[EM] Social Utility (aka Bayesian regret, aka Voter Satisfaction) methodology

Warren Smith wds at math.temple.edu
Sun Jul 22 09:04:21 PDT 2007


My writeup explaining this is
http://rangevoting.org/BayRegDum.html

just so that we no longer (hopefully) heaar any more howlers about how
SU "assumes sincere voters."

My public-source voting simulation program IEVS is available to all, but
with the restriction that is you make any improvements to it, I have to get them,
and I have to be credited...   
http://rangevoting.org/IEVS/IEVS.c

This program allows you to measure Bayesian Regret for any voting method under any
voter behavior.   However, the voting method you like best, or the voter behavior you
like best, may not yet be available inside IEVS.  In that case I suggest you add them.
IEVS is designed to make it maximally easy to add new voting methods, new probability
models, and new voter behaviors.

Warren D Smith
http://rangevoting.org  <-- add your endorsement by clicking "endorse" & filling out form...



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