Source of clones--
Simple example--
N1 AB
N2 BA
Clone C comes along.
N1.1 CAB C 1st
N1.2 ACB C 2nd
N1.3 ABC C 3rd
N1 Total
N2.1 CBA C 1st
N2.2 BCA C 2nd
N2.3 BAC C 3rd
N2 Total
If the clone is not in last place, then it generates some confusion.
If there
By the way, I have to agree with Steve Eppley that _every_
criterion (e.g. Monotonicity, Participation) should be
defined in the probabilistic context so that it is not
possible to circumvent the corresponding problems simply
by saying that "some random mechanisms" should be used in
these
Dear Steve,
you wrote (3 May 2000):
I haven't managed to read every message in EM, and my memory of
those I've read isn't perfect, so I'm unsure whether the
definitions in EM of clones and independence from clones have
changed significantly since the following was posted by Markus
in
