The political districting problem: A survey

Tasnádi, Attila (2011) The political districting problem: A survey. Society and Economy, 33 (3). pp. 543-554. DOI 10.1556/SocEc.2011.0001

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Abstract

Computer scientists and social scientists consider the political districting problem from different viewpoints. This paper gives an overview of both strands of the literature on districting in which the connections and the differences between the two approaches are highlighted.

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

political districting, gerrymandering

Divisions:

Faculty of Economics > Department of Mathematics

Subjects:

Mathematics, Econometrics
Political science

DOI:

10.1556/SocEc.2011.0001

ID Code:

576