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<pre><tt>> I like how it shows regions where the outcome becomes a random pick <br>
> between two tied candidates, each sufficiently approved of by the <br>
> population. They're being generated directly into the web directory and <br>
> will show up as they complete.<br>
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I was thinking that an easier way to achieve the same thing would be to<br>
multiply each candidate's total by a random number from say [0.98 to 1.02].<br>
This would blend 3-way (and higher) ties, while the current method will <br>
only blend 2 way ties.<br>
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This would also work for the approval with poll case (both for the poll<br>
and for the main election).<br>
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> Would it be a reasonable adjustment to the zero info strategy that when <br>
> there an odd number of choices, vote with a 50% chance on a <span class="correction" id="">voter's</span> middle <br>
> choice? If the strategy is to vote yes for the top half and no for the <br>
> bottom half, then it makes sense to try and split the middle choice in <br>
> half that way.<br>
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from:<br>
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http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/vote/apstr2.html<br>
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The strategy is to vote above mean in the zero info case.<br>
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Basically, in the zero info case, the probability of each candidates winning is equal to all the others.<br>
This means that the utility of the election is equal to the average utility of all the candidates.<br>
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The recommended strategy is to vote for all the candidates who have a utility greater (or equal) to the<br>
expected utility of the election.<br>
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This is not the same as voting for the highest half of the candidates. In fact, if there were lots of candidates<br>
at high utility and one at very low utility, then the strategy would approve all the high utility candidates.<br>
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The risk that the low utility candidate would win wouldn't be worth the benefit from picking between the<br>
candidates with similar (high) utility.<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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www.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.<span class="correction" id="">com</span></div>
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