[EM] Smith//MMPO

[Michael Ossipoff]

On Sep 21, 2016 7:50 PM, "C.Benham" <cbenham at adam.com.au> wrote:
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> Mike,
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> You recently wrote:
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>> Smith//MMPO has replaced Plain MMPO as an advocacy of mine.
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> Do you still advocate  Smith//MMPO ?

Yes I do. Though it doesn't meet CD, it meets Weak CD.

Evidently MMC-like strategy is incompatible with CD.
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> It seems very similar to Winning Votes  (MAM, Schulze, River,
Smith//MinMax)...

Yes. If shares their optimally unproblematic strategy.

You continued:

...except less decisive.
(endquote)

It can be decisive. If 2 candidates have the same max  pairwise opposition,
compare their next-largest pairwise opposition...& so on.

You left out a property: Weak CD.

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> 35 A>B
> 25 B
> 40 C
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> B>C 60-40,   C>A 40-35,  A>B 35-25.     MPO scores: C60 <  A40 = B40.

A wins.

> WV elects B...

...rewarding defection.

but MMPO gives an A=B tie.

...solved as described above. A wins

You continue:

 B winning fails CD and A winning fails Plurality.

(endquote)

A is the most favorite candidate without majority  pairwise opposition.

If the Plurality Criterion says A shouldn't win, then the Plurality
Criterion is mistaken.

Plurality is a positional criterion. A positional standard won't give the
desired properties.

> Also (like WV) it fails  Mono-switch-plump.

That widely accepted, if wv does it.

> 25 A>B
> 26 B>C
> 23 C>A
> 22 C
> 04 A
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> C>A  71-29,   A>B  52-26,   B>C  51-49.     MPO scores: C51 < B52 < A71
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> MMPO  and WV elect  C,  but if  the 4A ballots change to 4C then they
both elect B.
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> 25 A>B
> 26 B>C
> 23 C>A
> 26 C

Of course, as you know, rank methods have faults like that. Participation
is another example.

Avoid them with Approval.

Michael Ossipoff

> C>A  75-26,   A>B  48-26,   B>C  51-49.     MPO scores: B48 < C51 < A75.
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> In my view C, being both positionally dominant and uncovered, is the
prettiest winner.
>
> Chris Benham
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