[EM] Ranked Pairs tiebreaker scheme

[Eric Gorr]

Kevin Venzke wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> --- Eric Gorr <eric at ericgorr.net> wrote:
> 
>>>Else (when B is D, or B and D tie pairwise) rank A>B ahead of C>D if A
>>>defeats C pairwise, and C>D ahead of A>B if C defeats A pairwise."
>>
>>Looks interesting.
>>
>>What would you do if neither A nor C defeat the other pairwise?
> 
> 
> Maybe throw a division-by-zero.

lol.

> Steve Eppley seemed to think that it would be alright in a public election
> to take the defeats randomly.
> 
> Hmm, couldn't you use the Schulze ranking to break these ties?

I would imagine there are any number of possibilities iinvolving a 
strict ranking of the candidates, including Eppley's RVH. Of course, 
pure random selection would work as well.


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