[EM] Tideman sort tie-breaker proposal

[Monkey Puzzle]

I like it.  It's clean and logical.

Regarding the 2nd level tie-breaker:  looks like you're using a
median-rating type of method there?  What about Majority Judgment?


 Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Lucas Dailey <lucasdailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m working with some talented software developers to build an open
> source, multi-winner  implementation of Ranked Pair/Tideman tailored toward
> budgeting to enable legislators to collectively and fairly rank their
> budget priorities to arrive at a democratic budget. As a former municipal
> legislator (Madison, WI) I discovered first-hand how dramatically typical
> budgeting processes can distort budgets and cause worthy initiatives to go
> unfunded.
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> While building our open source software we quickly discovered the sort tie
> problem. I prefer Tideman/RP for public elections because it’s relatively
> conceptually simple compared to its criterion-meeting peers (I’m still a
> fan, Markus Schulze!). I can explain it to voters and politicians. However
> none of the Tideman tie-breaking procedures I’ve heard of meet that same
> criterion of explainability and grounding in democracy.
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> I have a procedure that I believe meets those criteria, which I paraphrase
> as the “Lost worst: locked-in first” procedure. I like it, and I’d love to
> get feedback on it. I also imagine others have thought of it before so any
> research that’s been done would be helpful. Also the procedure wouldn’t
> work in every scenario so I proposed a secondary procedure that is less
> inspiring but still better than many alternatives (and also unlikely to
> work in every scenario).
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> We’re working to have the software ready in the next couple months, so any
> feedback now would be greatly appreciated. And of course if anyone wants to
> contribute to the project we’re happy to work with other developers,
> designers, and mathematicians.
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> Here’s a quick deck explaining the procedure: https://docs.google.com/
> presentation/d/1K6VWjMwscspFKRzc2h6YWfWEkqdnQ
> gcLVyVXdTsEbkE/edit#slide=id.p
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> Thanks in advance for your feedback!
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> Cheers,
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> Lucas
>
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