[computer-go] Hydra theory (was Hybrid theory)

[terry mcintyre]

From: Don Dailey <drdailey at cox.net>

> But 
take 
care 
- 
it's 
my 
understanding 
that 
borda 
relies 
totally 
on
> ranking 
ALL 
choices 
and 
that 
to 
work 
correctly 
every 
agent 
much 
vote 
on
> ALL 
candidates, 
ranking 
them 
from 
best 
to 
worst.

> Voting 
theory 
is 
like 
hashing 
or 
building 
random 
number 
generators.  
> It's 
really 
easy 
to 
do 
it 
wrong 
and 
screw 
it 
up 
and 
think 
you 
did 
it right.  
 


Here's another approach: "Range Voting"

http://rangevoting.org/rangeVborda.html

The author of this particular page makes much of the pitfalls of strategic voting, which should not matter to a set of emotionally disinterested, independent agent routines. But range voting has one further advantage over borda voting: expressiveness. If an agent is given 99 votes to cast, the agent can say that A is a really fine move, worth 45 points; B and C and D are worth 15 points each, and I have no opinion on the remaining choices" -- or whatever reflects the state of the board as understood by this particular agent. This expressiveness may help or hinder; hard to say.





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