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==== Notes on method ==== |
==== Notes on method ==== |
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* Before each swap, the higher alternative |
* Before each swap, the higher alternative X will have greater approval than that of lower alternative Y, so the difference D in question will always be positive. |
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* Why use the smallest absolute approval difference to decide which pairwise defeat to accept next? |
* Why use the smallest absolute approval difference to decide which pairwise defeat to accept next? |
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** Because if the approval difference is small, then the pairwise over-ride of the approval order does the least violence to that order. '''This reconciles the approval order with the pairwise defeats while keeping the strongest approval information intact.''' |
** Because if the approval difference is small, then the pairwise over-ride of the approval order does the least violence to that order. '''This reconciles the approval order with the pairwise defeats while keeping the strongest approval information intact.''' |