[EM] Condorcet Flavored PR Methods

[Forest Simmons]

Thanks for the tip!

On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Markus Schulze wrote:

> Dear Forest,
>
> you wrote (27 Sep 2002):
> > A "Condorcet Flavored PR Method" is an M-winner election method that
> > (1) compares candidate subsets of cardinality M head-to-head, and
> > (2) does the comparison in such a way that the winning combination
> > of any head-to-head comparison provides better PR representation
> > than the loser subset, and
> > (3) gives the win to the "beats-all" combination if there is such
> > a subset.
>
> Tideman has proposed such an election method:
>
>     T. Nicolaus Tideman, Daniel Richardson,
>     "Better Voting Methods Through Technology: The
>     Refinement-Manageability Trade-Off in the Single
>     Transferable Vote," PUBLIC CHOICE, vol. 103,
>     p. 13-34, 2000 (http://www.econ.vt.edu/tideman/rmt.pdf)
>
> This paper by Tideman and Richardson is reprinted in this book:
>
>     Shaun Bowler, Bernard Grofman, "Elections in Australia, Ireland,
>     and Malta under the single transferable vote," University of
>     Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2000.
>
> "Condorcet Flavored PR Methods" have also been discussed several times
> in the journal "Voting Matters":
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-transferable-vote/files/Voting_Matters_1-10_pdf.zip
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-transferable-vote/files/Voting_Matters_12_pdf.zip
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-transferable-vote/files/Voting_Matters_13_pdf.zip
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-transferable-vote/files/Voting_Matters_14_Dec-2001.zip
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-transferable-vote/files/Voting_Matters_15_Jun-2002.zip
>
> Markus Schulze
>
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