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<div style="RIGHT: auto">On 16 Nov 2012 07:29:52 -0800, Chris Benham wrote:<BR>><I style="RIGHT: auto"><BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I> It isn't a big deal if Ranked Pairs or River are used instead of<BR></I>><I> Schulze. "Losing Votes" means that the pairwise results are weighed<BR></I>><I> purely by the number of votes on the losing side. The "weakest<BR></I>><I> defeats" are those with the most votes on the losing side, and of<BR></I>><I> course conversely the "strongest victories" are those with the<BR></I>><I> fewest votes on the losing side.<BR></I><BR>Hi Chris,<BR><BR>Just so I understand this correctly:<BR><BR>You're saying that the pairwise contest A:3 > B:1 should be weighted<BR>more strongly than C:3,000,001 > D:2,999,999? Even though only 4<BR>people care to vote in the A vs. B contest?<BR><BR>Ted<BR>-- <BR></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Ted,</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Yes. </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">I'm not interested in "moral arguments" about this or that part of an</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">algorithm. If you don't like it, give an example with a result you don't</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Chris Benham<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></div>
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