CR == Approval? Re: [EM] Re: Election-methods digest, Vol 1 #517 - 3 msgs

[Ernest Prabhakar]

On Feb 27, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Adam Tarr wrote:

> Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
>
>> For a longer version, I'd say:
>>         "The optimal strategy for CR is equivalent to that for 
>> Approval,
>>         but in situations with detailed information and large voting 
>> power
>>         the effective strategies might differ."
>
> It's actually the combination of large voting power and UNCERTAINTY 
> that can produce divergent CR and approval strategies.  Granted, it's 
> a very specific sort of uncertainty, but I don't think the term 
> "detailed information" captures the situation effectively.
>
> Also, in this situation I don't think it's fair to say that optimal CR 
> strategy is equivalent to approval strategy.  In the example you made, 
> how can anything other than 5-3-1 be considered optimal?

Well, I think optimal strategy is defined for the "game" as a whole, 
not specific scenarios.   However, we could say:

         "In general, the optimal strategy for CR is equivalent to that 
for Approval.
         However, in situations with well-characterized uncertainty and 
large voting power
         the effective strategies might differ."

-enp

>
> -Adam
>
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