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No, but although it is not summable, you can centralize the decision <BR>
using a low number of communications.<BR> <BR>> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:09:06 +0200<BR>> From: km-elmet@broadpark.no<BR>> To: election-methods@lists.electorama.com<BR>> Subject: [EM] Median ratings<BR>> <BR>> Hello,<BR>> <BR>> Is it possible to make Median Ratings summable? Median Ratings works <BR>> like this: gather rated ballots, then the winner is the candidate with <BR>> the greatest median score.<BR>> <BR>> Even if it's not a very good method, a way to make it summable would be <BR>> of interest to me because it would let me calculate median <BR>> proportionality/BR scores without having to store an array of all n <BR>> scores (for n rounds).<BR>> <BR>> That is, unless the summable version only determines which candidate has <BR>> the greatest median rating (or the order thereof) rather than the actual <BR>> median ratings for the different candidates.<BR>> ----<BR>> Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info<BR> </body>
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