[EM] ER-Bucklin fails monotonicity

[James J Faran]

I see, said the idiot. Please ignore my previous post on this topic. I
was failing to comprehend the intricacies of the difference between
Bucklin and ER-Bucklin(whole), some of which are explained below by
Kevin Venzke.

Jim Faran

On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 10:05, Kevin Venzke wrote:
> James,
> 
> --- James Green-Armytage <jarmyta at antioch-college.edu> a écrit :
> > Kevin, you wrote:
> > >This seems like a new interpretation. I believe both this interpretation
> > >and
> > >ERB(fractional) satisfy monotonicity, since in neither method can raising
> > >a candidate cause any other candidate to get their votes earlier.
> > 
> > Does my interpretation of ER-Bucklin(whole) satisfy FBC? (And, in my
> > terminology, ZCRIC?) My guess is that it does. Here's a reference for the
> > my ER-Bucklin(whole)definition:
> > http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/ER-Bucklin
> 
> I think it does, too, since if X wins and one faction raises X and Y to the
> top, only X and Y can receive their votes earlier. (That is, there is always
> a way to place Y at the top without changing the winner to someone worse than
> X.)
> 
> But median rating might be an easier way to get these properties.
> 
> Kevin Venzke
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