[EM] UncAAO defined in plain English

[Forest W Simmons]

Chris,

For the benefit of those who are just joining us, I'll start a little 
more basic than you would need.

We need to know the meaning of "cover."  A candidate X covers a 
candidate Y if and only if X (pairwise) defeats both Y and each 
candidate that Y defeats.

So if X covers Y, then in a pairwise sense X dominates Y.

Now for UncAAO:

1. Write abbreviations for all of the candidate names on a big sheet of 
butcher paper.

2. For each candidate X, if X is covered by some candidate, then draw 
an arrow from X to the candidate (among those that cover X)
against which X has the least approval opposition.

3. If X is not covered by any candidate, then do not draw any arrow 
from X to another candidate.

4. Once all of the arrows have been drawn, start at the candidate A 
with the most approval, and follow the arrows until you reach (the name 
of) an uncovered candidate.  This candidate is the winner.

Forest


Chris Benham wrote:


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>>UncAAO stands for Uncovered, Approval, Approval Opposition.  Here's how 
>>it works:
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>>For each candidate X, 
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>>then let f(X)=X,
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>>else let f(X) be the candidate against which X has the least approval 
>>opposition, among those candidates that cover X.
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>>Start with the approval winner A and apply the function f repeatedly 
>>until the output equals the input.  This "fixed point" of f is the 
>>method winner.
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>Is there any chance that someone who understands this will translate it 
>into plain English?
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>Chris Benham
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