[EM] Chris BC reply

[Juho]

I agree that "minmax" is not a good name. It refers maybe too much to  
the algorithm that can be used to seek the winner. Voters should not  
worry about that. And if one adds the "(margins)" part in the name  
gets even more complicated and algorithm oriented.

For me "minmax" and "minmax(margins)" are a quite practical names  
since I'm interested in the algorithmic approach but I agree that the  
general audience is not. Therefore public promotion campaigns might  
benefit of using some other name.

"Simpson-Kramer" is more human oriented but a bit long. I don't know  
it's history. Did those guys invent the method or was it covered  
maybe already by Condorcet and Llull? The name gets even more complex  
if one adds the margins part to it => "Simpson-Kramer(margins)".

If we are looking for a name for "minmax(margins)" then one could use  
some name that refers to the specific characteristics of that method.  
I sometime ago used name "Least Additional Votes" but I'm not sure if  
that is a good enough. Also simpler "Additional Votes" could do, or  
maybe "Additional Votes Method", or something on the pairwise  
comparisons like "Beats All" :-). Plenty of names to choose from if  
one needs to popularize the method.

Juho


On Feb 20, 2007, at 14:11 , Markus Schulze wrote:

> Dear Dave Ketchum,
>
> you wrote (20 Feb 2007):
>
>> Could there be a better name than "minmax"?
>
> I recommend the name "Simpson-Kramer".
>
> Markus Schulze
>
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