The political districting problem: A survey

Attila Tasnádi

Society and Economy, 2011, vol. 33, issue 3, 543-554

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.

Keywords: political districting; gerrymandering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
Note: I am very grateful to two anonymous referees for helpful comments and suggestions. The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Corvinus University of Budapest through its Research Excellence Fellowship.
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