Taming the Gerrymander—Statistical physics approach to Political Districting Problem

The Political Districting Problem is mapped to a q-state Potts model in which the constraints can be written as interactions between sites or external fields acting on the system. Districting into q voter districts is equivalent to finding the ground state of this q-state Potts model. We illustrate this by districting Taipei city in its 2008 Legislature Election. Statistical properties of the model are also studied.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Chou, Chung-I ; Li, S.P.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 369.2006, 2, p. 799-808
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Gerrymander \| Potts model \| Districting

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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