Re: [EAI] Please - Don't state preferences yet!

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

--On 24. juli 2007 12:34 +0100 Charles Lindsey <chl at clerew.man.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:23:36 +0100, Harald Tveit Alvestrand
> <harald at alvestrand.no> wrote:
>
> > Note - my message was intended to start the discussion on the subject on
> >  how to decide on a MIME type. I am NOT recording people's position
> > until   we've decided what mechanism to use to decide!
>
> Ah! The methods you have proposed is known as "Alternative Vote", or
> "AV". It usually works fine, but can sometimes go completely wrong.
.....

> The ideal mathod, designed by the Marquis de Condorcet, copes better with
> such situations, since it examines the complete matrix of how many people
> prefer each possible option over each of the others.

Thanks for the pointer - <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method> 
gives more detail of Concordet voting mechanisms.

                 Harald




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