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remmers
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The Science of Compromise - a Manual for the Twenty-First Century
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Jun 20 23:34 UTC 1994 |
So the idea is that if one person wants X and the other person wants
Y then you should give them (.5)x+(.5)y unless one person is at least
10 years the other person's senior in which case it should be
(.7)x + (.3)y where I am assuming it is the senior person who
wants X. Of course if that person is the Governor or the President
then the balance is to be adjusted accordingly.
In this way, compromise is transformed from an art into a science!
Challenge: Can YOU say the same?
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janc
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response 1 of 16:
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Jun 21 00:03 UTC 1994 |
So the idea is that if one person wants X and the other person wants
Y then you should give them (.5)x+(.5)y unless one person is at least
10 years the other person's senior in which case it should be
(.7)x + (.3)y where I am assuming it is the senior person who
wants X. Of course if that person is the Governor or the President
then the balance is to be adjusted accordingly.
In this way, compromise is transformed from an art into a science!
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janc
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Jun 21 00:09 UTC 1994 |
See I can say the same. But I'm not sure I understand it. Suppose one
person wants FAME and the other wants LOVE. If we place FAME and LOVE on
a linear scale we get:
FAME
LAME
LANE
LONE
LOVE
So if they are roughly the same age, they both get LANE, but if the FAME
seeker is senior to the LOVE seeker, the FAME seeker gets LAME and the LOVE
seeker gets LONE?
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remmers
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response 3 of 16:
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Jun 21 00:16 UTC 1994 |
You understand perfectly. By reducing the principles of compromise to
a mathematical formula, we have replaced the tedium of art by the
pristine efficiency of science!
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fuz
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response 4 of 16:
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Jun 21 00:27 UTC 1994 |
well said, janc!
ROTFLOL!
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rcurl
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response 5 of 16:
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Jun 21 04:52 UTC 1994 |
FAME, LAME, LAVE, LOVE is of higher efficiency. But, in answer to the
original question: the same.
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janc
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response 6 of 16:
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Jun 21 05:50 UTC 1994 |
Well, efficiency is in the eye of the beholder. In the first place, LAVE
is not a word I use very often and thus it's introduction into the sequence
devalues the whole thing. But worse, you sequence is too short, and worse,
has no center. Thus it makes a very coarse scale, and undermines the
utility of the whole process.
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rcurl
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response 7 of 16:
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Jun 21 07:17 UTC 1994 |
You don't lave? Whew!
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remmers
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response 8 of 16:
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Jun 21 12:05 UTC 1994 |
Ya gotta remember that he's in Texas.
My compromise equation is for conflict resolution between two
people, that is, it solves the Two Body Problem. The Three Body
Problem, or more generally the N Body Problem, is more difficult
but still tractable, I think. It's currently the subject of
research by my graduate students. We'll let you know.
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canis
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response 9 of 16:
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Jun 21 15:31 UTC 1994 |
if npersons want n then you give them (1/n)n + (1/n)n. Havn't figured out
what to do about the seinor, question, yet.
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janc
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response 10 of 16:
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Jun 22 03:33 UTC 1994 |
Hmmm. One person wants FAME, one wants LOOT, and one wants LOVE. We can
map this out as shown below:
LOOT
FAME FOOT
FARE FORT
FORE
LORE
LOVE
Now, if the LOVE seeker has seniority, everyone settles for LORE, but what
if the LOVE seekr and LOOT seeker are both equally senior, but the FAME
seeker is very much less? Ah, then we have to look for the shortest path
between LOVE and LOOT (LOVE,LOSE,LOST,LOOT) and ignore FAME entirely. So
they compromise with LOSE or LOST which makes little difference.
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fuz
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response 11 of 16:
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Jun 22 04:03 UTC 1994 |
impressive.
faulty but impressive. reread he item....
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janc
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response 12 of 16:
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Jun 23 20:37 UTC 1994 |
I am never faulty. However the item may well be.
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turtle
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response 13 of 16:
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Jun 29 16:31 UTC 1994 |
What is the balance if the person of seniority IS the Govenor or President?
Or what if the other person is the Govenor or President, and the first
person is at least 10 years his senior?
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fuz
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response 14 of 16:
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Jun 29 20:31 UTC 1994 |
Why then you ask a computer to find the answer, and accept its answer only if
its the one you wanted.
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remmers
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response 15 of 16:
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Jun 30 14:35 UTC 1994 |
Re #13: Good question. One of my graduate students is working on it
for his dissertation.
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orinoco
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response 16 of 16:
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Sep 18 16:51 UTC 1994 |
So if I agree with item 6, and you prefer item 8, then I
have to put up with your little bit of insanity in item 7?
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