Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-25 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Fri, 23/1/09, Kristofer Munsterhjelm km-el...@broadpark.no wrote: Juho Laatu wrote: I try to summarize my comments in the form of some rough definitions. A simple method requires 1) a 'simple' method to convert honest preferences into optimal votes A zero-info method

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-23 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Juho Laatu wrote: I try to summarize my comments in the form of some rough definitions. A simple method requires 1) a 'simple' method to convert honest preferences into optimal votes A zero-info method requires 2) this method may not use info about other voters, but still be able to convert

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-22 Thread Raph Frank
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm km-el...@broadpark.no wrote: Perhaps. My point is not this. I explicitly said that I didn't know the zero info strategy (not sure). But also note that what I'm talking about is /zero info strategy/, i.e. how you'd vote if you were stuck

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-22 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Thu, 22/1/09, Raph Frank raph...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway maybe a non-manipulable method requires 1) a simple method to convert honest preferences into valid votes 2) this method may not use info about other voters 3) If everyone else uses this method, then it is in your interests

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-20 Thread Juho Laatu
OK, Range votes are just votes. But voters do have also opinions. They can be presented as ratings. If the voter casts a vote with the intention that it reflects her opinions as accurately as possible, then I'd call that vote sincere (and in most cases not strategic). If the voter casts a vote

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-19 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Jan 18, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: --- On Mon, 19/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: - Why was the first set of definitions not good enough for Approval? (I read rank as referring to the sincere personal opinions, not to the ballot.) vi ranks, and vi is by

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-19 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Mon, 19/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: On Jan 18, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: --- On Mon, 19/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: - Why was the first set of definitions not good enough for Approval? (I read rank as referring to the

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:38 AM 1/18/2009, Juho Laatu wrote: I don't quite see why ranking based methods (Range, Approval) would not follow the same principles/definitions as rating based methods. The sincere message of the voter was above that she only slightly prefers B over A but the strategic vote indicated

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:57 PM 1/18/2009, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: Wouldn't it be stricter than this? Consider Range, for instance. One would guess that the best zero info strategy is to vote Approval style with the cutoff at some point (mean? not sure). Actually, that's a lousy strategy. The reason it's

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-18 Thread Steve Eppley
Hi, Manipulability by voter strategy can be rigorously defined without problematic concepts like preferences or sincere votes or how a dictator would vote or or how a rational voter would vote given beliefs about others' votes. Let X denote the set of alternatives being voted on.

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-18 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: --- On Sun, 18/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: The mail contained quite good definitions. I didn't however agree with the referenced part below. I think sincere and

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-18 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Jonathan Lundell wrote: On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: The mail contained quite good definitions. I didn't however agree with the referenced part below. I think sincere and zero-knowledge best strategic ballot need not be the same. For example in Range(0,99) my sincere ballot

Re: [EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-18 Thread Juho Laatu
--- On Sun, 18/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: --- On Sun, 18/1/09, Jonathan Lundell jlund...@pobox.com wrote: On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: The mail contained quite good definitions. I didn't

[EM] Generalizing manipulability

2009-01-17 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: The whole concept of strategic voting is flawed when applied to Range. Voters place vote strength where they think it will do the most good -- if they think. Some don't. Approval is essentially, as Brams claimed, strategy-free, in the