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dodgson's method

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dodg-son's method
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A voting system by which each voter submits an ordered list of all candidates according to personal preference (from best to worst). The winner is the candidate for whom we need to perform the minimum number of pairwise swaps (added over all candidates) before they become a winner according to the Condorcet method.

Etymology

Named after mathematician Charles Dodgson.

Questions

What does dodgson's method mean?
A voting system by which each voter submits an ordered list of all candidates according to personal preference (from best to worst). The winner is the candidate for whom we need to perform the minimum number of pairwise swaps (added over all candidates) before they become a winner according to the Condorcet method.
Where does dodgson's method come from?
Named after mathematician Charles Dodgson.

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