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Item Details
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EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
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| By: |
Pietro Grilli Di Cortona, Cecilia Manzi, Aline Pennisi |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£52.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0898714222 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780898714227 |
| Publisher: |
SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL & APPLIED MATHEMATICS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1987 |
| Series: |
SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics & Applications v. 1 |
| Pages: |
246 |
| Description: |
This monograph offers a systematic quantitative approach to the analysis, evaluation, and design of electoral systems. The authors use mathematical models and automatic procedures, when possible, to solve some of the problems that arise in the comparison of existing systems as well as in the construction of new ones. |
| Synopsis: |
This monograph offers a systematic quantitative approach to the analysis, evaluation, and design of electoral systems. Today, electoral reform is of concern to newborn democracies as well as many old ones. The authors use mathematical models and automatic procedures, when possible, to solve some of the problems that arise in the comparison of existing systems as well as in the construction of new ones. One distinctive feature of the book is the emphasis on single- and multiple-criteria optimization methods. This powerful tool kit will help political researchers evaluate and choose an appropriate electoral system. A general formal model is included as well as a coding system to describe, identify, and classify electoral systems. Evaluation criteria and the corresponding performance indicators are discussed. A treatment of electoral formulas as algorithms to minimize actual cost functions or disproportionality indexes is also included. Neutral automatic procedures for political districting are presented, and the process of electoral reform is analyzed from historical and political points of view. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, 1 map |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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