On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:15:55AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > I'm sorry, I didn't follow the special casing you do for "superdefeats". > Here's the corrected example: > > 40 A B C F (A requires 3:1 supermajority, F is the default option) > 10 C B F A > 10 F C A B > > F defeats A (60:40) (scaled 3:1 from 20:40) > C defeats F (50:10) > B defeats F (50:10) > A defeats B (50:10) <--- every defeat below this one must be dropped > B defeats C (40:20) > A defeats C (40:20) > > AdC gets dropped since it's weakest and involves A;
False: once again you're eliminating a defeat of an option involved in a superdefeat, but the proposal requires that the superdefeated option be eliminated instead. Thus: F superdefeats A 60:40 A defeats B 50:10 B defeats F 50:10 C defeats F 50:10 A defeats C 40:20 B defeats C 40:20 eliminate A B defeats F 50:10 C defeats F 50:10 B defeats C 40:20 B wins -- Raul