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: They have the same broad logic of locking in successive defeats unless prohibited by a condition based on the defeats already locked in. For Ranked Pairs, the condition is "we can't make a cycle". For River, it is "we can't make a cycle or have a candidate be defeated twice". Algorithmically, this doesn't seem to be much of a difference, but it does make some difference in the results.
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:: Interesting, thanks! Are there any advantages to RP, or is River+ pretty much just an improvement (by reducing sensitivity to very weak candidates)? I'm struggling to think of possible downsides to this modification, relative to MAM or MMV. --[[User:Closed Limelike Curves|Closed Limelike Curves]] ([[User talk:Closed Limelike Curves|talk]]) 23:59, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
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