[EM] Re: Definite Majority Choice, AWP, AM

[Araucaria Araucana]

On 30 Mar 2005 at 06:51 UTC-0800, Chris Benham wrote:
> Jobst,
> You wrote (Thur.Mar.24):
>
> "First, I'd like to emphasize that DMC, AWP, and AM
> can be thought of as being essentially the same method
> with only different definition of defeat strength, so
> it seems quite natural to compare them in detail as
> you started.
>
> Recall that the DMC winner is the unique immune
> candidate when defeat strength is defined as the
> approval of the defeating candidate, so with
> that definition, Beatpath, RP, and River become
> equivalent to DMC.

Chris & Jobst: Please take careful note -- the DMC defeat strength
assertion has not been proved rigorously, to my knowledge!  It is
worth a very careful look before basing any other assumptions on it.

Ted
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