Application of Benford–Newcomb law with base change to electoral fraud detection

Eduardo Gueron and Jerônimo Pellegrini

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2022, vol. 607, issue C

Abstract: The invariance of Benford–Newcomb law under base changing is employed to test whether or not some data follow such distribution. Taking into account the Brazilian senate election in 1994, changes in the numerical base were able to evidence probable fraud.

Keywords: Benford–Newcomb law; Election forensics; Numerical base (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.128208

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