[EM] Median and MCA/Generalised Bucklin (GB) [Was: Query for Approval advocates]

[Gervase Lam]

> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 23:03:27 -0500
> From: Adam Tarr <atarr at purdue.edu>
> Subject: Re: [EM] Query for Approval advocates

> With more slots the strategies in GB/MCA get a little murky.  If I were
> voting in an MCA election I'd probably only use the top few slots,
> unless I understood the strategy better than I do now.

I made a brief mention of this April/May this year.  Generalised Bucklin 
(GB) is practically speaking the same as Median Rating.  The Median Rating 
is the rating at which 50% of voters did not rate any higher.

Also, are you sure that the strategies are only a little murky?  Let's 
say, for example, that there is a Median Rating vote taking place.  In 
this vote, 10 is the best score that a candidate can be given, while 0 is 
the worst.