On 2017-03-03 10:20, Ian Jackson wrote:
Barak A. Pearlmutter writes ("Re: Voting system R&D (Re: 2017 update to the SPI
voting algorithm for Board elections)"):
[stuff]
I've said all I want to say about choice of voting systems. It's
clear that you are not going to convince me; and that I am
On 3 March 2017 at 22:05, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> In the Burlington election discussed, k=1 and n=3. That's about the
> simplest situation you can have, so any credible multiwinner system
> should perform flawlessly in that degenerate case, one would hope!
>
It is illogical to assume that m
Hi Dimitri,
On 2017-03-03 11:26, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
On 2 March 2017 at 18:07, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
On 1 March 2017 at 13:47, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
I have received tens of mails from FVC and none discussed monotonicity or
any technical point.
This was not a comment on the sub
On 3 March 2017 at 22:05, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> Dimitri,
>
> Of course we're discussing multiwinner systems: systems that elect
> k-of-n people to a board, where k>1.
>
> As you note, when k=n the election is uncontested so there is no need
> for any voting system.
>
> In the Burlington el
Henrik Ingo writes ("Re: Voting system R&D (Re: 2017 update to the SPI voting
algorithm for Board elections)"):
> Purely as a FYI on Schulze method, it is implemented in the Liquid
> Feedback system: http://liquidfeedback.org/
Thanks. That's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I think Liquid
Barak A. Pearlmutter writes ("Re: Voting system R&D (Re: 2017 update to the SPI
voting algorithm for Board elections)"):
> I have backed up my statements with pointers, either direct or nearly so, to
> primary analyses and scientific literature.
>
> If the analytical approach (mathematical tools
Purely as a FYI on Schulze method, it is implemented in the Liquid
Feedback system: http://liquidfeedback.org/
Liquid Feedback has been used for years in Central Europe, notably by
several chapters of the Pirate Party, but also some cooperatives, etc.
Note: LF itself is IMO not suitable for use b
I would caution readers against taking Barak's assertions at face
value. Many of them, including some of the underlying factual
assertions, are flat-out wrong; and the analytical approach is
fundamentally flawed.
Ian.
I have backed up my statements with pointers, either direct or nearly so,
to
Hallo,
I recommend Schulze STV. This method is described mainly
in section 9 of this paper:
http://m-schulze.9mail.de/verylong.pdf
Source codes can be found here:
http://m-schulze.9mail.de/schulze3.zip
multi01g.cpp is multi-threading for g++.
multi01v.cpp is multi-threading for Microsoft Visu
The SPI board held a face-to-face meeting in New York in February.
A summary of the meeting is now available:
http://www.spi-inc.org/meetings/minutes/2017/2017-02-24-f2f-new-york/
We would like to underscore: member concerns about SPI's reimbursement
time were heavily discussed at the meeting. To
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