don't you mean "each candidate is joined to EITHER ZERO OR V*K/W voters"? --I meant each WINNER is joined to exactly V*K/W voters. However you are correct -- the way to do this is to use the complete bipartite graph on all voters (red) & candidates (blue) and demand each candidate be joined to