Reweighted Range Voting http://rangevoting.org/RRV.html does not check every
possible combination of candidates. However there may be a way to determine
the optimal candidate quickly.
Set X and set Y are adjacent if it is possible to create one group by
changing a single candidate in the other.
Set X and set Y are adjacent if it is possible to create one group by
changing a single candidate in the other. ...in other words, all the members
are identical but one.
Set X is a local maximum if the utility of every adjacent set is less than
Set X´s utility.
The utility function
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Raph Frank raph...@gmail.com wrote:
I would think that presetting the desired boundaries
would avoid that.
Pre-set boundaries have the disadvantage that the lead to
imbalances
in the voter to seat ratios.
A 5 seat district could have a population of anywhere
