[EM] Definitions?

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Mike,

you wrote (15 Feb 2005):
> Would someone post definitions of the uncovered set and
> the minimal dominant set? Or links to the definitions?
> I was probably away from the list when those sets were
> defined on EM.

Usually, the uncovered set is defined only for situations
without pairwise ties. When there are no pairwise ties,
then the uncovered set is identical to the "Fishburn
winners". We discussed Fishburn winners between 1994 and 1996.
See e.g.:
http://lists.electorama.com/htdig.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com/1996-June/000441.html
http://lists.electorama.com/htdig.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com/1996-June/000443.html
http://lists.electorama.com/htdig.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com/1996-October/000753.html

Markus Schulze