Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2008-05-03 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Satisfaction analysis should help answer your question Diego Santos a écrit : I was not enough clear when i wrote my previous email. The '' is not a real approval mark on the ballot, it was only a satisfaction limit from each voter. I am arguing that not always the Condorcet winner is the

Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-14 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:56:56 -0800 Jonathan Lundell wrote: On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: Cycles don't enter into it (and if A is guaranteed a solid win, then of course strategy is irrelevant). My argument is about expected utility. Let's go back to Diego's scenario:

Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-14 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Dec 14, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Dave Ketchum wrote: BECAUSE we are debating different elections. Lets think on what we make of Diego's scenario: I saw it as intelligent voting, but did not go back to create utility numbers consistent with those decisions. You came up with proposed

Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: Is the Condorcet winner always the best?

2007-12-13 Thread Jonathan Lundell
On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: Cycles don't enter into it (and if A is guaranteed a solid win, then of course strategy is irrelevant). My argument is about expected utility. Let's go back to Diego's scenario: 46: A B C 5: B A C 5: B C A 44: C B A Suppose