[EM] a Borda-Condorcet relation

[Stephen Turner]

Kathy, yes the Borda winner assigns r points to the (n-r)th
ranked candidate.  It's a method with important problems.

Robert: yes, that was the point, a sort of
Condorcet:Borda::median:mean, if you like.  There is no
new method or algorithm here.

Kristofer: yes, it is a very simple observation.  Your comments
about burial are very interesting, and show how 
we might be able to apply analysis of (one of) Condorcet 
or Borda methods to the other.

Your way of passing from median to mean, I'm not sure
I understood completely.  Is it something like this?

- median
- mean of central 5%
- mean of central 10%
- etc

where "central 5%" would mean that you discard the 47.5%
highest and the 47.5% lowest values (with multiplicity
of course), and when these don't give whole numbers,
interpolate linearly.  Is this right?


--- El dom, 9/1/11, election-methods-request at lists.electorama.com <election-methods-request at lists.electorama.com> escribió:

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Asunto: Election-Methods Digest, Vol 79, Issue 6
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Fecha: domingo, 9 de enero, 2011 21:01

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