[EM] Who comes "second" in Ranked Pairs?

[Jobst Heitzig]

Dear Steve,

you wrote:
> Jobst, is there any justification for the criterion you mentioned below 
> that's satisfied by Beatpath but not by MAM or River?  

I personally don't think so. In the beginning, I liked the criterion 
however for its mathematical beauty, and since it's a natural 
generalization of the requirement of immunity, but that's all. I don't 
see any practical relevance for it.

> I never ran a simulation comparing MAM vs River to see which method's 
> winner is ranked over the other's winner more often over the long run.  
> Has anyone run that simulation?  

I think I have but I will have to look it up. I will answer tomorrow.

Yours, Jobst