[EM] Name of Weak Participation

2012-11-16 Thread Chris Benham
Mike Ossipoff wrote:   Weak Participation is such a natural consistency desideratum, it probably already has a name. Maybe it's called Mono-Add-Solo-Top. If not, that might be a good name for it. More descriptive than Weak Participation. Weak Participation: Adding a ballot shouldn't cause the

Re: [EM] 3 or more choices - Condorcet

2012-11-16 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Juho, - Mail original - De : Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk Plurality is just a description that is convenient for discussion on the EM list. Ranking above last place isn't a concept that exists (until someone feels it would aid their position to bring it up). It just

Re: [EM] Losing Votes (ERABW)

2012-11-16 Thread Jameson Quinn
Looks good. Similar to ICT, I think, and simpler (from my perspective). What does ERABW stand for? This should have a good name; Least Disappontment Condorcef or something of the kind. 2012/11/16 Chris Benham cbenha...@yahoo.com.au I propose the following as a reasonably practical, summable,

Re: [EM] Losing Votes (ERABW)

2012-11-16 Thread Ted Stern
On 16 Nov 2012 07:29:52 -0800, Chris Benham wrote: It isn't a big deal if Ranked Pairs or River are used instead of Schulze. Losing Votes means that the pairwise results are weighed purely by the number of votes on the losing side. The weakest defeats are those with the most votes on the

Re: [EM] Losing Votes (ERABW)

2012-11-16 Thread Jameson Quinn
2012/11/16 Ted Stern araucaria.arauc...@gmail.com On 16 Nov 2012 07:29:52 -0800, Chris Benham wrote: It isn't a big deal if Ranked Pairs or River are used instead of Schulze. Losing Votes means that the pairwise results are weighed purely by the number of votes on the losing side. The