<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/1/2 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fsimmons@pcc.edu">fsimmons@pcc.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Mike wrote ..<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> > MMPO with symmetric completion at bottom, while avoiding Kevin's<br>
> > bad-example, also sometimes loses<br>
> > MMPO's ABE-success:<br>
> ><br>
> > 60: A>B<br>
> > 55: B<br>
> > 100: C<br>
><br>
</div>Forest replied<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Here is the pairwise opposition matrix for MAMD:<br>
><br>
> [[155, 110, 87.5],<br>
> [105, 100, 115],<br>
> [127.5, 100, 115]] .<br>
><br>
> The max dissent against B is from the 110 A supporters. This is<br>
> the minimum of<br>
> the max dissents, since A has is disapproved by 155, and B has a<br>
> complaint of<br>
> 115 against C , not to mention the 115 disapproval against C.<br>
><br>
> So yes, B wins.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Of course, if the A faction knows that the B faction sincere order is B>A>C, the 60 A>B voters can split<br>
up to give<br>
<br>
15 A<br>
45 A>B<br>
<br>
<br>
Then if the B voters stubbornly bullet, C will win.<br>
<br>
But if as many (45) of them vote sincerely as the A voters, then A will win.<br>
<br>
I think this is a pretty good resolution of the defection problem.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've certainly seen worse. But it requires some sophistication from some voters, and some good polling data. In the limit, it requires unrealistically-high levels of both. So I still say that SODA's resolution of the defection problem is clearly the best such resolution I know of.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jameson</div></div><br>