Week 10: Voting Methods, Condorcet Winners
After this week, you should…
- understand the mathematical model of voting
- define and apply Plurality Rule, Borda Count, Instant Runoff Voting, and the Coombs method
- understand the Condorcet criterion and the Condorcet winner
- be able to define the Condorcet loser
Lecture 1 (Oct 28: slides)
Lecture 2 (Oct 30: slides)
Weekly Assignments
Problem Set 8 is due Nov 1.
Make sure that you have answered all the participation questions for Week 10 asked during the lectures (the questions asked on Tophat).
Ask questions on Piazza!