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Dodgson's method

Dodgson's method proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Dodgson's method

  1. 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.

Origin of Dodgson's method

Named after mathematician Charles Dodgson.

Questions about Dodgson's method

What does Dodgson's method mean?
Dodgson's method means 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.
What part of speech is Dodgson's method?
Dodgson's method is a proper noun.

Words near Dodgson's method in the dictionary

  1. dodging up
  2. dodgings
  3. Dodgshon
  4. Dodgson
  5. Dodgson condensation
  6. Dodgson's method
  7. Dodgsonian
  8. dodgy
  9. dodgy box
  10. dodgy boxes
  11. dodgy brothers

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