[EM] Pairwise Margins
Blake Cretney
bcretney at postmark.net
Sun Jan 6 21:38:25 PST 2002
Blake Cretney wrote:
> I don't know how many are needed by the optimal procedure, but I do
> know how many are needed by my procedure, 2*(n^2-n)
>
> So, for 5X5, that is 40
Blake makes some good points, but I have to quibble with that statement.
You only need two distinct factions for every pair of candidates (not
every cell). So, the formula is actually n^2-n.
So, for 5X5, that gives 20.
---
Blake Cretney
More information about the Election-Methods
mailing list