A CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION USEFUL FOR DISTRICTING
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A Continuous Transformation Useful for Districting
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0077-8923,1749-6632
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1973.tb41401.x