The family of "regular" probabilistic (stochastic) electoralsystems

[Craig Carey]

Yes!. consider, if you will, the removal of candidate A from

1 A
1 B




At 17:51 09.12.99 , DEMOREP1 at aol.com wrote:
>s349436 at student.uq.edu.au wrote in part--
>
>Okay- "Regularity" is the name used earlier by Albert Langer (Craig might
>recognise the name ;) ) to describe the probabilistic analogue of IIA. It
>goes like this-
>
>The addition (removal) of a candidate does not, for any other candidate, 
>increase (decrease) the probability of that other candidate winning.
>---
>D-
>A simple example-
>
>2 A>B>C
>1 C>B>A
>
>Guess what happens if candidates are added or removed.
>See the earlier postings regarding clones and circular ties.



Mr G. A. Craig Carey, research at ijs.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand.
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