org.bolson.vote
Class RatedVotingSystem

java.lang.Object
  org.bolson.vote.VotingSystem
      org.bolson.vote.RatedVotingSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Condorcet, GradualApproval, INR, IRNR, IRNRP, PairwiseRatingDifferentialSummation, RawRating

public abstract class RatedVotingSystem
extends VotingSystem

Interface for any voting system that inputs a voter's ratings of the choices. Supplies implementations of voteRanking which call voteRating

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.bolson.vote.VotingSystem

debug, NO_VOTE, numc

Constructor Summary

RatedVotingSystem(int numCandidates)

Method Summary

int	voteRanking(int[] ranking) Convert to Rating and pass to voteRating();
int	voteRating(double[] rating)
int	voteRating(int[] rating)

Methods inherited from class org.bolson.vote.VotingSystem

checkRatedVote, getDebugHTML, getDebugText, getNumberOfCandidates, getWinners, getWinners, getWinners, getWinners, htmlSummary, init, isValidRankedVote, isValidRatedVote, name, normalize, normalize, normalize, normalize, normalize, normalizeL2, normalizeL2, normalizeL2, normalizeL2, normalizeL2, stretch, toString, voteRating, voteRating

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RatedVotingSystem

public RatedVotingSystem(int numCandidates)

Method Detail

voteRanking

public int voteRanking(int[] ranking)

Convert to Rating and pass to voteRating();

Specified by:

voteRanking in class VotingSystem

Parameters:

ranking - An array int[numc]. ranking[i] is the ranking of choice i.

Returns:

0 on success

voteRating

public int voteRating(int[] rating)

Specified by:

voteRating in class VotingSystem

Parameters:

rating - An array int[numc]. rating[i] is the rating of choice i. A rating can be any int value. Higher means more preferred. NO_VOTE for unrated.

Returns:

0 on success

voteRating

public int voteRating(double[] rating)

Specified by:

voteRating in class VotingSystem

Parameters:

rating - An array int[N]. rating[i] is the rating of choice i. A rating can be any int value. Higher means more preferred. NO_VOTE for unrated.

Returns:

0 on success