<HTML><BODY>From: stepjak@yahoo.fr<br>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_a0e092e1-53a7-4f1f-9198-ba587201a537" class="AOLPlainTextBody"><pre><tt>> Thanks. Looking at that result, compared with other methods' results<br>
> on your site, and noting that the original study obtained nearly the<br>
> same results for Approval and <span class="correction" id="">Condorcet</span>... I have to wonder if there<br>
> isn't something wrong here. Is it possible that there are many ties<br>
> occurring between green and red, that are being broken invariably in<br>
> favor of red? If so we'll have to be more careful about that...<br>
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You could be right. 2 candidates could easily be above the threshold and<br>
thus get exactly the same totals. The function breaks ties the same<br>
way every time. The way to check it would be to take a random experiment<br>
and reverse the order of the candidates.<br>
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In general, the simulation could be setup so that it runs 2 elections with<br>
the candidates order forward and 2 elections with the candidates ordered<br>
backwards instead of 4 ordered forwards. If candidate order matters, <br>
then there would be areas which are solid mixed <span class="correction" id="">colour</span>.<br>
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I think the 'poll' case should be <span class="correction" id="">alot</span> better as it will allow the <br>
virtual voters to place their threshold better.<br>
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<div style="clear: both;"><span class="correction" id="">Raphfrk</span><br>
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Interesting site<br>
"what if anyone could modify the laws"<br>
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<span class="correction" id="">www</span>.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.<span class="correction" id="">com</span></div>
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