Re: [EM]Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

2005-03-30 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Chris! You wrote: I like this table. Thanks. Doesn't AM look like the most natural and balanced? Yes, but that's only an aesthetical judgement... I was wondering if it is possible in AM for a candidate who is both the sincere CW and sincere AW to successfully Buried, and I've come

Re: [EM]Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

2005-03-28 Thread Juho Laatu
Hello James and All, On Mar 26, 2005, at 14:05, James Green-Armytage wrote: Yes, but you've not yet understood the virtue of cardinal-weighted pairwise and approval-weighted pairwise. I request that you read my cardinal pairwise paper, as most of the arguments used therein apply to AWP as well.

Re: [EM]Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

2005-03-26 Thread James Green-Armytage
Hi Juho, Some replies follow, on the subject of voter strategy and approval-weighted pairwise. These comments should also be helpful for others who don't understand why I consider AWP to be clearly better than DMC and AM. The voting method sees only the altered votes. Although the sincere

Re: [EM]Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

2005-03-25 Thread Juho Laatu
Hello Chris, I have one generic comment on evaluation of different voting methods. Examples that include both sincere votes and altered votes nicely demonstrate the possibilities of strategic voting, but when the voting method gets a pile of ballots to be counted, no knowledge of which votes

Re: [EM]Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

2005-03-24 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Chris! First, I'd like to emphasize that DMC, AWP, and AM can be thought of as being essentially the same method with only different definition of defeat strength, so it seems quite natural to compare them in detail as you started. Recall that the DMC winner is the unique immune candidate