MA 111 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Classmates (2006 Film), Borda Count, Tamburica

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Mathematics
• Course: MA 111
• Professor: Amber Holmes

Document Summary

Today in class we discussed the fairness criteria and went through some past in-class examples to see how the fairness. By using the majority method, the plurality method, the borda count method, the pairwise comparison method, and the plurality with elimination method we get that candidate b should win no matter which voting method we use! By using the majority method, the plurality method, the borda count method, the pairwise comparison method, and the plurality with elimination method we get a variety of candidates that should win the election. Knowing what is fair in an election is very important when analyzing a voting method. That is why mathematicians and political scientists have agreed upon four criteria for what constitutes fairness in a voting system; these criteria are called the fairness criteria. It would seem to be fair to expect that a candidate who wins the majority of rst place votes should be the winner of an election.