[EM] Notes on a few Later-no-harm methods

[Richard Lung]

Hello Andy,

these are my free 2 booklets and one book on binomial stv, varying from 
about 1500 words to 50,000 words. Tho only part two of the book, 
describes the (almost) complete working.

RL.

Smashwords – Elect and Exclude. Binomial STV Hand Count Basics – a book 
by Richard Lung <https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1111349>

Smashwords – The Super-Vote Supercharged: Binomial STV elections Hand 
Count – a book by Richard Lung 
<https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1106292>

Smashwords – FAB STV: Four Averages Binomial Single Transferable Vote. – 
a book by Richard Lung <https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/806030>



On 21/05/2022 18:25, Andy Dienes wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I, too, have had a hard time understanding exactly what are the 
> mechanics of Binomial STV. I have read your full posts, and I think it 
> would clear it up for me if you would indeed give a "shut up and 
> calculate" worked example of the type that Kristofer has sent. Please, 
> without the philosophy and motivation for the method interspersed, 
> just walk through the calculation of winners for Binomial STV the same 
> way a computer program would.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 3:57 AM Richard Lung <voting at ukscientists.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Thank you, Kristofer,
>
>     I refer you to the post as a whole, not just the first couple of
>     lines,
>     for my answer.
>
>     It's not just a matter of "shut up and calculate" to quote a famous
>     grouse of hapless quantum theory students.
>
>     (You make me suspect you are an instructor. However, I appreciate
>     your
>     consideration and competance.)
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Richard Lung.
>
>
>     On 16/05/2022 10:13, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
>     > On 16.05.2022 08:20, Richard Lung wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Binomial STV is later no harm, unlike Borda count, because uses
>     keep
>     >> values , equivalent to Gregory method, for both election and
>     exclusion
>     >> counts.
>     > I would like to check that for myself. That's why I've asked (three
>     > times) if you could give me the concrete keep and exclude
>     values, and
>     > the winners, for particular example elections involving truncation.
>     >
>     > Could you please do that?
>     >
>     > -km
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