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Young's method

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Young's method is a Condorcet method that elects the candidate that can be made into a Condorcet winner by ignoring as few ballots as possible. It was devised by H. P. Young in 1977.[1]

Determining the Young winner is NP-hard, and the method is not summable.

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  1. ↑ Young, H. P. (1977-12-01). "Extending Condorcet's rule". Journal of Economic Theory. 16 (2): 335–353. doi:10.1016/0022-0531(77)90012-6. ISSN 0022-0531.
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