Political districting without geography
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چکیده
Geographical considerations such as contiguity and compactness are necessary elements of political districting in practice. Yet an analysis the problem without constraints yields mathematical insights that can inform real-world model construction. In particular, it clarifies sharp contrast between proportionality competitiveness how might be overcome a properly formulated objective function. It also reveals serious weaknesses much-discussed efficiency gap criterion for gerrymandering.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Operations Research Perspectives
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2214-7160']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2022.100227