Dodgson's method Dodgson's method Dodgson's method is an electoral system proposed by the author, mathematician and logician Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. The method is to extend the Condorcet method by swapping candidates until a Condorcet winner is found. The winner is the candidate which requires the minimum number of swaps. Dodgson proposed this voting scheme in his 1876 work "A method of taking votes on more than two issues". Given an integer "k" and an election, it is NP-complete to determine whether a candidate can become a Condorcet winner with fewer than "k" swaps. In Dodgson's method, each voter
Mark Dodgson Mark Dodgson Mark Dodgson (born 1 May 1957) is an Australian academic and author. His research on the innovation process has influenced innovation management and policy worldwide. Born in Norwich, UK, he grew up in Wales and Uganda, where his father was pilot to Presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin. He is the brother of author, Philip Pullman. After a number of years working as a lorry driver and drayman in London, Dodgson completed his PhD in two years at Imperial College London and worked at the Science Policy Research Unit at University of Sussex for eight years. During this